Finally a Craigist ad with a lot of quality photos. This one is about a m.y. 1975 911S which is said to be a survivor, so without any repaint or any kind of restoration, even partial, also because it is said to haven’t never been crashed. We know that the 2.7 is the less desirable… Read More Preserved Sahara: 1974 Porsche 911S 2.7 Coupé
Till few, very few years ago, stating that restoring a rust bucket like this 23 windows bus could have a good potential payoff should have seemed at least crazy. Unfortunately now it has sense, as restored buses like this usually fetch six digits prices. Even if the Samba model is the rarest of them all,… Read More Payoff potential: 1962 Volkswagen Bus Samba
An urban legend tells that back in early ’70’s Alexander Onassis, son of Aristotiles, lost a race accross Paris against Ford works driver François Mazet driving a Ford Capri RS 2600. Onassis was then driving a Porsche 911S, probably a 2.4l car. Apart from the driver’s qualities, it’s not so difficult to believe that this car… Read More The anti-Porsche: 1973 Ford Capri RS 2600 MKI
Update, January 12: the car has been posted here with a price lowered to €13,000 (today $18,000) This GT Junior Zagato is something among a driver and a project. it’s a driver for sure as the car, as the seller says, has an overhauled mechanicals; on the other side the car needs some work to… Read More Old but gold: 1972 Alfa Romeo GT Junior by Zagato
This Giulia Spider seems one of the last of its breed to have still an affordable price, while being in good conditions. It is said to be sitting in an enclosed garage since 2001. The seller says that the car looks original (and so it should be, at least from what it could be spotted… Read More Affordable red granny: 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider
Finally, a GTAm “evocazione” painted in a not-red color. Must say that this dark blue is striking mated with the gold GTAm replica wheels and with the tan interiors. The seller says that this car is loaded with many performance parts, including a rear limited slip differential, fast road cams, and fully adjustable suspensions. The… Read More The faster, the larger: 1969 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTAm “evocazione”
The Simca Aronde was a popular and economy car in France back in the fifties and sixties, it was produced in several variations including the estate version, which came out in late 1953. This car was pushed by an inline-four, 1221 c.c. Fiat engine which produced 51 h.p: a very economic and rock solid unit… Read More Loaded: 1953 Simca 9 Aronde Chatelaine
The Urraco P200 was specifically built for the italian market as cars greater than 2000 c.c. were considerably penalized by huge taxes. So, this is the smallest daughter of the Urraco family; Lamborghini made only 66 or 68 cars with these specifications. On the other side, the 185 h.p. produced are a huge achievement for… Read More Green bull: 1975 Lamborghini Urraco P200
“Shifting gears” was the track used in the movie “Bullitt” when lieutenant Bullitt realizes that a couple of villains are chasing him. Then, he was driving a 1967 Mustang GT390 fastback, similar to this car. It looks like a beautiful survivor car: the seller says that it needs a little work to make this a… Read More Shifting gears: 1968 Ford Mustang GT390 Fastback
Here it is another Italia 2000, this time with body #46. It is speculated to be a former italian car (like the 90% of all Italia 2000 produced) and to have been restored in 1998 and then imported in Netherlands. As we have experience with the Italia 200o, we can say that’s a good car,… Read More #46: 1960 Triumph Italia 2000 Coupé by Vignale
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