In 1958, 451,526 units of Typ 1 were produced, more generally known as the “Beetle”, compared to this important number, only 9,624 units in the cabriolet version were produced. We are therefore talking about 2% of production built with a soft top and, of course, you can imagine how many of these almost 10k units… Read More Santa Barbara car: 1958 Volkswagen Typ 1 Cabriolet
Since most of the Giulietta Spider 750s have been recovered (indeed, almost all of those that were not reduced to a pile of rusted sheet metal without an engine), it is very unlikely today to find a good 750 to restore. But unlikely does not mean impossible and in fact here is one that not… Read More Good start: 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce
Owning a rare car also means taking on the burden of working with parts that are difficult to find, as in the case of this Viotti. Actually, from the mechanical point of view, this car does not require a lot of effort since the chassis, engine, brakes, suspension are those of a Fiat 1200, produced… Read More The quest for parts: 1958 Fiat 1200 Granluce by Viotti
In relation to nuclear explosions and other large bombs, ground zero (also called surface zero) is the point on the Earth’s surface closest to a detonation: this definition is plausibly associated with this Spider Veloce 750 of which very little remains. Well, at least the bodywork is visible in all its nakedness and, let’s face… Read More Ground zero: 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce
On the Fiat 600 platform, dozens of coachbuilders have indulged in creating their special models, but one of the most successful versions is that of Viotti. As many of you will already know, Viotti created several variants of the same model but the most successful, not only in our opinion, is the Coupé which boasts… Read More Elegant citycar: 1958 Fiat 600 Coupé by Viotti
There is rarely a car in these conditions, for a very specific reason. The reason is the originality of the car: this Fiat 1200 Spider, one of the best designed spiders and a Fiat icon from the 50s, second only to the 500, has a very correct external appearance, including the black Roma plate (which,… Read More Japanese heart: 1958 Fiat 1200 TV Spider
And here comes another special car based on the Fiat 600, this time with an open body made by Zagato. In fact we have seen cars similar to this one, but they had the bodywork built by Allemano and they are quite well known as several dozen have been produced: this car instead seems to… Read More Who’s who: 1958 Abarth 750 Spyder by Zagato
This is an Alfa 2000 Spider built by Touring, as we have already seen many others, but this specimen is very old. What we mean is that this is one of the very first specimens that came out of the famous body shop on the outskirts of Milan, having chassis # 32. The fact that… Read More Half job: 1958 Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider by Touring
A couple of years ago we published a Fiat 1200 built by Pininfarina that we had never seen before, despite our good knowledge of small Fiat-based coupes built in the 50s and 60s. We then published another identical but in better condition, so we didn’t think we would see another one on sale for a… Read More Streamlined: 1958 Fiat 1200 Coupé by Pininfarina
We have often seen Berkeley like this for sale, but rarely in Europe and, even more rarely, a car that hasn’t been imported in the last 15 years. This small roadster was in fact imported at least 50 years ago by its first Italian owner who was supposed to be a true connoisseur: the internet… Read More Red 500: 1958 Berkeley Sport SE 492
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