Update, October 11: This car is now for sale here in Montelupo Fiorentino, Italy, at €34,000 (today $46,000). The seller says that the engine is a type AB204 so it should be correct for this car. No more smell of bargain. July 9 The seller doesn’t say much about this car which seems, at least from… Read More Smell of bargain: 1968 Abarth OT 1300 Coupé
We aren’t BMW nuts at all but beauty has not a badge. In this case, beauty gets the shape of 1939 327/28 cabriolet which seems to be in beautiful conditions. As the seller says, this is really one of the most desiderable BMW ever, due to its soft lines and beautiful proportions: a classic example… Read More Before the storm: 1939 BMW 327/28 Cabriolet
In ancient roman latin language “Vires acquirit eundo” (Virgilio, Eneide, IV, 175) means something like “It gains strength by going”. This phrase was stamped on the metal plate put on the dashboard of this car (and often on Stanguellini cars), just in front of the driver. The same plate it’s still clearly visible on the dashboard… Read More Vires acquirit eundo: 1948 Stanguellini-Fiat 1100 by Bertone
In the period between mid ’50’s and mid ’60’s many do-it-yourself builders engaged in building race cars, taking inspirations by european barchettas (mostly Ferrari) but with a cost much lower. The most famous of these guys was Bill Devin who established his workshop in El Monte, CA. He began to build fiberglass bodies using various… Read More The american way: 1960 Devin-D/Porsche Roadster
One of the strangest thing to think about is a WWII electric car. Maybe the lack of gasoline in such period pushed the S.A.T.A.M. (acronym of “Société Anonyme pour Tous Appareillages Mécaniques”, established in 1921) to build this car. Some sources says that when new, a car like this had been capable to run for… Read More Electric tank: 1943 S.A.T.A.M. Eléctrique
Update, October 8: Almost a record sale for this car which seems to have been sold in one day. We have published another 1500 Ghia for sale here: in that case the car was in beautiful shape although it missed the front badge; in this case the car is in worse conditions but it has a… Read More Tired lady: 1964 Fiat 1500 GT Coupé by Ghia
There are things that could nest in your brain like an obsession. My personal car-obsession is where this car is now, if it still exists. I consider it the mother of every post-war racing barchettas, including Ferrari. Actually the Alfa V12 engine, designed by Bruno Trevisan, was the first of the breed which continued with… Read More Mother, where are thou? 1951 Alfa Romeo 412 by Vignale
Ok, where to start from? Mmmmhhh….this car is made melting toghether two front clips of two VW Bugs, giving to the car a perfectly palindrome look. The seller says that although “This car was built strictly for fun” actually “the build-quality is not a joke”. For sure, it wouldn’t have been a joke to build… Read More Push-Me-Pull-You: 1965 Volkswagen Beetle
Update, October 8: It seems that the car has been sold. It was quick but we’re not surprised at all. Flaminia week, definitely. We don’t like to publish two (almost) identical cars so close but this is too tasty to let it go. This Gunmetal (it should be “Grigio Newmarket”) 2.5 Coupè looks really good… Read More Gunmetal Style: 1967 Lancia Flaminia 2.5 GT Coupé by Touring
This Porsche 356 is said to be a 1965 “C” model: a quick check on the VIN number provided by the seller (#221373) confirms that. We like the blue of the paint which remind us a typical hot-rod shade. Needless to say that the Fuchs wheels fits always well on these cars. Interiors have been… Read More Gentle outlaw: 1965 Porsche 356 C
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