This 2nd series Fiat 600 still retains the suicide doors but, differently from european cars, has big headlights: it should be an official import car as italian cars had smaller headlights than those. The seller says that he used it to run smo SCCA events just for fun after being restored in Seattle. The interior… Read More Hawaiian green: 1958 Fiat 600
Update, September 27: It seems that the car has been sold. Once we wrote that the classic car world never gets you bored as very often your certainties are questioned: this is another example. Actually this car was built by a gentleman driver, Luciano De Luca, puttin’ toghether a Fiat 509 chassis with a narrow… Read More The experiment: 1949 Fiat/Lancia Barchetta by De Luca
The Maserati Sebring shape has a clear kindred with another car designed by Michelotti and built by Vignale: the Italia 2000. The proportions are quite the same along with some peculiar detail like the sloping roof and the protruding radiator grille shape. Apart from such elements, the Sebring is pushed, in this case, by a… Read More Italia’s big sister: 1965 Maserati Sebring II by Vignale
Update, September 23: We found again this car for sale here on eBay. Now the car should be in Dresden, Germany, with bidding at $1,420 and reserve not met. May 20 The Cisitalia 303F is strictly derived from the Fiat 1100 E: indeed “F” is for Fiat. Usually, Stabilimenti Farina have built most bodies for… Read More Light patina: 1952 Cisitalia 303F Coupé
This 1959 750 DB is completely naked: a lot of attention must be paid to be sure that every part is included in the sale and, if not, to know what parts are missing. On the other hand, in this way it’s possible to check the real status of the car without distractions. This car… Read More Naked metal: 1959 Abarth 750 DB by Zagato
Update, September 19: after only two days the ad has been removed, probably because the car has been sold. The early bird catches the worm. There’s few to review about this car but what we can say it’s an extremely nice specimen which has been restored for sure not so long ago (probably no earlier… Read More Try to do better: 1964 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale
Mr. Rapley again amazes us with another barn find: this time is an early Giulietta Sprint (#356) which features some distinctive details like the aluminium hood (later used on the Veloce’s) and the pull-knob starter switch. We only must correct the seller when he says that the only Giulietta Mille Miglia eligible are the ones… Read More 356 but not german: 1955 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint
This Giulietta Sprint 750 is said to have been purchased by the actual seller 7 years ago and, since then, basically no work has been performed on it with the exception of some money and time spent to locate many missing parts. The seller says that the car is dry, with no rust or big… Read More Stay dry: 1957 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint
This barn find (as the seller says) Pantera GT is clearly a U.S. spec. car, so it has the common and ugly D.O.T. approved bumpers and much dust everywhere. Actually the seller is Gas Monkey Garage, protagonist of the reality series “Fast ‘n’ Loud” on Discovery Channel. We agree with the seller about the interior:… Read More Fast ‘n’ Loud: 1974 De Tomaso Pantera GT
According to the seller, this car is based on the chassis (#22.9) and mechanicals of a 1946 Cisitalia-Abarth (204?) which crashed in Argentina and then rebuilt by Ugo Galicio coachworks in mid fifities until 1957 upon the commission of Renato Ciofi. As most Cisitalia had the right hand drive, the seller specify that the lhd… Read More The strange one: 1946 Cisitalia…something
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