The fifties and the sixties were the decades when Fiat still knew how to build sport cars: the 1600S with the O.S.C.A. engine is a proof of that. Indeed this car is equipped with the D.O.H.C. four cylinder engine built by Maserati brothers in the early fifties and the “sold” to Fiat which made a… Read More Four lights, two camshafts: 1963 Fiat 1600S O.S.C.A.
The Alpine A110 GT4 was also called “L” also because it was the longest of the Alpine A breed: it is a 2+2 car which, nonetheless, is still a light car (around 700 kgs or 1,550 pounds) pushed by a tuned Renault 8 engine. And, because this car is a model year 1965, it had the… Read More Long tail abroad: 1965 Alpine A110 GT4
Alfa Romeo didn’t just use to build twin cam vans like the F-12, but also some almost unknown cars like its offroad series, called AR51 “Matta”. This series was born at the beginning of the fifties to replace the Jeeps leaved by the US Army in order to provide Police and Fire departments around the country… Read More Twin cam offroad: 1951 Alfa Romeo AR51 “Matta”
The Swallow Doretti is not a known car at all, at least among “average” classic cars enthusiasts, and maybe that’s because it was produced in 263 specimens for two years only: 1954 and 1955. It was built by Swallow Coachbuilding Company which, before this car, used to build small, economy cars: this was a true exception… Read More Mint conditions: 1954 Swallow Doretti
This Mistral belongs to one of the first batch of these cars which were equipped with the same engine of their predecessor, the 3500 GT series, although increased of 200 c.c. It was sold new in Italy, in a region which has snow during the winter: snow means salt on the tarmac and indeed this car… Read More Trans-continental: 1964 Maserati Mistral Coupé
Do you remember the time when, with the same amount of the starting bid for this car, you could buy a very nice and running Giulietta Spider 750? Well, times have definitely changed. This Giulietta, on the other side, is a very early car as the chassis number, confirmed by the Alfa Romeo Registry, is… Read More Early chassis: 1956 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
These cars were built By Facel Metallon (long story short: Facel Vega) and if you ever worked on one of these you have realized for sure how good is their build quality, much more than the same segment competitors of that time. Last but not least, these are beautifully designed cars. The engine is derived from… Read More One bumper less: 1958 Simca Aronde Plein Ciel
We’ve seen a lot of “backdated” Porsche during the last three-four years, but we’ve never seen a 911 transformed into an IMSA clone. And we must admit that the work performed on this car looks very good: apart from all thse aerodynamics body paarts which properly resemble the look of a Porsche 935, also the interiors… Read More IMSA wannabe: 1974 Porsche 911 S
Well, we’re not sure that the donor chassis and engine of this car belong to a Jarama S neither if the car is from 1973, we have just made an assumption as the seller says that the car has 350 HP. The only thing we’re pretty sure of is that the custom aluminium body of… Read More Bizzarrini outside: 1973 Lamborgini Jarama S
This car is one of the counteless Michelotti’s creations and it’s a typical daughter of the ’60s italian design: it is red, it has two seats and it’s a spider. As many of the special cars built in that period, also this spider is built on a Fiat platform: in this particular case the donor… Read More Undercover sedan: 1964 OSI 1200S Spider
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