The seller of this one-off fiberglass berlinetta based on a 1957 Triumph TR3 chassis is a usual Classic Virus reader and he’s a true classic cars enthusiast. He submitted to us this nice car which body was made probably in the early sixties in the U.S.A., during the “Fiberglass era”. The photo above shows the… Read More Seller submission: One-off 1957 Triumph TR3 “Berlinetta”
Despite from what is generally known, this car and its engine were not built by Ferrari but by Fiat, toghether with Bertone coachworks. Even though, to be more precise, the V6 engine was designed by Ferrari which developed a road version of the unit installed on their beautiful Sport Prototype cars. An affordable engine with a… Read More Ferrari undercover: 1970 Fiat Dino 2400 Coupé
Actually, this car needs much more than some cans of fresh paint: seats are missing too. However, with a lot of patience it could be a nice challenge. The seller says that the car is basically solid, at least the body and the floors are, but there is rust on the door sills (as usual). The… Read More Some paint needed: 1959 Fiat 1200 TV Trasformabile
That’s not a surprise for sure finding a nice aircooled Porsche from this seller, but sometimes some cars are even better than others. In this case, the cylinders are only four but mated with a beautiful black plate. This car has a fresh new paint (a very good job, at least watching the pictures) in… Read More Ultra-clean slate: 1967 Porsche 912
Indeed who uses to join the historic race season is now going to prepare his car as the season usually begin now. This Giulia Spider Veloce seems ready to be used for such purpose. The seller sats that this car is a real Veloce sold new in Germany and then transformed ina FIA approved racer: it… Read More Racing season’s approaching: 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider Veloce “Corsa”
This 914/6 is not an original “GT” but it was born however with a flat six heart, which undoubtedly gives to the car an higher value than a 914/4 has. The body has been widened with steel, so luckily what we have here is not the typical 914/6 widened using fiberglass fenders: such wide body, mated… Read More Widened with metal: 1970 VW-Porsche 914/6
We don’t have a trustworthy source to confirm that, but the seller says that only 280 of these cars were made and, as we suppose that the seller has done his homework, we don’t have any reason to doubt about that. With this car Michelotti gave a further proof of his genius. This little spider was… Read More That aggressive face: 1964 OSI 1200 Spider
That’s the very first time that we know of an american racing special powered by an italian engine: in the past many used to build cars with the opposite formula: american engines had more power while being cheap to buy and to be serviced and often they were mated to tiny italian bodies and frames. This… Read More Pebble Beach racer: 1955 Swartley O.S.C.A. Special
Mr. Rapley confirms his skills in finding Zagato cars. What we have here is a double sale: a 750 Double Bubble and a (stock) Fiat 600 Multipla. The Zagato needs everything: no engine or gearbox (even if the seller provides them apart, and even more than one), floors have to be rebuilt and, substantially, a… Read More Buncha Fiat 600: 1959 Abarth Zagato 750 and Fiat 600 Multipla
It’s crazy, it’s odd, it’s a Fiat hot rod. We could never imagine a transformation like this for a Fiat 600D but, like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used to say, reality is way more bizarre than how fiction could ever be. The seller says that this car benefitted of a rotisserie restoration and only then four… Read More Euro trash-hot-rod: 1964 Fiat 600D
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