This Abarth 595 (not properly called Fiat as they were built by Abarth) is said to be an original car with a racing past. It wears the chassis number 669510/01284. We never saw a 595 with a two-tone paint but Abarth was more an artisan than a builder so some production variations must be considered.… Read More Modified original: 1964 Abarth 595 D
“No, wait…..what the f**k is this?” are the word I said when I stumbled across this ad. After a few researches, it comes out that this one of the very few cars made by Teram, an official Porsche importer from Argentina, which was licensed to build few cars with the “Porsche” badge. So, believe it… Read More No, wait….: 1955 Teram-Porsche 356 Fastback
There are many bugs for sale, there are less pre-55 cars, and there are few, very few bug like this one around. Actually this car is speculated to be a former service car of the Baden-Baden (Germany) fire department: there is the particular paint and some equipment, like the horn set, which testifies the origin… Read More Feuerwehrleute von Baden-Baden: 1950 Volkswagen Beetle
For sure this is not the best looking Lotus ever made, but at least you can say that it’s very rare. Few more than 1,500 cars were made and we’re pretty sure that less than the half have survived. It’s however a 1050 kg (2300 pounds) car pushed by an inline-four, twin cam engine which… Read More Ugly duckling: 1977 Lotus Eclat
This is the first time we see this special edition of 914 (it is said that 500 cars of this kind were made) painted coherently with the seventies style. Apart from the special edition badge, this 914 looks very good. The seller has posted a lot of good quality photos and a one-mile-long description which… Read More Limited edition, unlimited fun: 1974 VW-Porsche 914 Can-Am edition
This car is a rare 2800 tri-power (less than 1,000 made) Flaminia Coupé by Pininfarina and it will be more and more appreciated in the next future. However, before that time, it needs much work, even to make the engine run again. Indeed the seller says that the engine has serious issues like some water… Read More Tri-power, six cylinders: 1964 Lancia Flaminia 2800 Coupé by Pininfarima
Few of these cars are still around so, even a BMW purist could forgive some modifications done on this particular CSL. Two are the big change on this car: first, the original and rare Scheel sport seats have been replaced with a pair of more common, although FIA approved, french Oreca racing seats: this could… Read More The bimmer’s choice: 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL
Here it is the first car designed entirely by the “wizard” Giotto Bizzarrini: it is a four seats, two door coupè called GT 300 as it is one of the early car produced: after few months its name will be changed in “IR 300”. We all know that these car are easy to restore: however,… Read More Fast in four: 1962 Iso Rivolta GT 300
Another coachbuilt car this week; however this time it’s not s car simply based on a Fiat chassis but on a tubolar frame with a skin designed and realized by one of the greatest artisans of metal, Bernardo Fissore. This is not a Fiat but a real O.S.C.A., the company founded by Maserati brothers after… Read More Lemon special: 1961 O.S.C.A. 1600 GT by Fissore
In the classic car world there’s no any bigger cliché than a Porsche 356 carried out of a garage, even better if covered with patina. About this car, we are on the edge between “patina” and “wreck”, but at last we are more oriented towards the first term. The seller says that this car has… Read More The european job: 1956 Porsche 356A Cabrio
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