Ground up restoration needed for this ’67 GT Veloce: starting from blasting the whole body which features many layers of paint in different shades. Much probably the original color should have been “Verde Pino Scuro” (dark pine green), but someone here bets also on “Faggio” (beech). The car hasn’t anymore the original 15″ steel rims… Read More Many colors: 1967 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Veloce
It’s the first time we see such color on a late ’50’s Fiat: it seems a british Primerose Yellow used on period Triumph TR3 or MG A. However, we have no reasons to doubt that it’s the original color as italians spend much care about the correctness of restorations. Indeed this car seems to have… Read More Primerose chic: 1958 Fiat 1200 TV Trasformabile
This 1970 Abarth 595 is based on a Fiat 500L which is recognizable from the “classic” door opening system. Indeed early cars had suicide doors, but you won’t find them easily on the market. This particular car should be a recent italian import as we can spot the front black plate installed. This car has… Read More White scorpion: 1970 Abarth 595
This 1964 Flaminia Touring has seen better days. Actually it’s a car in need of a ground-up restoration regardless of the cost because on a car like this the motto is “the top or nothing”. The seller says that he can provide more photos and that’s good as the garage light is not the best… Read More Try dealing with it: 1964 Lancia Flaminia Coupé 2.5 by Touring
This 1953 Austin A30 had a cut of the roof, transforming it in a pocket roadster. Very few of these cars have been made with lhd and this car isn’t one of those. However, a good care has been lavished to have a good result, so the whole edge of the roof is covered with… Read More Pocket roadster: 1953 Austin A30
And here it is another Italia 2000 which pops out of darkness. The seller doesn’t say anything about the car itself: just few words to tell again the well known history of these cars and the relationships among Ruffino, Michelotti and Vignale. One of the most important information about these cars, the Vignale serial number,… Read More Waiting for a savior: 1960 Triumph Italia 2000 Coupé by Vignale
The Dual-Ghia has been one of the many hybrids tentatives involving italian craftsmanship and american muscle; probably it was the first attempt in doing it. Obviously, because of the cost of realizing a body in Italy, shipping the engine and mechanical parts and then shipping back the car in U.S., these cars were quite unaffordable… Read More Italian dress: 1958 Dual-Ghia Convertible
The Lancia Appia coupé was built on the chassis of the Appia 3rd series, starting from 1959. The previous series had different taillights but it was not much different from this car, especially the slanting lines of the roof were the same. Many don’t know that this series was built in the Viotti factory as… Read More Not many around: 1962 Lancia Appia Coupé by Pininfarina
“Nimble and luxorious” were the words used by period advertising to give a brief description of this car. Indeed this car was really quick into the city traffic despite the 850 c.c. which produced 34 h.p. This car is one of the many sold as “Austin Super Seven” instead of “Mini”: both brands were owned… Read More Rare LHD: 1962 Austin 850 Super Seven
This car is meant to be a replica/tribute/recreation of the legendary 33 Stradale produced in 9 units. Even then, the real 33 Stradale was unreachable for the 99.9% of the world population as it costed a huge 9,300,000 italian Lire (back then around $15,500), almost the 50% more than a Ferrari 275 GTB. This car… Read More Basic and rough: 1967 Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale tribute car
