If we should give a physical representation of the “Minimal art” concept, it would be this car. It’s an Ashley Sport 750 with a fiberglass body which clearly winks at period italian race barchetta’s. This car is the quintessence of the word “simple”: one engine, one chassis, two seats and four wheels: it’s even hard… Read More Minimal art: 1957 Ashley 750 Sport MKI
This car has not the easiest name of the world to be pronounced, but for sure is one of the streamiest lines ever made for a station wagon: Michelotti made a great work here. It’s a 1973 – fiberglass bodied – Reliant Scimitar powered by the “Essex” V6 Ford engine: 150 h.p. are enough to… Read More Sleeker is better: 1973 Reliant Scimitar GTE 3.0 SE5-A
For sure this is not the best looking Lotus ever made, but at least you can say that it’s very rare. Few more than 1,500 cars were made and we’re pretty sure that less than the half have survived. It’s however a 1050 kg (2300 pounds) car pushed by an inline-four, twin cam engine which… Read More Ugly duckling: 1977 Lotus Eclat
Again, here is another car of which we did not know the existence. It is called Rochedale Olympic and it was built in 1966 by Rochdale Motor panel which was founded in 1948 by Frank Butterworth and Harry Smith in an old mill building in Rochdale, England. Indeed whoever has a little knowledge of classic… Read More British fiber: 1966 Rochedale Olympic Phase II
This 1961 AC Greyhound (chassis BEF2526) is said to have 41,617 miles from new and to have been despatched new on the 13/04/1961 in the same color combo (Black Pearl on beige) in which it’s shown now. The first owner was a new zealander official allocated in the UK. Then the car came back to NZ along… Read More The Black Pearl: 1961 AC Greyhound Coupé
The seller says that the mileage of this car is not guaranteed: chill out, we actually don’t need to know how many kilometers have been done with this car as it needs a total restoration. Unfortunately the photos are not good and made in very low resolution: sometimes we believe that some people must pay… Read More Mileage not guaranteed: 1967 Jaguar E-Type 4.2 Coupé
There are cars that could not considered “beautiful” in the strict sense, but they can just because they have charisma, and this car is one of those. Actually it’s a Ford Cortina Wagon which has been converted to “Savage” specifications. This car had a restoration during year 2005 when, so says the seller, this car… Read More Rude wagon: 1971 Ford Cortina Mk2 “Savage” estate
Sometimes it happens that, because of health issues, death or whatever bad reason it is, an entire collection must go. In this case the seller doesn’t mention the reason of the sale; however the collection has been made putting toghether mostly america cars along with some european spot. It starts from a “Buddymobile”, aka 1949… Read More Classic stash: A collection for sale
Update, September 19: We have checked the link to the ad but it’s not there anymore. We saw this ad yesterday and probably, seen the asking price, this car has gone quickly. The new owner made a great deal. 1973 was the second year of production of the AM V8, an evolution of the DBS, which… Read More Affordable luxury: 1973 Aston Martin V8 Coupé
Hard to believe but this is actually not an Alfa: the body by Pininfarina came from a Alfa Romeo 2500 Berlina but the seller says that, as the photos show, this body fits perfectly on the Jaguar frame. The seller says indeed that during 1949 & 1950 Jaguar experimented with a number of body designs… Read More The not-Alfa: 1950 Jaguar MK-VII by Pininfarina
