And here, from the magnificent era of great coachbuilders, comes another specimen that we could define as more unique than rare. It is one of the early works of Alfredo Vignale, who had opened his body shop only two years earlier, in 1948, and like many unique or very limited series cars built at the… Read More Green and cream: 1950 Fiat 1400 Cabriolet by Vignale
If you think you’ve already seen this car, you’re right: you probably saw it on Classic Virus earlier this year, but we felt it was necessary to republish it as there are now more photos and more information. First of all, it should be mentioned that this car belonged to a single family of noble… Read More Green orchid/2: 1950 Fiat 1400 Orchidea by Vignale
We always experience a pleasant sense of amazement when we come across a car whose existence we were not aware of, as was the case with this Seat convertible brought to our attention by our reader Kyle, whom we thank for the tip. The brand itself, especially outside of Europe, is little known. Added to… Read More 1 of 7: 1960 Seat 1400 Cabriolet by Serra
This car still retains its original ‘Roma’ black license plate, so it is highly plausible that it has lived in the Eternal City from when it was new. Therefore, it has witnessed everything: if we want to use definitions linked to the cinema (Rome has been one of the main centers of world film production… Read More La dolce vita: 1951 Fiat 1400 Coupé by Farina
Any fan of classic Italian cars would recognize this model even from the photo of the side alone, characterized by the large windows that give this model its name. In fact, Zagato produced, in the early 1950s, various “Panoramica” type cars based on different models such as this Fiat, the 500C and also Ferrari. And… Read More Form & Function: 1950 Fiat 1400 Panoramica by Zagato
In our opinion, there should be a specific branch of classic car collecting dedicated to custom-built cars built on a Fiat basis. But we are biased. This is a very rare – and we do not exaggerate much stating that it could be the only one in existence – “St. Leger” built by Bertone in… Read More Blue on blue / 3: 1950 Fiat 1400 St. Leger Cabriolet by Bertone
Here we are in the presence of a very rare – probably unique – coachbuilt Fiat built by Vignale at the beginning of the famous body shop: even if Vignale seems to have always built cars, it actually lasted (under the guidance of Alfredo) only twenty years. Twenty years only but very intense, which have… Read More Green orchid: 1950 Fiat 1400 Orchidea by Vignale
Let’s say that, at least for us, there can be no more appropriate color for a 1950 Italian Coupe: this shade of maroon (or dark red) is typical of italian sports cars of that period. Of course, to think today that this is a sports car makes you smile considering that, at best, this engine… Read More Aluminium heritage: 1950 Fiat 1400 Coupé by Farina
We know this car (chassis #SL0168): it is a rare car in itself, then it has a spectacular color combo so it’s easy to spot it around the world. The first time we saw it in flesh was six years ago, in Italy. When we saw it back then, the car was already restored… Read More Green aluminium: 1952 Siata Daina Trasformabile by Farina
The Fiat 1400 cabriolet was the first Fiat project made from scratch after the second world war, also thanks to the funds coming from the U.S.A. by Marshall Plan. Indeed if you have some knowledge of the american cars of the late fourties/early fifties you will find a lot of similiarities with those, and that’s… Read More The new era: 1950 Fiat 1400 Cabriolet
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