The Jarama is not the prettiest Lamborghini ever made but, of course, it’s however equipped with the second generation of the great Lamborghini V12 engine. This car looks quite neglected (although in an enclosed garage) like if the owner had the intention to restore it but then something occourred so the restoration remained just a… Read More Neglected bull: 1971 Lamborghini Jarama
This car could be the italian equivalent to the ’50-’51 Ford Custom Convertible, also known as “shoebox”. This car was built by Fiat Carrozzerie Speciali, a Fiat division which was involved in building bodies for limited production cars like this one like, later, the 1100 TV Trasformabile. No many of these cars have been built… Read More Italian Shoebox: 1951 Fiat 1400 Convertibile
Again, here is another car of which we did not know the existence. It is called Rochedale Olympic and it was built in 1966 by Rochdale Motor panel which was founded in 1948 by Frank Butterworth and Harry Smith in an old mill building in Rochdale, England. Indeed whoever has a little knowledge of classic… Read More British fiber: 1966 Rochedale Olympic Phase II
The seller says that this Mistral is one of 28 RHD cars ever made; it has been sold new in England but it was imported in Germany years ago. Probably it was imported as LHD cars had few market so they were generally cheap and, indeed, this car seems still quite cheap. It is described… Read More Italian English in Germany: 1967 Maserati Mistral Coupé
The seller seems a bit stingy of words to describe this car, so at least we try to tell a brief history about Kellison kit cars. In 1954 Jim Kellison, a former aerospace engineer from Folsom, California, penned the aggressive line of this car which was designed to be built on a rectangular section steel frame.… Read More Aggressive kit car: 1961 Kellison J5
This 1961 AC Greyhound (chassis BEF2526) is said to have 41,617 miles from new and to have been despatched new on the 13/04/1961 in the same color combo (Black Pearl on beige) in which it’s shown now. The first owner was a new zealander official allocated in the UK. Then the car came back to NZ along… Read More The Black Pearl: 1961 AC Greyhound Coupé
Such a pleasure to see, once in life, a ‘blue 750 Giulietta Spider , moreover mated with a red interior. Of course no one but the Registro Alfa Romeo can confirm that those are the original colors so it could be possible to do a quick check if you have the chassis number of the… Read More Six-footer bluette: 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
The Fulvia 1600 Zagato is not as common as its little sister, the 1300. Indeed less than 1,000 cars were made and, if you do a quick search on the web, you will not find another one for sale so easily. The seller says that he’s a collector and that this car is completely original,… Read More That panda look: 1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600 Coupé by Zagato
Differently from what the common sense tells, germans too could build little and economy spiders like this one. However, this NSU still shows its german DNA as it’s powered by a Wankel rotary engine installed behind the rear axle. The first thought we had when we saw this car was to admire how clear was… Read More Rotary fins: 1965 NSU 56-Wankel Spider
This car is one of the few survivor of the special coachbuilt series built by Vignale on the Fiat 600 chassis and engine, although often slightly tuned by Abarth. Back in the golden coachbuilders era, every new mass produced car, especially by Fiat, was a new opportunity to build something special for a restricted and… Read More Economy with style: 1957 Fiat 600 Rendez-Vous by Vignale
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