Another day, another Fiat, but once again we are talking about a very special and very rare model. Very special as it is one of the very few (probably a hundred, but it is almost impossible to have a certain number, so we are talking about orders of magnitude) Fiat 600 Viotti in the coupé… Read More Little scorpion: 1956 Fiat 750 Coupé “Derivazione Abarth” by Viotti
There could well exist an automobile museum whose sole purpose would be to exhibit special models built on the basis of the Fiat 1100-103, both in standard and TV versions. Actually, all Italian (and not only) coachbuilders have practiced at least once in building a special bodywork on the Fiat 1100-103 chassis, both as an… Read More Exercise in style: 1956 Fiat 1100-103 TV by Monterosa
It is a car that was born black with a red interior, but has the history of previous owners, and one of them liked yellow. However, this 356 has no less charm, indeed, it wears a beautiful patina that should not be erased just to make it one of the many restored and shiny 365As.… Read More Black underwear: 1956 Porsche 356A Coupé
There is little that can be done now: in the world of classic cars it is practically impossible to find a Sprint Veloce 750E for sale without “Alleggerita” (ligtweight) being added to its name. We don’t know exactly how this fashion was born, it was certainly a gimmick by the sellers to add charm to… Read More Say my name: 1956 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce
Unfortunately, we cannot ask everyone to be generous with words in describing the car being sold, but it would be appropriate to at least give the main information. On the other hand it is also true that if the car is very particular, fewer words are needed because the interest of the potential buyer has… Read More Synthetic description: 1956 Fiat 1900 Granluce Coupé
Here is a true “Barn find”: a car that was parked indoors many, many years ago, not rotten, that was not cannibalized or disassembled and scattered in buckets. And, most of all, belonged to the same guy during the last six decades. This event is even more remarkable because we are talking about an Alfa… Read More Normale from the past: 1956 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
“Patina” is a term that is too often overused: it is in fact used for a wide range of conditions, from the perfectly preserved and original car to the one that has rust holes. In the case of this Porsche 356 (chassis #57011) we are talking about patina but in reality there is a lot… Read More More than patina: 1956 Porsche 356A Coupé
This 1100 TV is part of that small circle of coupes built by Vignale in the end of the fifties, of which very few survive today. A great-uncle of mine had one then (I’m talking about the late 1950s), and at the time this was considered a high-end car and it definitely made the owner… Read More Inner circle: 1956 Fiat 1100 Tv “Desireé” by Vignale
A classic car that runs in a single family is generally a good thing to be heard by collectors and enthusiasts, let alone if the car in question is an iconic 300 SL. It is a substantially original car and matching numbers (with the exception of the transmission which belongs to a later model from… Read More Patina monster/6: 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL
Indeed, this is the second specimen ever seen by us of this special, and very rare, Fiat 600: it is in fact a four-door version built by Francis Lombardi coachworks. At the time it cost about 30% more than the standard version, a cost imposed by the complex processing of the body to allow the… Read More The second one: 1956 Fiat 600 Lucciola by Francis Lombardi
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