The Simca 8 Sport Coupe’s design roots can be traced back to the illustrious Italian design house Pininfarina, marking a significant chapter in automotive history. This particular model mirrors the luxury and style seen in high-end sports cars of its time, reminiscent of contemporaries such as Cisitalia and Ferrari. Its production was a result of… Read More French grey: 1950 Simca 8 Sport Coupé
SIATA (Società Italiana Applicazioni Tecniche Auto-Aviatorie) was an esteemed Torino-based company active from the early 1930s to the 1970s. Renowned for enhancing Fiat automobiles, SIATA excelled in both boosting engine performance and crafting limited series sports cars, often based on Fiat chassis. However, the most distinguished model from SIATA was not a sports car but… Read More Luxury 500: 1940 Siata Amica 39 Convertibile by Bertone
Francis Lombardi was a renowned Italian coachbuilder who started modifying Fiat 600 models in the late 1950s, offering unique body styles not available directly from Fiat, including the Lucciola (Firefly) with four doors. These modifications were not merely aesthetic but also practical, enhancing the vehicle’s accessibility and functionality without compromising its iconic design and performance… Read More The fourth one: 1958 Fiat 600 Lucciola by Francis Lombardi
The Fiat 600 Vignale Rendez-Vous, produced between 1955 and 1959, is a luxurious transformation of the popular Fiat 600, designed by Michelotti. With less than 200 units made and only about 20 estimated to still exist, it’s a rare find. The car features bespoke aesthetics reminiscent of the 1950s Lancia, including a distinctive front grille… Read More Style concentrate: 1957 Fiat 600 Rendez-Vous by Vignale
We didn’t understand much about the history of this car. It is indeed certain that there is another one, on which there is expert consensus that it is a Fastback prototype created by Ghia in 1963, but we didn’t know that there was another one out there. We don’t know how complete the car is:… Read More Two sisters: 1963 Ford Thunderbird fastback by Ghia
We didn’t know that as early as ’54 Viotti was already building these small coupés based on the Fiat 600. In fact, we have verified that the first Fiat 600s were delivered in 1955, so we doubt that this car could date back to ’54, as the seller claims. This is the “Coupé” version, much… Read More Cheap and chic / 2: 1955 Fiat 600 Coupé by Viotti
Searching for information on specialized websites, we became aware that about 3 examples of the Aprilia were built by the Swiss Langenthal, but these are unverified data. Certainly, whether it’s 3, 5, or 10, these are ridiculously small numbers—so small that even if you spent a lifetime attending classic car shows, you might never see… Read More 1 of 3: 1947 Lancia Aprilia Cabriolet by Langenthal
Italian coachbuilders of the last century could be distinguished because each of them had its own imprinting: certainly, Pininfarina was the one who favored the balance of lines and proportions. An example of how Pininfarina’s style is expressed on a car is this beautiful convertible built on the base of a 1947 Lancia Aprilia, for… Read More Deco machine: 1947 Lancia Aprilia Speciale Cabriolet by Pininfarina
We don’t know exactly in which year and by which coachbuilder this Giulia station wagon dedicated to roadside assistance was built. The year is unspecified by the seller, who mentions 1975, but it seems improbable, given that the production of the car had ended five years prior. The license plate also dates back to 1975,… Read More Unknown coachbuilder: 1975 Alfa Romeo Giulia Diesel “Soccorso stradale”
The trend of “Woody” cars was not exclusive to North America; Italians were already embracing it in the 1930s with the Fiat 500B and later with cars like this splendid Aurelia B53. By the early 1950s, this trend was on the decline, yet some nostalgics continued to commission cars with wooden body parts from carrozzerie.… Read More Woody style: 1952 Lancia Aurelia B53 Giardinetta by Viotti
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