Update, March 28: this beautiful Honda is still for sale but the seller has considerably lowered the price. Now it is for sale here at €11,000 (today $15,000). The S600 roadster was much more common than its coupé sister, however we find that this model is way more fascinating. Indeed the average production of the S600… Read More Revvy red: 1965 Honda S600 Roadster
Surfing YT I found this beautiful video by Locals Magazine about Luciano Rupolo, an italian tasteful and long-time collector who, no less, fourty years ago discovered, and then restored, the 4th Porsche ever built (Gmund #004) abandoned in the courtyard of a workshop in Vittorio Veneto: back then, for most people, that car was just of pile… Read More Porsche, Ferrari, Bizzarrini and other fundamental steps in life
If we must be sincere, we don’t like the Cortina so much under the aesthetic point of view. It has a quite bulky look but no one can say that it hasn’t temper. Moreover this car, cute or not, “gives its opinion” in every classic cars race it joins, thanks to its lightness and the… Read More Like Jim Clark: 1965 Ford Cortina Lotus
We’ve read so many stories about cars parked many years because of whatever reason, nut we never read of a car parked 40 years because of a bad water pump: this is what the seller says. And, we must admit that it’s the first time we see a Willys with road specifications: never seen one before… Read More My loss, your gain: 1956 Willys Jeep 2WD
Differently from what you could suppose, the Vespa 400 was built in France by ACMA (a Piaggio spin-off), because Piaggio wanted to avoid any commercial conflict with Fiat which, back then, was the incumbent little cars producer and the most powerful economic (and not only) institution in Italy. Jumping back to this car, the seller bought… Read More Four-wheeled scooter: 1961 Vespa 400S
Differently from the 750 series, it’s harder to distinguish a normal Giulia Sprint from a Veloce. The 750 was immediatly recognizable from the Perspex windows: it indeed had a more aggressive and racing-oriented look. The 101 is more a grand tourer, even if with the heart of a proper Alfa. The seller doesn’t specify if… Read More A different heart: 1962 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Veloce
Update, March 24 The has been put again for sale, we suppose by the same seller, at £21,000 (today $35,000) here in Kampenhout, Belgium. This 2600 spider is said to be a barn find: that barn should have been very wet as this car has serious rust issues all over the body. There is one only photo of the… Read More Rust is the word: 1965 Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider by Touring
This early 912 is said to come from New Mexico so it’s supposed to be a solid car. The seller says that the floors are new as they were replaced by the previous owner. Produced in 1965, it was titled in 1966. Unfortunately (for the buyers, not for the sellers) we’ve realized that the prices… Read More Cosmetics only: 1965 Porsche 912
This 1957 Giardinetta Viotti “Sleeping” is basically the italian, small equivalent of the american Chevy Nomad, as a two door station wagon. Back then, this car had quite a good selling success as it was the ideal car for the big families where the baby-boomers were growing. However, it was not a cheap car: it… Read More Italian nomad: 1957 Fiat Giardinetta “Sleeping” by Viotti
My friend (and reader) Seth was looking for an “obscure” Italian coupé and this (although it’s Ford Taunus based) is the car he has chosen. This car has been featured here some weeks ago. Seth is not a “garage collector” but a driver: he will drive this car accross eastern Europe with his family during… Read More Mission accomplished: The red OSI goes to NY
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