The company was founded by one-time Formula One driver, Piero Drogo along with coachbuilders Lino Marchesini and Celso Cavalieri.

Shortly thereafter, the business' name was changed to "Sports Cars Carrozzeria di Marchesini, Cavalieri e Drogo S.d.f."

The workshop was located at the following addresses:[1]: 25 By 1971, Carrozzeria Sports Cars was facing financial difficulties due to high material/labor costs and a capital shortage.

[4][5][6] Carrozzeria Sports Cars operated from 1960 to late 1971, during which time the company produced low-volume or one-off bodywork for many Italian automakers as well as racing teams and individuals.

employees Otello Benedetti, Edmondo Meletti and Mario Allegretti, working on-site at the Scuderia Ferrari workshops.

[1]: 36 Piero Drogo was the most well-known member of Carrozzeria Sports Cars, with his name often used as a synonym for the company (e.g. "Drogo-bodied").

From the beginning of Carrozzeria Sports Cars, Piero Drogo's role was primarily in managing business operations.

were Lino Marchesini and Celso Cavalieri, both skilled auto body craftsmen whose pre-existing company was the basis for the formation of C.S.C.

Following Cavalieri's departure in 1963, Drogo and Marchesini were joined by Otello Benedetti (ex-Scuderia Ferrari), Mario Allegretti (ex-Reparto Corse Maserati) and Egidio Bonfatti (ex-Carrozzeria Mariani), all of whom had stakes as financial partners in the company.

[1]: 12–14, 22 Other Carrozzeria Sports Cars employees included Franco Bacchelli, Roberto Villa, Darles Bussetti, Elis Garuti, Walter Giusti, Ivano Ferri, and Edmondo Meletti.

It was common practice among small auto body manufacturers during the period to work out design details "by hand" during the fabrication process.

bodies were designed by clients and made to order, such as the Scuderia Ferrari-designed 330 P4 and Giotto Bizzarrini's Iso A3C and 250 GT SWB Breadvan.

For example, the angular bodies that Mario Tadini designed for a 250 GT SWB[8] and a Jaguar E-type[9] contrast sharply with the curvaceous Ferrari-designed racing cars, even though both were built by C.S.C.

At the beginning of the fabrication process, the workshop constructed full-size wire framework in the shape of the body to be built, called a filon or manichein.

Body panels were then individually cut and shaped using hand tools and shears, benders, rollers and mechanical hammers.