That’s not a news that Hollywood celebrities, with scarce exceptions, often used to reward themselves with an european supercar when they arrived at the top of their popularity: Ava Gardner was one of those. Indeed she chose this HK500 (chassis HK-Z1) in the late fifties. The auctioneer says that this car was delivered new to her,… Read More Ava’s black one: 1959 Facel Vega HK 500
This car was designed and produced in order to face the competition against italian and british sports cars of the era, but unfortunately it lost the battle. That was probably due to the fact that, despite its nice engine, a 1600 c.c. DOHC inline four unit, the Facellia was heavier than its competitor and more oriented to… Read More Made in France: 1964 Facel-Vega Facellia
We don’t know the exact build year of this prototype, nor on what car it is based. We don’t know who built it too but whoever did it was not a design master for sure. The only thing for sure is that this car is rear-engined so it could be based on a Simca 1000… Read More Miss ugly: 1975 Simca Civic
The nickname of the Citroen DS was “Deesse” which, in french language, means “Goddess”: this is not only a DS, but a rare cabriolet two door called “La Croisette” and built by Chapron. To be honest, we are not pretty sure that the model is exactly “La Croisette” as Chapron built many model of these… Read More Burgundy goddess: 1965 Citroen “La Croisette” by Chapron
This car wanted to be the anti-Fiat 500, unfortunately it was produced too late so it lost the war with the more famous Italian competitor. Nonetheless it was sold in good numbers: when it was exhibited for the first time this little and cute car had more than 20,000 reservations which was a successful debut… Read More Two wheels more: 1960 ACMA Vespa 400
Actually you can imagine that a project under 1K is a joke or, at least, a parts car or a rust bucket but this case seems pretty different. It’s a 1964 Renault Caravelle which is said to be off the road and stored since the mid ‘70s but it’s owned by the actual seller since… Read More Cheap and chic/2: 1964 Renault Caravelle
Ok, we’ve just said it but every time we stare at this car we see a lot of the Speedster DNA, and somehow there’s a reason for it. Actually this is a proper roadster built using a fiberglass body; it has no windows and it is pushed by a flat twin, aircooled engine: to be… Read More Optional trunk: 1953 Panhard Dyna X87 Junior Roadster
This is probably the first time you see a car like this one for sale, and probably years will pass before you will see another one on the market. This is also the first time for us: we don’t like to post car adverts which don’t report an asking price, but this car is very rare so… Read More No excuses: 1955 Autobleu 4CV Coupé by Ghia
Once we said that France is the place where to buy a Simca: facts prove that we are right. This is a white Simca 1200S (quite rare in this shade) which, although it’s not in outstanding condition, is for sure a very nice driver. It has been resprayed for sure but the overall conditions are good:… Read More White declension: 1967 Simca 1200S Coupé by Bertone
When, in 1961, Simca managers decided to give an aggressive looks to their new little coupé, the name which came in their mind was, of course, Bertone. We think that – with all the due respect to Farina brothers, Vignale and Ghia – the most beautiful and dramatic cars made during the period between the 1935… Read More Spicy & elegant: 1967 Simca 1200S Coupé by Bertone
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