Few of these cars are still around. Ok let’s say it better: several TCR are around but few, very few (we guess less than 30) are the real thing. This 1000 TCR (Abarth 210/1748) should be one of these as the first owner was Abarth itself. Indeed the seller says that this car still has the original plates… Read More Radiale: 1969 Abarth 1000 TCR
The seller says to have more than 12,000 photos done on this Ghibli under restoration: they’re a lot but still they don’t explain everything. The first thing is the chassis number: on eBay the car is listed with the chassis number 115/132 but stangely this car looks the same under restoration here which indeed has… Read More 12,000 photos: 1967 Maserati Ghibli 4.7 Coupé
This 1750 GTV is said to be from 1969, so that’s a first series which is characterized by some features like the same seats of the 1600 GTA and the front turn signals on the bumper. And indeed the interiors photo shows that the original seats are still there, although the door panels look like the 2nd… Read More Once was green: 1969 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV
This little car with such an important name was produced by the german Goliath-Werke Borgward & Co until 1959, when these cars changed their name into Hansa. So, 1958 was the year in which the 1100 Coupé has been produced with the Goliath name, and considering that the coupé was produced in lower numbers than the estate… Read More Big name, little car: 1958 Goliath 1100 Coupé
So far we have often seen these cabriolets by Vignale built after the 1960, but actually cars built before that year are quite rare. Then, this is not a first series Cabriolet: the first series had only two seats (this is a 2+2 car), a discontinued side profile (with the rear fins more outlined than… Read More Early car: 1959 Lancia Appia Convertibile by Vignale
The 1958 saw the birth of the FV4, the most powerful Facel Vega ever produced as it was equipped with a 383 C.I. V8 Chrysler engine also called “Typhoon”. Only 85 of these cars were built in 1958 so this barn find is truly a rare car; moreover this is the first time we see… Read More Typhoon inside: 1958 Facel Vega FV4
As long as this car was produced in 261 specimens, it can easily defined “rare”. It’s a Alpine A110 L where “L” is for long: indeed this is the longest Alpine ever made as its overall lenght is slightly more than 4 meters. However the fiberglass body helped it to contain the weigth within 700 kgs.… Read More Unmatching wheels: 1964 Alpine A110 L GT4
The last series of the Mistral is the only to have the biggest inline-six engine ever produced by Maserati: it’s a 4.0 litre unit which, in this case, is not into the car. The seller doesn’t say much about this car: basically he says that although the body is in nice shape (and actually it seems… Read More Outboard engine: 1966 Maserati Mistral 4.0 Coupé
This is not the first hearse based on a Lancia seen so far, but for sure this is the oldest one, as it is based on a Lancia Aurelia B10. Indeed the B10 has been produced from 1950; in 1951 Lancia made two version of the sedan car: one equipped with a 1,774 cc engine… Read More Last classy ride: 1951 Lancia Aurelia B10 hearse
Here is another “Pantera” (as these cars were called when used by Italian police) for sale: it needs toi be restored, it’s black outside and brown inside. It has the chassis number #AR824989 and it’s said to have an excellent body without a dramatic amount of rust: rust is there for sure but actually this… Read More Two for one: 1965 Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint
