The swivel seat are the typical feature of these spider built from 1955 to 1959: the first series were based on the 1100 TV engine while later cars like this have a 1200 cc engine and different trims. These cars were designed by Luigi Rapi at Fiat Carrozzerie Speciali (the special coach division of Fiat);… Read More Swivel seats: 1958 Fiat 1200 TV Spider
As long as we can remember after 850 articles, this is the second Alfa coming from Mexico and residing in California: the first one was a Giulietta Spider while this is (chassis AR 1493.07413) a Sprint “Interim”: indeed it still retains some elements of the type 750 (instruments cluster, rear “airplane” license light) but most… Read More The Mexican: 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint
That’s not a news seeing a project car without the lights, both on the front and the rear end: it looks like that headlights and taillights are the most cannibalized part of any car abandoned to its destiny. This Appia Coupé by Pininfarina has had such destiny but, apart from the missing lights which are… Read More Blind project: 1958 Lancia Appia Coupé by Pininfarina
This hand-built car has been, almost 60 years ago, the absolute peak of the american automotive production: it featured a lot of gadgets and it was more expensive than its contemporary competitor, the Rolls Royce Silver Cloud. Its price tag was $13,000 (back in 1958 the average yearly wage in the U.S. was $4,600) It… Read More Space age ship: 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham
This little car with such an important name was produced by the german Goliath-Werke Borgward & Co until 1959, when these cars changed their name into Hansa. So, 1958 was the year in which the 1100 Coupé has been produced with the Goliath name, and considering that the coupé was produced in lower numbers than the estate… Read More Big name, little car: 1958 Goliath 1100 Coupé
The 1958 saw the birth of the FV4, the most powerful Facel Vega ever produced as it was equipped with a 383 C.I. V8 Chrysler engine also called “Typhoon”. Only 85 of these cars were built in 1958 so this barn find is truly a rare car; moreover this is the first time we see… Read More Typhoon inside: 1958 Facel Vega FV4
This Abarth 750 by Allemano (#474756, Allemano #616) is one of the small family of spiders built by Abarth on the Fiat 600 platform; many were used to race and indeed this car is one of those. It’s in fact a long time racer: for sure this car has joined most of the competition of the… Read More Lime Rock special: 1958 Abarth 750 Spider by Allemano
The seller of this car is a known classic car dealer established in Austria and specialized in Porsche trading, but in this case the car they’re selling is still in the U.S.A. It’s a Porsche Speedster built in 1958, the last production year of this car, painted in white with a black interior and, even… Read More Last chance: 1958 Porsche 356A T2 Speedster
This is a proper 750D Giulietta Spider with a beautiful color combo (at least when it was new) with a lot of work to do on it. For sure it’s a job not suggested to anyone who is affording his first restoration job. Indeed it seems a quite complete car but basically most of the… Read More Many watchers: 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
This 356 Speedster (chassis #84410) is said to be a proper survivor which has been carried out from a barn (or garage) after many years of storage. The car looks great: all the things in their place, perfect gaps (especially on the front), great patina (and dust). Morevover it is said to be a matching… Read More Strange coincidences: 1958 Porsche 356A Speedster
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