Sagres

Sagres was a well-established body builder in Rio de Janeiro, active throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s. Its official name was Fábrica de Carrosserias Sagres, Costa & Osório Ltda. Among its work, the company converted pickups to order into vans, ambulances, "rádio-patrulhas" and "rabecões", the popular terms of the time for police cars and hearses. In 1958, as plans to establish the Brazilian automobile industry were gathering pace,…