French car builders often used fiberglass to build their sports cars: it’s not a “noble” material such as aluminium, used mostly by italian coachbilders, but it’s light, cheap and easy to use. The DB (which is for Deutsch-Bonnet) HBR5 was a car built from 1955 to 1961 with a fiberglass body and a Panhard derived… Read More French fiberglass: 1960 DB HBR 5
Two cars built by Allemano are better than just one, so here it is a small roadster built by Allemano, this time using a Fiat 600 chassis. The starting point was, as just said, the Fiat 600 chassis and engine but of course this last one, as a tradition for Abarth, had a little boost… Read More Two in a row: 1958 Abarth 750 Spider by Allemano
Italian cars enthusiasts know well that the coachbuilt cars built on the Fiat 1100-103 are countless, and often some are almost unknown but sometimes they pops out, just like this one built by Allemano. It is neither a news to find this one for sale in Netherlands were classic cars enthusiast are many, and many… Read More Forgotten coachbuilt: 1955 Fiat 1100 TV Trasformabile by Allemano
This Citroen SM is one of the few seen so far with a black livery which, actually, fits extremely good the odd lines of this car. This car combines the extreme design of the Citroen with the Maserati V6 engine with a displacement up to 3000 c.c: this particular car has a 2.7 litre engine… Read More Black tie: 1972 Citroen SM
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
