Back in the fifties it was not easy to afford an Italian sports car, it was indeed much easier to buy a fiberglass body shaped like the european GT’s and merge it to an american chassis and engine. These kits were produced in North Hollywood, CA, by Jerry Sutton who sold the C-2 in two… Read More Still waiting: 1956 Victress C-2 Coupé
Actually, calling this car “Giulia SS” is quite a stretched option: indeed the seller made an attempt to build a prototype mixing parts coming from different models. The middle section and the rear end of this car, although modified, come from a Giulia Sprint speciale whereas the front end clearly comes from a Duetto or… Read More Mixin’ Alfa: 1967 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale
This Giulietta Sprint – project car – is actually primed in black but that’s not a problem as this car is said to be born painted in black: a beautiful and unusual color for a Sprint. By the way ths car belongs to the “interim” series built for a couple of years between the late… Read More Black project: 1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint
This 2002 Tii is not a concours specimen, but on the other side it as all the right things in the right places to be an head turner anyway. Apart from the aesthetic point of view, this is a Tii and its four inline engine fed by one of the most sophisticated MFI of that period,… Read More Cheap thrills: 1974 BMW 2002 Tii
This Appia Convertibile (or what remains of it) is actually a California car purchased by the actual owner who trailed it to his home in Santa Fe, but the restoration process never began. The car is apparently in scary condition but I swear I’ve seen cars apparently in condition way better than this is, but… Read More Santa Fe Trail: 1959 Lancia Appia Convertibile by Vignale
This car was built in 1942 for some high-ranked official of the italian police: of course, being built in the middle of the WWII, it was born with the color preferred by the fascist government. As usual for a Lancia prior to be in Fiat’s hands, also this one was characterised by a sophisticated engineering:… Read More Call the police: 1942 Lancia Artena Torpedo by Pninfarina
We didn’t know that the Giulietta Veloce was built even in 1963: those were the years of the Giulia but actually few 1300 c.c. were built in that year. Update: see comment below This one is a late series Veloce which is actually offered as a car to be restored: it was probably born in… Read More Late car: 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider Veloce
A classic Ferrari in a garage or a barn is of course the dream of every classic cars nut, only to discover that Ferrari is missing its engine and transmission. That is indeed the destiny of this car which, sometime in the past, became to be transformed into something different from what it as been… Read More Missing something: 1963 Ferrari 250 GTE
The color of this Dino 2000 Coupé is maybe the best on a Dino seen so far, the only doubt we have is about its originality. Fact is that this color clearly draws attention as many people are actually watching the eBay auction een though there are no bids so far: that’s mostly because this… Read More Centerfold color: 1968 Fiat Dino 2000 Coupé
Seeing a car – that I used to see along the streets when I was young – slowly becoming a classic, makes me somehow unconfortable but I presume that I can’t do anything to stop all of this so here it is: a very quick hatchback from the early eighties. The most powerful car after the… Read More 7.5 seconds: 1981 Renault 5 Alpine Turbo
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