This Fiat 1500 GT Coupé built fifty years ago by Ghia coachworks is said to be one of the 50 imported, back then, by Grimm brothers of Detroit who were the official importer of these special cars. That’s a car which has undergone a restoration process but it needs now to be completed; the good… Read More Mixin’ italians/2: 1967 Fiat 1500 GT Coupé by Ghia
One of the 1,672 specimens of 2002 Turbo ever built is laying in a yard, waiting for someone who brings it back to its previous glory. Many of these cars had a sad ending because they had the bad luck to be born exactly in the midde of the greatest oil crisis ever and this,… Read More Suspended animation: 1974 BMW 2002 Turbo
Bruno Patriarca was a famous tuner and builder who built – inside his shop in Roma, Italy – many race cars. He started his business in the late fourties and ended in the late sixties. This car is said to have been designed by him in 1966, it is a prototype built using parts from… Read More Mixed flavors: 1966 Patriarca 3000 GTS
This truck was born as an A11 but then it was modified by Scattolini coachworks in order to make it a proper car hauler. The engine was of course the 1300 c.c. twin cam with less power but more torque than those installed in the Giulia: not a rocket but enough to haul a period… Read More Long bed: 1971 Alfa Romeo A11 by Scattolini
This 2800 CS was born with a quieter nature than now, indeed it has acquired a little more grunt thanks to a bigger engine fed by a big turbocharger. The changes don’t stop to the engine: five speed gearbox, front air dam, new shocks, electronic engine management, fuel cell, roll cage, suspensions, wheels and a… Read More 450 RWHP: 1970 BMW 2800 CS Turbo
This 356 T5, other than being clearly a dusty barn find, is also painted in the rare “Togo Brown” shade which, sale data in hand, was not a best seller color and indeed this car was born painted in black. We find that this is a very particular shade which is stunning if mated with… Read More Chocolate powder: 1961 Porsche 356B T5 Coupé
We are not into modding, especially on classic italian cars which, in the vast majority of cases, don’t need any modern touch at all, but this time we’ll make an exception. That’s because we find that this car has been modified keeping clearly in mind which are the limits of good taste, limits which, in our… Read More Modded: 1979 Fiat 124 Spider 2.0
The color of this little Fulvia seems a kind of copper but the factory name was “Rosa Mirabello” which means “Mirabello Pink”. It is a factory color but it’s very rare, indeed that’s the first time we see it on a Fulvia. Fulvia, by the way, which belongs to the first series – also known… Read More Almost pink: 1967 Lancia Fulvia Coupé 1.3 Rallye
The name “Supperlagra”, instead of “Superleggera” has been used by the seller to name this Flaminia (called by the seller “Flaminiana”) Coupé by Touring. The seller says that years ago he brought the car to a well known restoration shop, and after years, a lot of money and a lot of lies, that’s how it… Read More Supperlagra: 1963 Lancia Flaminia GT Coupé by Touring
This Fiat 1500, equipped with the twin cam O.S.C.A. engine, features a beautiful patina over its red paint, but it actually was born painted in pale blue. Indeed the previous owner was an enthusiast racer, as all the period badges on the top of the dashboard say, and so he thought that the red paint… Read More Solid patina: 1962 Fiat 1500 O.S.C.A. Cabriolet by Pininfarina
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