This Fiat 1500, equipped with the twin cam O.S.C.A. engine, features a beautiful patina over its red paint, but it actually was born painted in pale blue. Indeed the previous owner was an enthusiast racer, as all the period badges on the top of the dashboard say, and so he thought that the red paint… Read More Solid patina: 1962 Fiat 1500 O.S.C.A. Cabriolet by Pininfarina
Pininfarina built almost 100 of these coupes, so not as few as you might imagine (in relative terms). In absolute terms this is an absolute rarity. By the way, few knows that Pininfarina built an handful of a cabriolet version of this model but, as far as we know, all of them have disappeared many… Read More An early one: 1954 Fiat 1100 TV Coupé by Pininfarina
The Convertible D was created in order to offer a more confortable alternative to the Speedster but, unfortunately for this model, the look won over the confort. The roll on windows and the taller windshield, along with a couple of wider and more confortable seats, were he main (if not the only) differences from the… Read More Coldwater aircooled: 1959 Porsche 356 Convertible D
The good of this Ghibli is that, as long as it’s not anymore equipped with the original DOHC italian V8 but with a Chevy engine, it consumes less fuel than when it was in the original configuration. The bad side, however, is very large as this is a car which needs a colossal amount of… Read More Side pipes italian: 1971 Maserati Ghibli SS
3=6, in its original meaning, means that a three cylinder, two stroke engine is the equivalent of a six cylinder, four stroke engine. Actually that’s not false, especially if you hear the sound that these engines produce. This car is an F93 cabrio which is quite a rare car as many of these that you… Read More Two-stroke beauty: 1956 DKW F93 3=6 Cabrio
It looks like a lot of ’58 Giulietta Spider have decided to jump into the market all together: this is the third one we spot in two weeks and for sure those are not the only ones. Among the three published, this one is the only car in not-driveable conditions: it’s clearly a barn find… Read More No foolish: 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
Actually we didn’t now how to name this car as it is a prototype built in 1968, using different parts from different cars. The engine should come from, we suppose, from a Chevrolet Corvair Corsa, it is a flat six engine with the “Corsa” option so it is fed with four carburetors and it has… Read More Something in the middle: 1968 MC GT38 Porsche/Corsa
This rare 101 Giulietta Sprint Veloce has been restored in France and it is said to be near to concous conditions. Indeed the car has been fully restored and, we must admit, that it looks restored at a quite high standard but still it’s not perfect. Of course we are talking about details but, when… Read More Etat concours: 1962 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce
The series “It’s original once” continues with this Lancia Flavia Coupè, one of the latest specimens pushed by the 1800 c.c. engine fed by a Kugelfischer MFI. It seems that a little more than 2,000 cars were made with this configuration. No later than five years ago, a friend of mine told me “keep an eye… Read More It’s original once: 1968 Lancia Flavia 1.8 Coupé by Pininfarina
Watching a Giulietta Spider in these conditions is quite a rare event as these, as most of you already know, had a natural aptitude for rust. This car (chassis #1495*03563) indeed looks a fantastic survivor which, probably, has seen very few rainy days in its life: of course there is a little rust spot somewhere… Read More Dry to the bone: 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
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