We have always had a soft spot for these little coupés and the reason is simple: they’re small, cute, classy, nimble and very well made. That’s quite a good recipe. Indeed that’s not the first time we publish one and it will not be the last one: unfortunately, lately, it’s not easy to find one… Read More Small greatness: 1971 Simca 1200 S Coupé by Bertone
This car puzzles us. First of all because it’s said to be a 1953 car: in that year the 1100/103 was just released but the first Trasformabile was sold in 1955. Ok the year could be wrong but the strange things aren’t finished yet: the bumpers are the same installed on the later 1200 TV… Read More Original stuff: 195? Fiat 1100/103 TV Trasformabile
Although the seller of this 1200 TV Trasformabile says that the car is from 1960, this model was actually produced up to 1959 when it was replaced by the 1200 Spider built by Pininfarina. The 1200 TV Trasormabile is a less valuable car than its predecessor, the 1100 TV which had a lot of flamboyant details,… Read More Wired: 1959 Fiat 1200 TV Trasformabile
We’ve already published this car in our previous article about Classic Virus List, but we believe that this car went a little bit unnoticed, and that would be a waste.This is a car in need of a total restoration and unfortunately there is only one photo posted by the seller, but we believe that this… Read More Coachbuilt rarity: Fiat 1200 Coupé by Pininfarina
We were pretty sure that in the Los Angeles area anyone could find whatever car he is looking for, and this car is the proof of that. It’s a rare Fiat 1200 Spider, not as rare as her older sister, the 1100, but still a car you will barely see into the wild if you… Read More Rare foreigner: 1958 Fiat 1200 TV Trasformabile
Although not big as they were used in the U.S. cars, also Italian designers adopted the use of fins on many italian cars: Vignale was the master in this fashion but even others less known designers like Viotti didn’t disdain to put them on his coachbuilt cars. This coupè was bult, needless to say, on… Read More Pure fifties: 1959 Fiat 1200 Gran Turismo by Viotti
The last three decades have been very hard with this 1959 Fiat 1200 spider which needs something more than a simple “restoration job”. Indeed the car is rotten everywhere and few thing can be saved: interiors are gone somewhere in the past as well as the windshield, but the issues come with the body: half… Read More No keys, no spares, no title: 1959 Fiat 1200 TV Spider
The OSI 1200S has been ne of the beneficiary of the Fiat 1100 chassis on which many coachbuilt cars have been built. This car has been built in 280 specimens and this has the chassis #250. Although the 1200S Spider is not as rare as the Coupé version, 280 cars built are a very small production… Read More Half Fiat: 1964 OSI 1200S Spider
The swivel seat are the typical feature of these spider built from 1955 to 1959: the first series were based on the 1100 TV engine while later cars like this have a 1200 cc engine and different trims. These cars were designed by Luigi Rapi at Fiat Carrozzerie Speciali (the special coach division of Fiat);… Read More Swivel seats: 1958 Fiat 1200 TV Spider
What we can’t understand is why many people are so stingy with words when it’s time to describe the car they are selling.Whatever, this car speaks enough for itself. It’s a Simca 1200S by Bertone, a car which is well know by many Classic Virus readers as we have posted many of these cars for… Read More No words: 1970 Simca 1200 S Coupé by Bertone
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