We actually didn’t know what title we could give to this article as this car is a mistery, with the exception of the chassis which is said to belong to a Fiat 500C a.k.a. “Topolino”. Indeed the seller has no info about who built it back in the fifties but, who did it, knew how… Read More Mistery mouse: 1957 Fiat 500C Custom
This Caddy really fulfills the “patina” concept: it’s a survivor in stunnig conditions, especially when you think that it came out from the factory 68 years ago. The seller says that this convertible is originally from Florida, and that it was bought from an older gentleman who had it for 30+ years in his Barn when… Read More Patina monster/2: 1949 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible
Back in the fifties it was not easy to afford an Italian sports car, it was indeed much easier to buy a fiberglass body shaped like the european GT’s and merge it to an american chassis and engine. These kits were produced in North Hollywood, CA, by Jerry Sutton who sold the C-2 in two… Read More Still waiting: 1956 Victress C-2 Coupé
The Sunbeam Tiger is one of those cars that merge the best of both sides of the pond: a typical british roadster style with american muscle. The basis of this car was of course the Sunbeam Alpine in which it was transplanted, thanks to the collaboration of Carroll Shelby, a 4261 c.c. (260 c.i.) Ford… Read More Blue cat: 1966 Sunbeam Tiger
Brooks Stevens, one of the greatest american industrial designers of the 20th century (he designed cars and bikes, along with kithchen appliances and other architectural items) is the father of this very special Cadillac. This car was built on a 1954 Cadillac sedan chassis and so its proportions are huge: it’s a 22 feet long… Read More Retrospective: 1955 Cadillac Die Valkyrie by Spohn
The Hemi 426 is probably the most famous engine of the muscle car era: with a stellar power output of 425hp and tons of torque it had basically no rivals on the streets. One of those Hemi engine is installed in this 1970 ‘Cuda (chassis #BS23R0B100003) which is said to be the first Hemi E-body… Read More Millions: 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda Hemi
Dual carbs, Navarro intake, Thickstun heads on a flathead Ford V8 is what pushes this beautiful fiberglass roaster built in 1957. Actually this is another fiberglass car published in a very short amount of time but, unfortunetely, we can’t decide when special cars pop out for sale so here it is: another beautiful example of… Read More Not steel: 1957 Byers Special SR100
Once these were quite common cars in the U.S. but today, unfortunately, finding a correct ’67 4-speed manual Mustang Fastback is not that easy anymore. Of course we’re talking about driveable cars, then not wrecks, which have all their parts in the correct places like this one which features also a beautiful factory Candyapple Red… Read More Candy apple: 1967 Ford Mustang GT 390 Fastback
This fiberglass car (with scissors doors) is yet quite strange in itself, but it’s even more when you discover that it’s pushed by a Porsche 356 SC engine instead of the usual VW unit. It was built by Meyers, probably the most famous producer of fiberglass bodies to dress the VW Beetle chassis, and the… Read More That Porsche feeling: 1965 Meyers Manx SR
This 1960 Series 62 Convertible, other than being our favourite series ever in the Cadillac family, is said to have been in the same family since new and parked in the late 70’s. Clearly, the Maryland climate hasn’t helped the car much in preserving its metal but on the other side we see usual rust… Read More Running in the family/2: 1960 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible
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