This car was born to be the direct competitor of the Volkswagen bug and, despite its shorter lenght, it had a greater luggage space. Around 13,000 of these cars were built but this particular model, the “55”, was built for two years only (1938-1940) so it’s rarer than its predecessor, the “50”. As just said, this… Read More The streamlined bug: 1940 Steyr 55 “Baby”
This 2000Gt has, of course, a very high asking price but actually that’s not the highest seen so far. Then, this should be the first 2000GT made and that means something. What we see here is indeed a car which wears the chassis plate number one; it is said to have been never restored and… Read More High but not the highest: 1971 Toyota 2000GT (#0001)
There are few ways to sell a car: most of the seller, i.o.o., believe that the car will sell itself but most times they’re wrong. Indeed it’s a well known rule (by marketing people) that you don’t sell a thing but the dream related to it: the seller of this little japanese hot-rod has understood… Read More Nothing’s missing: 1969 Datsun 510
For us this is the most beautiful shooting-brake ever made, and the oddest thing is that this car was produced by Volvo. These photos look for sure familiar to many of you, and that’s just because the seller is the same of the 1800S posted at the beginning of the week: probably he had both… Read More Design week: 1972 Volvo 1800 ES
As usual for many european automotive firm, also this car was styled by an italian designer: for this car the job was given to Pietro Frua coachworks. This is not one of the early cars built by Jensen at Pressed Steel: early cars (called P1800) suffered by big assembly and rust issues; they were also… Read More Frua style: 1965 Volvo 1800 S Coupé
The Toyota Sports 800 was one of the first production cars featuring a lift-out roof panel, or targa top, pre-dating the more famous Porsche Targa. This car was unvealed during the 1962 edition of the Tokyo Motor Show but then it had a weaker engine 700 cc engine than the definitive one installed on production… Read More Tiny targa: 1965 Toyota Sports 800 LHD
This model was known as Fairlady but that was the home model name: outside Japan the official name was “Sports”. This car belongs to the last series produced which had some major improvements like a five speed manual transmission mated to an inline four, 2000 cc, SOHC engine producing 133 hp. It was raced in… Read More Italian wannabe: 1969 Datsun Fairlady/Sports 2000
Again, this is a car never seen before. It’s Called P1900 and it’s a fiberglass car built by Volvo during 1956 and ’57, in no more than 70 units. This was quite an experiment made by Volvo: the fiberglass body was commissioned to Glasspar when Assar Gabrielsson, founder of Volvo, saw the Corvette during a trip in… Read More The unexpected: 1956 Volvo P1900
These Cisitalia’s are very rare as they were built when Dusio, founder and owner of the firm, moved to Argentina and there he decided to carry on with his business with the help of his son Carlo. So, most of these cars remained in South America and never saw Europe or U.S.A. Of course these… Read More Southern relic: 1962 Cisitalia DF 85 by Fissore
Update, March 28: this beautiful Honda is still for sale but the seller has considerably lowered the price. Now it is for sale here at €11,000 (today $15,000). The S600 roadster was much more common than its coupé sister, however we find that this model is way more fascinating. Indeed the average production of the S600… Read More Revvy red: 1965 Honda S600 Roadster
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