Every time we see a Fiat 1100 or 1200 TV Spider for sale in the US, we wonder what the tortuous path that led it to the other side of the pond may have been. In this case, the owner’s first name seems Italian so it is also probable that this car came to California… Read More Totally open: 1957 Fiat 1200 TV Trasformabile
As we have already written several times, the beauty of many hand-built fiberglass cars is the story that leads to their construction, often obscure and full of missing parts. This shell was made by Bill Devin, well known in the field of car racing for having created bodies that fit to Volkswagen and Porsche chassis,… Read More Empty shell: 1957 VW-Devin D 295
Sometimes it happens to find a Giulietta Spider to be restored, sometimes it happens to find two for sale by the same owner, other times – like this – it happens to find seven and a half of them. Do not ask us what the owner means for “half” because neither we have understood, certainly… Read More Seven and half: 1956-1962 Giulietta Spider stock
As Wikipedia says, Fuldamobil is the name of a series of small cars produced by Elektromaschinenbau Fulda GmbH of Fulda, Germany, and Nordwestdeutscher Fahrzeugbau (NWF) of Wilhelmshaven between 1950 and 1969. So now we know the big picture. Although Fuldamobil was German, it seems that this car in particular was built at the factory in… Read More Blue egg: 1957 Fuldamobil S-7
The world of classic cars, at least for what concerns us, is not just about cars produced in Europe but also iconic cars like this one, produced in the USA. As many (but not all) will know, this is a Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible of 1957, a true icon of the american automotive industry (and… Read More Larkspur barn find: 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible
“Fuoriserie” in Italian means all the cars not mass-produced, and was a term used very much from the beginning of the century until the 60s, when the era of coachbuilders began to set. The particular thing was that the custom-built cars were not only extremely expensive cars, destined to the most elite band of… Read More Fuoriserie: 1957 Fiat 600 Rendez Vous by Vignale
The Giulietta Sprint Veloce was built by Alfa Romeo with aluminum and perspex parts to make it lighter. This particular car is even lighter. A note: the seller calls it “Alleggerita” (lightened) but nowhere, and in no official document the Alfa Romeo has ever called it that way; please excuse us but we are nerd… Read More Ultra light: 1957 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce
This 356A (chassis #101663) has been abundantly aged for thirty years in a dry garage that has retained all the main characteristics of this car, starting with a beautiful patina on the paint. However, the actual paint is not original: the first paint was red (at least so it looks like the inside of the… Read More Garage aged: 1957 Porsche 356A T2 Coupé
The seller of this Alfa Romeo van calls it “vetrato” (“with glasses”) but that’s actually a Romeo 2° (II) which was the biggest van of Alfa Romeo offer. Before the F12, this was the one available both in two engine options: a diesel twin cylinder fed by a compressor and the gasoline 1300 c.c. well… Read More Glasses all around: 1957 Alfa Romeo “Romeo 2°”
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
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