This car is indeed a rarity as few more than 100 were built among 1st and 2nd series: this car belongs to the first series and it’s in the U.S.A. You can easily distinguish a first series from a second as this last one has two little fins, ending with small and rounded taillights, and also… Read More Rarity: 1957 Fiat 1100 TV by Pininfarina
The “Stella Alpina” is the name of a rare flower growing along the Alps rising on the northern edge of Italy: it’s so rare that if the police catches you with one of those you will pay a huge ticket. This car is even more rare than such flower. Monviso coachworks, which built this ca, was specialised… Read More Many badges: 1950 Fiat 1100 “Stella Alpina” by Monviso
Two Derby by Bertone for sale in two months is probably a rare event: this car is the blue version of its sister published here last month. The seller says that he owns this car since 2000 and that since then the car benefitted by a sympathetic restoration also with the help of an expert of… Read More The blue one: 1949 Fiat 1100 “Derby” by Bertone
The enormous number of variations based on the Fiat 1100 platform included, of course, a station wagon body, actually already made on the 1100-103 model of the late fifties and then continued until the early seventies. This station wagon, called “Familiare” is based on the penultimate version of the 1100 dynasty, the “D” series which… Read More Enough space: 1966 Fiat 1100D Familiare
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
The 1100 TV could be, among many more valuable cars, one of the symbols of post war Mille Miglia. Indeed many of these cars joined successfully the famous race and they arrived often well in their class: it’s a reliable and solid machine which doesn’t require professional skills to be driven to the limit, and… Read More Family racer: 1954 Fiat 1100-103 TV
Here it comes another basically unknown barchetta from the past: this one, bodied by Frua, is another car based on a Fiat 1100 platform. The seller says that this is an original barchetta by Frua and as proof of this he has published a period photo of this car where is clearly visible the same original black… Read More Bulky face: 1947 Fiat 1100 Barchetta by Frua
This is the second 1100TV by Fissore we have published here: honestly we didn’t believe to see another one for sale for years but here it is another one just one year later. Actually the seller says that this is the only car around but clearly he’s not a Classic Virus reader. Differently from the… Read More O.S.C.A. badged: 1955 Fiat 1100 TV by Fissore
It’s not usual to see a mid fifties tow truck based on a Fiat 1100 chassis but for sure once found, you can be sure that all the eyes along the street will be yours. Many of these tow trucks were made back then but of course they cannot tow a big weight so they… Read More Tow with style: 1955 Fiat 1100 Tow truck
The first impression we had of this car, once seen the (blurry) photo taken from the front end, was of a Borgward Isabella, then we found out that this is her cousin, built by the Borgward subsidiary, the Goliath-Werke Borgward & Co. This car appeared at the 1957 Geneva motor show and it was produced until 1958, when it… Read More Isabella’s cousin: 1958 Goliath Kombi 1100 Estate
