Many Maserati in the last period, among which there are several restoration project like this one. The seller says that this (chassis #101.2064) is an incomplete car as there is the “meat” but not the side dish: you basically buy a chassis, wheels, body engine and transmission and nothing else: it is for sure a… Read More Mello Yello: 1959 Maserati 3500 GT by Touring
Nowadays discovering such car in such conditions is as surprising as discovering a new species of dinosaur. There are lower and lower probabilities to find a pre-’70s Ferrari abandoned and dismantled, but actually sometimes it still happens and this is one of those times. It’s a 250 PF (chassis #1543GT) which has probably been disassembled… Read More From darkness: 1959 Ferrari 250 Coupé by Pininfarina
This Giulietta Spider is said to be a 1959 but, as the chassis number is 1495*472, we suspect that is a very early swb, probably a ’56. The seller says that this is a former racer which joined many events like Watkins Glen, Belmont, Lime Rock and many others: he says that the car got a… Read More Former racer granny: 1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
There are a lot of advertised classic car around the web and most of them have brief and boring descriptions; however sometimes it happens to stumble across some very curious stories. In this case, the seller of this 3500 GT in desperate conditions has published an asking price but he states that he’s not looking… Read More Please no money: 1959 Maserati 3500 GT By Touring
Fuldamobil is the name of a micro car series produced by Elektromaschinenbau Fulda GmbH of Fulda, Germany, and Nordwestdeutscher Fahrzeugbau (NWF) of Wilhelmshaven between 1950 and 1969. Not many of these were sold in the past but their shape often attracted a lot of attention of the specialized media. The formula was the usual one: three… Read More Space age egg: 1959 Fuldamobil Fram King S7
“Where does he get all those wonderful toys?” (Joker/Jack Nicholson, Batman, 1989) Here another mr. Rapley’s find; this time is a big toy from 1959 made by Zagato (chassis #824.00-1181): basically, just after the B24S series, this is the most valuable classic Lancia road model on the market today. This is a super dry… Read More Just another hat trick: 1959 Lancia Flaminia Sport by Zagato
The more the time passes, the more the feeling that these early Karmann are the new Porsche 356 grows. Indeed we already saw some perfectly restored specimen for sale at a very high price. No later than three years ago a car in this condition would have been worth no more than $2,000 (tops), today it’s a… Read More How low can you go? 1959 Karmann Ghia Coupè “Lowlight”
The seller of this little racer has posted a photo of a Zagato bodied lancia Formula Junior: in our opinion that photo has nothing to do with the car auctioned. However it could be really a Dagrada racecar: Angelo Dagrada began to built these cars using a Lancia Appia 1100 engine with an head completely… Read More Racecar trivia: 1959 Lancia Dagrada Formula Junior
The seller says that this is a rare find in the U.S., and we agree with him. These were not officially imported in the U.S.A. and even then, they would have be too expensive, especially if compared with the huge american sedan competitors. However, this car need more than some work: the seller sasy that… Read More Matt black berlina: 1959 Lancia Appia Series II
Actually, this car needs much more than some cans of fresh paint: seats are missing too. However, with a lot of patience it could be a nice challenge. The seller says that the car is basically solid, at least the body and the floors are, but there is rust on the door sills (as usual). The… Read More Some paint needed: 1959 Fiat 1200 TV Trasformabile
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