Half italian: 1952 Alfa Romeo 1900 C52 “Fianchi Stretti” Replica

If you are classic cars enthusiasts, you cannot miss Nestor Salerno, an Italian-Argentine who, other than have been a racing car driver, is also one of the best coachbuilders in the world. His workshop has been in the business for years and deals with restorations and constructions of replicas very faithful to the originals: this… Read More Half italian: 1952 Alfa Romeo 1900 C52 “Fianchi Stretti” Replica

A special one: 1957 Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS by Ghia-Aigle

Ghia-Aigle was a subsidiary of the well known Ghia of Turin, Italy, which opened in Aigle (Switzerland) another shop in 1948. This became indipendent from Ghia in 1953 and then started to build car bodies under its own name. Many of such bodies were built over Alfa Romeo chassis for their wealthy customers, and basically… Read More A special one: 1957 Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS by Ghia-Aigle

Sleeping with the enemy: 1954 Alfa Romeo 1900C by Zagato

This rare Alfa Romeo 1900 C built by Zagato is said to have been parked for years in a collector’s garage which, other than this car, accomodates also other important cars like a Cisitalia Aerodinamica built designed by Savonuzzi. I remember well when I found one of these, a green one in good conditions, ten… Read More Sleeping with the enemy: 1954 Alfa Romeo 1900C by Zagato

Panoramic view: 1954 Fiat 1900 “Granluce” Coupé

More than a proper coupé this Granluce (something like “great light”)  is basically a two door sedan: actually back in the early fifties this was the cutting edge Fiat model just after, of course, the 8V. And few knows that this car was originally designed to be pushed by the famous 8V Fiat engine, mostly because… Read More Panoramic view: 1954 Fiat 1900 “Granluce” Coupé