Actually hearses are always a good choice as they’re generally used less than a common car and as they often have had a good manteinance: it should be quite embarassing to have mechanical problems during a funeral. This 280 SE, once removed the funeral “eqipment”, could be a nice station wagon as it looks very… Read More No superstition: 1968 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE Hearse
The Isetta had also a big sister, and that was the 600 limousine. This version was capable to carry four people also with the help if an additional door on the passenger side. Of course it hasn’t the same funny look of the smaller sister, but it is an head turner indeed. This particular car… Read More Big sister: 1958 BMW Isetta 600 Limousine
Finally a Craigist ad with a lot of quality photos. This one is about a m.y. 1975 911S which is said to be a survivor, so without any repaint or any kind of restoration, even partial, also because it is said to haven’t never been crashed. We know that the 2.7 is the less desirable… Read More Preserved Sahara: 1974 Porsche 911S 2.7 Coupé
Till few, very few years ago, stating that restoring a rust bucket like this 23 windows bus could have a good potential payoff should have seemed at least crazy. Unfortunately now it has sense, as restored buses like this usually fetch six digits prices. Even if the Samba model is the rarest of them all,… Read More Payoff potential: 1962 Volkswagen Bus Samba
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
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