That’s the very first time that we know of an american racing special powered by an italian engine: in the past many used to build cars with the opposite formula: american engines had more power while being cheap to buy and to be serviced and often they were mated to tiny italian bodies and frames. This… Read More Pebble Beach racer: 1955 Swartley O.S.C.A. Special
“No, wait…..what the f**k is this?” are the word I said when I stumbled across this ad. After a few researches, it comes out that this one of the very few cars made by Teram, an official Porsche importer from Argentina, which was licensed to build few cars with the “Porsche” badge. So, believe it… Read More No, wait….: 1955 Teram-Porsche 356 Fastback
Not many know that the company founded by Giovanni Moretti was not only oriented in tuning Fiat-derived cars but it was also a proper car builder. Moretti is mostly famous for his DOHC racing barchettas but they also bild small cars like this one. Unfortunately, after the launch of the Fiat 600, Moretti couldn’t compete… Read More Not big, not cheap: 1955 Moretti 750 Alger-Le Cap
Update, november 4 The car has been relisted here with a huge price reduction: the seller has posted more photos and now the car is titled as 1969. The asking price is now €58,550 (today $79,000). September 13 We never heard of mr. Grishman who is said to have built this 550 RS recreation, but… Read More Better than plastic: 1969 Grishman’s Porsche 550 RS evocation
The seller says that this car (VIN 80798) belongs to his wife’s family since more than fifty years ago. It’s clearly a project car but, as the car has been in the same family for all these years, it should be almost complete and probably rustless (almost). As a project car, interiors have been disassembled… Read More The wife’s car: 1955 Porsche 356 Speedster
Mr. Rapley again amazes us with another barn find: this time is an early Giulietta Sprint (#356) which features some distinctive details like the aluminium hood (later used on the Veloce’s) and the pull-knob starter switch. We only must correct the seller when he says that the only Giulietta Mille Miglia eligible are the ones… Read More 356 but not german: 1955 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint
This 1955 Morgan Plus 4 is said to have 41,840 miles on it and that it lays in a horse barn since 1996. So, this “horse barn find” seems a great unrestored Morgan which looks like it needs few touches to hit the road again. Interior looks exceptionally preserved: everything is in place including the… Read More High cowl and low miles: 1955 Morgan Plus 4
Fissore was one of the most famous coachbuilder in Torino, in the years between 1921 and 1976. Differently from other coachbuilder of the same era, he was focused on building commercial vehicles, however he didn’t dislike to build touring cars for the upper-middle class, mostly on the epic Fiat 1100-103 chassis and engine, like this… Read More Art Déco grille: 1955 Fiat 1100-103 TV by Fissore
Believe it or not, this 1955 Citroen 2CV is Mille Miglia elegible. Not later than two years ago, a 1957 sister of this car joined that event. This particular car is an early model pushed by a 375 c.c. flat twin, air cooled engine. Early cars had a very strange, but very economic and effective… Read More Another Mille Miglia entry: 1955 Citroen 2CV
We are used to see many million dollars cars racing the Mille Miglia: actually this car represents the cheapest entry point for such historic race. In fact, every year at least five 1st series Fiat 1100-103 TV are admitted to the race, and this car belongs to the same breed. We are pretty sure that… Read More Mille Miglia entry: 1955 Fiat 1100 TV
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