This GT Veloce was originally delivered to its first owner in Italy but then a former soldier stationed in Italy (hence the “AFI” plate) bought the car and took it with him in the U.S.A. That’s not at all the first time we read a story like this, unfortunately just like many stories like this,… Read More Italian delivery: 1967 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Veloce
The Siata 1100 built by Vignale was a rare car even back then in the fifties, so it’s quite unusual, today, to find one still in restorable conditions. We don’t know the exact build year of the car as the actual plate was issued in 1963 but these were built from 1954 to 1958, nor… Read More Cut away: 1954 Siata 1100 Coupé by Vignale
I remember to have seen this car in my literature, along whith other one-off Alfa Romeo, and I often wondered what happened to them. Well, this one is here, still beautiful even in these conditions. It’s a one off car with a body crafted with aluminium by Riva, a shop near Como, Italy, not as known… Read More Forgot masterpiece: 1949 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 by Riva
A representative of one of the most elegant cars built in the sixties needs a lot of help as no one took care of her for a long time – despite a 50 years ownership – and of course years have taken their toll. Of course this model, because of the aluminium body, don’t have… Read More 50 years owership: 1960 Maserati 3500 GT by Touring
The Merak is to Bora as Mercedes 190 SL is to 300 SL: the equation is simple but, differently from the 190 SL, the Merak had 200 hp on which to rely on. This car though, has some issues. It is a car which clearly had an accident which involved not only the front fender… Read More Christmas orange: 1974 Maserati Merak 3000
As we just wrote many times, one of the lesson learned about the classic cars world is that you can’t ever imagine how many model have been built in the past 100 years. This, for instance, is the first specimen of “Kombi” we’ve ever seen and, to be honest, we didn’t even know about its… Read More German perfume: 1949 Mercedes-Benz 170 S “Kombi”
“Interiors only” is not referred to the photo provided (which actually show only interiors and the front lid) but also to what remains of the car which is said to have been involved in a serious crash. The seller says that the engine is missing (it was originally a 1500 c.c. unit) but the typ… Read More Interiors only: 1954 Porsche 356 Coupé
These Simca 8 and 9 once were basically outsider in the classic cars world, however since few years they have regained their proper place in the market as they were rare, cute and properly built. The design of this cars is Pininfarina stuff but they were actually built by the french Facel Metallon even though… Read More Black aluminium: 1951 Simca 8 Sport Coupé
The seller of this rare Duetto 1750 to be “re-composed” says that this car is not available for international buyers, that’s maybe because it is sold with a Georgia bill of sale only. On the other sidehe says that the Georgia bill of sale is enough to obtain a title even in California, so for… Read More U.S.A. only: 1969 Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto 1750
Here is one representative of one of the oddest italian design experiment. That’s not cute at all – at least for most people – but it’s special, and we like it just for this reason. This particular car is pained in orange which we don’t recall to be a standard color for these cars, maybe… Read More Orange blood: 1963 Lancia Flavia Sport by Zagato
