The Porsche featured in Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox, not only was a Speedster but it was also a fake: this car indeed is not a Speedster but it has been found in a Hollywood garage and, last but not least, it’s a real Porsche. It’s, exactly, a 356 C coupé which has been… Read More Doc Hollywood: 1964 Porsche 356 C
Maybe this is a car which can be easily seen in the U.S. or Japan but it’s quite rare to spot one in Italy,a country where, of course, a japanese sports car had few “space” among the local sports cars. The seller says that the car was imported from Switzerland in 1977 (they came usually… Read More Uncommon sight: 1977 Datsun 240 Z
This matching numbers Speedster (chassis #81007) is said to be mostly original as it is a former New Mexico car, so being very dry. Also, it has been repainted only once in the 90’s. The seller, however, says that the transmission has been replaced with a 356 B unit; of course purists wouldn’t like it much but actually… Read More Still running: 1955 Porsche 356 Speedster
During the last three decades many of these beautiful Italian GT have been used like some kind of canvas where the owner could unleash their “creativity” as these cars were not as valuable as they are now. In this particular case, the creativity pushed one past owner to paint the body in two shades: Copper… Read More Two tone GT: 1968 Maserati Ghibli
I always wondered how driving this car could be: a squat look, a light bod, a short wheel base, a steering wheel, a manual gearbox and a mighty Ford 289 c.i. under the lid, producing almost 300 hp and plenty of torque. For sure you have to be very skilled to exploit the power and… Read More Intimidator: 1965 TVR Griffith
We really believe that no other blog ever has seen so many Peugeot 403 published like this. However, we really thing that this car is beautiful and it’s always worth some rows, at least to remember that another car like this was co-starring in the Lieutenant Columbo tv series. The 403 Cabriolet, which body has… Read More Blue patina: 1960 Peugeot 403 Cabriolet by Pininfarina
The “Amica”, a little cabrio built by Bertone coachworks, was built in two series: one based on the Fiat 500B chassis; the other, like this car here, on the Fiat 500C. As many cars of that era, this was the tentative to build a small “exotic” open car starting from an affordable and reliable chassis-mechanicals combo:… Read More Red, small, open: 1949 Siata Amica by Bertone
When eng. Stanzani, back then chief engineer at Lamborghini, was asked to talk about the Jarama, he said “I made a car according to my taste: that was a mistake”. Now you can like this car or not but, for sure, it will never go unnoticed. The truth is that the Jarama was a grat… Read More Misunderstood: 1976 Lamborghini Jarama S
Actually we were quite puzzled when we saw just six photos of a car which, lately, has been revalued as a masterpiece of italian engineering of the sixties. But more than that, this is a car which needs a complete restoration, no expense spared, so whoever wants to jump into this challenge must be aware of… Read More More photos to come: 1961 Lancia Flaminia Coupé GT by Touring
Many of these Cisitalias can be found in Argentina where Carlo Dusio, son of Piero, founder of the firm, kept on building cars following his passion. And lile most of the cars built by the famous factory were based on Fiat chassis, mostly smaller than 1000 cc in order to provide customers with coachbuilt cars, faster than… Read More A little one: 1961 Cisitalia 750 GT “racer”
