One of the best things of the classic cars hobby is that your certainties are continuously questioned. In this particular case, just when we thought to know (or, at least, to have seen) all the Italia 2000 survived so far, here is another one that pops out from darkness. We will not pull out about… Read More #95: 1960 Triumph Italia 2000 Coupé by Vignale
Lancia stopped its rally career in 1992: that’s incredible but it still is the greatest rally championships winner with 11 times. Part of this record is due to this car, called “Fanalone” (“big headlight”) because the rally cars needed bigger headlights for night special stages. The seller says that the engine number of this car… Read More Rally queen: 1970 Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF “Fanalone”
This ’70 Scalino (aka stepnose or stepfront) belongs to the last year’s batch produced with this face. The seller says that this car has been imported from Italy after it has been bought from the second owner. It is said to have 12,354 kms from new, and it’s described as a “Time warp”. This car is… Read More Time warp: 1970 Alfa Romeo GT 1300 Junior
This Flaminia Coupé (pretty rare, as little more than 1000 cars were built with the 2800 c.c. engine with three carburetors) shows a nice stone grey paint, chrome and a solid look. Again, this italian car is the typical “almost survivor” car, perhaps cared during its life probably with a respray and new chrome. As… Read More Wrinkled leather: 1966 Lancia Flaminia Coupé 2.8 Pininfarina
The seller says to have bought this car at an estate sale and that this is a one owner car (before him). This car is a 1300 c.c. and, as a first series, it should have all the doors made of aluminium. The seller says also that the odometer shows 6,740 miles and that the… Read More Estate purchase: 1967 Lancia Fulvia Zagato
When you hear the word “coupé”, the brain immediately figures out a big, expensive car with a long nose holding inside a big V8 engine. This is not the case. This little coupé, built by Vignale coachworks in the mid sixties, was based on Fiat 1300 Berlina (sedan) chassis and engine. It was a cheap… Read More Think different: 1965 Fiat 1300S Coupé by Vignale
You don’t see very often a real 695 SS for sale. And even then, you must be sure, very sure, that it is a real one, as many replicas (better call them fakes) are going around the market. Watching this car, the first thing that jumps to eyes are the wide fenders, which souldn’t belong… Read More Race breed: 1966 Abarth 695 SS
Update, June 25: Again, who we think is the new owner asked us to remove the article. And again, we won’t remove anything. But, as we suppose that the “problem” is to not disclose the asking price, we’ll delete such price. This car is a witness of the great italian coachbuilders era. This special car… Read More A special one: 1957 Fiat 1100 TV Desireé by Vignale
We never saw a family car with such brutal aspect so far. The seller says that this car is an original 128 NP Giannini (sold directly by Giannini of Rome, not by Fiat) and that it has an important race history. This car features an angry Group 2 stance, including a rollbar and wide fenders… Read More Bad attitude: 1972 Fiat-Giannini 128 NP Gr. 2
“Gioiello” means jewel: this is the name of a specific design line made by Michelotti in collaboration with Felice Mario Boano who, back then, was the design director at Ghia coachworks. The seller says that this particular car, based on the Fiat 1100 E chassis and mechanicals, was purchased at the 1949 edition of Villa… Read More Another Michelotti job: 1949 Fiat 1100 E “Gioiello” by Ghia
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