This car is one of the few survivor of the special coachbuilt series built by Vignale on the Fiat 600 chassis and engine, although often slightly tuned by Abarth. Back in the golden coachbuilders era, every new mass produced car, especially by Fiat, was a new opportunity to build something special for a restricted and… Read More Economy with style: 1957 Fiat 600 Rendez-Vous by Vignale
Every classic cars enthusiast knows well that this market is sometimes so strange and lunatic that for somewhat reason, truly great cars remain undervaluated for years. This happened so far for many cars: think at the Fiat Dino Spider which was not worthy $30k till three years ago: now the best specimens fly regularly over… Read More The Alfa Romeo Montreal revenge
This 1960 Fury Convertible is said to be a barn find and, indeed, it actually seems to be it. The overall conditions of this car are almost exceptional as it looks perfect and complete both inside and outside. Interiors are almost perfect and you can also find the period rocket-age steering wheel which is flattened… Read More Barn find Mopar: 1960 Plymouth Fury Convertible
Although it’s called “Fiat”, this coupè was never marketed as a Fiat but sold by independent dealers, not related with Fiat. This because it was designed and built by Vignale in about 100 units in order to fill the market gap of a well priced luxury coupé. So it is actually based on the chassis… Read More Chestnut brown special: 1968 Fiat 125 “Samantha” by Vignale
You see customised Mercuries everywhere but few, very few of them are properly done like this one. Basically we love these custom cars but we hate seeing many of them done with replaced interiors, modern dashboards, engines, and many “wrong” details. This one is exactly how we would do it. We mostly love classic european… Read More How it should be: 1950 Mercury 2dr Coupé
This car has made a long trip to South Africa, where it is now, and now it needs a lot of cares to shine again. It is a Simca Aronde Plein Ciel, a beautiful coupé with a body made by Facel. The seller says that this car has just moved from a long time storage and… Read More Colonial relic: 1961 Simca Aronde Plein Ciel by Facel
Differently from the last week, this friday we close with an heavyweight. That’s an early 911, once painted in Irish Green, then in this beautiful copper shade: must say that the paint job is very well made. The seller, a Porsche specialist, says that this is a matching number car which, with the exception of… Read More Air cooled copper: 1965 Porsche 911
If you study the italian cars production between the 30’s and the ’60’s you’ll soon realize that the coachbuit cars production based on Fiat chassis is almost endless. This car is called 508 CS Berlinetta Mille Miglia and it looks like it has an aluminium body put on a Fiat 508 chassis. The seller says that… Read More Racing oddball: 1946 Fiat 508 CS Berlinetta Mille Miglia
One of the last well priced Flavia Convertibile on the market is this white and blue car. It carries a huge amount of patina but, as the seller says, it run and drives. Although it’s not clear if the white paint is original, for sure the tired, blue interior is it. And, as the white/blue… Read More French patina: 1964 Lancia Flavia 1.8 Convertibile by Vignale
In the late fifities NSU asked to Bertone coachworks to design a little sporty coupé based on the Prinz chassis. This task was done by Franco Scaglione, car design genius, who created these pleasant lines which have a clear kindred with the lines of the Alfa Romeo Sprint Speciale. This car looks like a beautifully… Read More Scaglione’s touch: 1959 NSU Prinz Sport
