How many of these wagons have you seen live or for sale in recent years? I’ll tell you: none, because this is an extremely rare car. It is in fact a special body made by Monterosa, a bodyshop very active in the first decade after WWII which was working in particular on Fiat. In fact, we… Read More Special wagon: 1951 Fiat 1100 E wagon by Monterosa
The Datsun Sports 1600 (also known as “Fairlady”) has enjoyed some success in the USA and, given its characteristics, would have been successful in Europe too if it had been officially imported. This model was designed by Albrecht Graf von Schlitz, Gen. von Goertz von Wrisberg (best known as Albrecht Goertz), the man who designed… Read More Recommissioned: 1967 Datsun Sports 1600 Roadster
The car here is a Giulia TI and so far nothing extraordinary, the relevant thing is that this car has been parked for forty years in a garage. In fact, the car has a nice patina: it is not rust or broken glass but the real patina of time (as well as a lot of… Read More Parking patina: 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia TI
Here we go again: this is the first time ever that we see this car but, more than anything else, it is the first time we know of its existence. Unfortunately, although we are passionate about classic cars, we can’t know everything. This car is one of the many daughters of Argentina’s post war automotive industry,… Read More From darkness/2: 1974 Fiat 600 Varela Berlineta
The smallest engine of the BMW E10 family was not only produced in the standard version, but also in a much scarcer configuration which took inspration by the bigger sister: the 1600 Ti. It can be a usual thing to stumpble upon a 1600 for sale but these, the 1600 Ti, are extremely difficult to… Read More The runt of the litter: 1968 BMW 1600 Ti
“I’ve found the Zero” shouted Count Felice di Tocco to his wife, when he found a Fiat Zero abandoned in the middle of a field. Of course that Zero is still in his collection and there will be for many years to come. This italian grandpa from Florence, is a very early collector: he collected… Read More “I’ve found the Zero”
South America is a place where, especially during the late 60’s, a lot of cars from Europe retired and so, differently from the common sense, it has always been a place full of interesting cars. Most of those cars coming from Europe are by now returned home, but there are still many interesting cars produced… Read More World tour: 1967 Puma GT DKW
The seller – and owner – of this Alfa Romeo GTV is a known Alfabb.com member other than being the owner of several Alfa, so be sure that he knows what he has done on this car. Indeed this car has been fully restored after a long process detailed here and you can see that everything… Read More Proper restoration: 1974 Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
This early 2600 Sprint is a barn find which, as you easily can see, needs a total restoration, however the seller says that, despite its look, the car is solid underneath. Floors are indeed the are which mostly worries every guy which has to decide if joining a restoration trip or search for another car,… Read More Restoration package: 1964 Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint
We are often puzzled by how wide can be the price difference of these cars: of course conditions matter as well as the originality and the numbers of the car, but you can easily find the same kind of car for sale with a price difference of $50-100k with no apparent reason. This particular car… Read More Special brakes: 1958 Porsche 356 A Speedster
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