In recent years, many have abused the term “patina,” using it to describe what are essentially wrecks. In this case, however, the term seems entirely appropriate. We’re looking at an exceptional condition for an equally rare car: a DKW 1000 Coupé built by Fissore, the renowned coachbuilder from Piedmont, commissioned by the German manufacturer. It’s… Read More Patina Monster/11: 1960 DKW 1000 Coupé by Fissore
The Auto Union 1000 MilleSpecial, produced in Argentina from 1960 to 1970, features unique design elements and remains in original condition. It’s a valued collector’s item currently for sale in Torino, Italy, for €39,000.… Read More Special two-stroke: 1960 DKW 1000 “MilleSpecial” by Fissore
History comes at a price, especially when associated with beautiful and rare cars like this Abarth 1000 Bialbero. No introduction is needed for this model, which, along with its factory siblings bearing the scorpion logo (Karl Abarth’s zodiac sign, to be precise), played a leading role in road racing during the 1960s and 1970s, securing… Read More Original to the bone: 1963 Abarth 1000 Bialbero
Italian classic car enthusiasts cannot be unfamiliar with the small Abarth models built to provide the “people” with access to sports category cars, of which this model is a part. Born as the Fiat 850 Coupé, in 1964, this sports car from Abarth, the 1000 OT (Omologata Turismo), derived from the aforementioned Fiat, hit the… Read More Tiny red racer: 1964 Abarth 1000 OT
The title teases the soundtrack of Rocky III a little (a film that I really liked when I saw it at the cinema as a child), but it also concerns the number of headlights of this rare 1000 OT. In fact, there are few cars like this one, both because few have been sold since… Read More Eyes of the spider: 1970 Abarth 1000 OT
Exactly, you don’t need to have the eye of a great designer to under stand that this car was inspired by the Ford Thunderbird, which came out of production just in the years when DKW started producing this car. The similarities are in fact impressive and yet, despite the obvious American inspiration, we have… Read More Euro T-Bird: 1962 Auto Union 1000 SP
The ASA 1000 GT needs no presentation for all the classic cars enthusiasts: known as the “Ferrarina” (little Ferrari), it has always considered as a little masterpiece. Indeed who started this venture was sure that a little car with high performances could fill a market gap back in 1965 and he was even right: unfortunately… Read More Little red Ferrari: 1965 ASA 1000 GT
“Bialbero” means twin cam: it is the top feature for a classic Abarth engine. They made it this way with three displacements: 750, 1,000, 1,300 and 2,000 cc. These engines are very rare to fine alone: they generally belong to cars which have been destroyed or they were removed from their native cars as they… Read More Twin headed monster: Abarth 1000 “Bialbero” engine
We don’t know the exact build year of this prototype, nor on what car it is based. We don’t know who built it too but whoever did it was not a design master for sure. The only thing for sure is that this car is rear-engined so it could be based on a Simca 1000… Read More Miss ugly: 1975 Simca Civic
This for wheels egg is said to be the ex demonstrator and brochure car back in 1962, of course back then it was in much better conditions than now. The good is that these cars are based on the Mini platform: a lot of spare parts are available on the market however, as the seller… Read More Easter egg: 1962 Ogle SX 1000
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