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
This Opel GT is a rare bird in USA, differently from Europe where it was much more common. It’s clearly inspired by the C3 Corvette but it looks the same of a wool sweater washed with hot water. This particular car is said to have 38k original miles and, whatching its general conditions, it seems… Read More Shrank ‘Vette: 1972 Opel GT 1900 Coupé
This is the typical “stalled project”: a Porsche 356 to be transformed in “outlaw style” but, this time, using a flat-four Subaru WRX Turbo engine and transmission: that’s what we call “lateral thinking”. That’s a really strange idea: for sure it’s the first time we see such choice as the typical engine used in these… Read More Japanese flat-four: 1961 Porsche 356 “Outlaw”
“Landespolizei” means “State Police” in german language and yes, the car which saved BMW from bankruptcy was also used from german police for their road tasks: hard to think how this little bug could afford a pursuit of a Porsche 356 or of a Mercedes SL. This particular car had clearly benefitted by a ground-up… Read More Landespolizei: 1957 BMW Isetta
We’ve seen many Mercedes 190 SL for sale, some were in desperate conditions, some perfectly restored, many good drivers but we’ve never seen a car like this, in such original and preserved conditions. The seller says that the first and only owner bought this car in 1963 from Mercedes-Benz of Hollywood, for $2,794. Many years… Read More Time machine: 1959 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL
Update, november 25: Ooops! Sold in few hours. Why aren’t we astonished? Ok, three BMW in a week are a lot, especially for us but this one is too tasty to let it go without few words spent on it. It’s actually a 3.0 CSL, VIN 2275038, a sport evolution of the more known CSi:… Read More Leichtwagen: 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL
This 1972 BMW 2002 is one of the “Tii” series which could boast, when new, something around 130 h.p. Back then these cars were protagonist of factory derived racing circuit, and this car was built for such purpose. Not many know that this model, until mid-72, had an higher compression ratio so it was slightly… Read More Caged bavarian: 1972 BMW 2002 Tii
We really think that after many years behind the scenes, these cars are beginning to regain the place they deserve. At last, the 3.0 coupé are elegant cars with a quite powerful inline six engine. Of course the injection model is more desired but the two cars (with and without fuel injection) are quite the… Read More Tools included: 1974 BMW 3.0 CS Coupé
This 1965 Porsche 911 belongs to the very rare bunch of Porsche type “901”: we would never have known these Porsches as “911” if Peugeot did not claim its copyrights on the three digits with a zero in the middle. So, what we have here is a very rare ’65 911 covered with a lot… Read More Miss you grandpa: 1965 Porsche 911
Update, november 4 The car has been relisted here with a huge price reduction: the seller has posted more photos and now the car is titled as 1969. The asking price is now €58,550 (today $79,000). September 13 We never heard of mr. Grishman who is said to have built this 550 RS recreation, but… Read More Better than plastic: 1969 Grishman’s Porsche 550 RS evocation
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