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
It’s not easy to stumble in such survivor car, but here it is. The seller says that this car was delivered new in Sicily, then it went to Rome. The Roma plate is from 1952. About 64 cars like this were made by Pininfarina coachworks, today it’s difficult to estimate how many still live. This… Read More Blue survivor: 1949 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Cabriolet Pininfarina
The seller says that this 2000 GTV drives beautifully as all the suspensions bushes, springs, bushes and tierods have been replaced last year. That’s good as even if these bits aren’t expensive, they require many working hours to be installed. He says that the Spica-injected engine runs good without burning oil (a twin cam Alfa… Read More Red Bertone: 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000
Between 1955 and 1957, in the period after having leaved Ghia and before joining the just-created Centro Stile Fiat, Felice Mario Boano created his own factory, called Boano Lavorazioni Speciali. In those three years Boano created such unique cars like Ferrari 250 low roof, Abarth 207 A, Lincoln Indianapolis, Boano Nardi Corsair. He created also… Read More Little wonder: 1956 Fiat 1100 Sport TV Boano-Giannini
