This Merak could not be the cheapest around, but apart from its beautiful and rare color combo there are other things to be considered. If you are a true enthusiast and not just a trader, you can – for example – think that a Porcshe 911S 2.4, with the same horepower and the same number of… Read More French blue from Modena: 1975 Maserati Merak 3000
It’s rare indeed to spot a Mercury coupé which still is the same car of 60 years ago when it left the Mercury factory. Indeed George Barris (probably the most famous customiser all over the world) changed the game when he first unvealed his chopped Mercury more than sixty years ago, the problem is that… Read More Please don’t chop: 1950 Mercury Coupé
When we have seen at a glance this ad we thought “WOW”: unfortunately it was too good to be true. Indeed this is an SWB 911S but the problem here is that the car is equipped with a “T” engine, so we’re talking about the 40% less power than the original equipment, as well as… Read More Correct engine required: 1968 Porsche 911S SWB
Most classic cars nuts don’t even know that once there was an italian car factory called LMX Automobile S.R.L. who produced very few specimens of a GT with a Ford engine and a fiberglass body. Actually this car was produced in around 35 units as the factory went bankruptcy, probably due the the oil… Read More Scaglione’s oddball: 1970 LMX Sirex
The seller says that he bought this car 12 years ago from the US in order to restore it, but clearly something went wrong in the meantime. He says that the car has basically no rust but the problem is that the upper part of the engine is missing: we don’t know if it’s possible… Read More Beheaded V4: 1947 Lancia Ardea
It’s not the first time we see some mix on classic Alfa’s, but this time it’s hard to understand what’s the truth. Indeed the seller says that this is a 1957 car but almost everuthing tells us that this is a 101 series, not a 750. The front clip, the grills, the rear fins and… Read More Mixin’ series: 1957 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint
The Toyota Sports 800 was one of the first production cars featuring a lift-out roof panel, or targa top, pre-dating the more famous Porsche Targa. This car was unvealed during the 1962 edition of the Tokyo Motor Show but then it had a weaker engine 700 cc engine than the definitive one installed on production… Read More Tiny targa: 1965 Toyota Sports 800 LHD
As we supposed, here it is another old Alfa by the same seller who’s selling the 6C 2300 published earlier this week. That’s a 1952 5C 2500 bodied by pininfarina: this is a less seductive Alfa as it has four doors but it’s however a rare piece as it’s a special bodied car made… Read More Here is the next: 1952 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Berlina by Pininfarina
The seller of this beautiful Giulietta Spider (chassis #135) says that it’s a pre-series car as it’s one of the first made and many details differ from the “standard” production: we believe that’s it’s not exactly the truth. Indeed the real pre-series cars (maybe the first 50) had some very different features: at least the… Read More Supposed pre-series: 1956 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
These cars were made in so few units that only BMW enthusiasts know them well. It is called Touring and it’s basically the fastback version of the more famous two door sedan sister. Indeed it cannot considered by most a pretty car but, as Francis Bacon once said, “There is no excellent beauty that hath… Read More Not Superleggera: 1973 BMW 2002 Touring
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