Here is the other side of the coin. Just yesterday we reviewed a 2600 Spider which is an excellent starting point for a restoration, now we show you a restored, at the highest level. The car we deal with is not a 2600 but a 2000, less powerful but, in our opinion, more beautiful than… Read More No stone unturned: 1960 Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider by Touring
This little Abarth belongs to the large family of 750 cc of displacement for which the tuner of Turin became so famous. But the peculiarity of this car is to be an uncommon spider, in fact most of the cars caressed by Zagato were coupes, since the coachbuilder’s production was focused on speed racing and… Read More Subtle differences: 1960 Abarth 750 Spyder by Zagato
Red is the color which is mainly associated with four things: Blood, Christmas, Coca-Cola and Ferrari. Fortunately, the article does not concern the liquids mentioned in the previous list but a Ferrari (on the day after Christmas). Obviously, the Ferrari we are talking about is not an original 250 LM but a recreation based on… Read More Christmas red: 1960 Ferrari 250 LM recreation
It is not the first time that we find one of these very rare cars for sale: to be precise it is the second time, but the car published a few months ago was slightly different from this one. The reason is simple: unlike the first published here, this belongs to the first series (impossible… Read More More than rare: 1960 Fiat 600 Capri by Caprera
Well, this is not a car in the sense that we all generally mean, but we know very well that true classic car enthusiasts are first and foremost romantics who like objects like this. This micro car comes indeed from the Disneyland Autopia amusement park, during the ’60s (we suppose the early 60s) and was… Read More Amusement ride: 1960 Autopia
Italia 2000’s were not produced according to the Vignale body number sequence but, as far as we know, we suppose that this car was built in 1960: at least three were the production years of this special car so the margin of error is low anyway. Whoever needs more info about these cars can check Adrian… Read More #73: 1960 Italia 2000 by Vignale
Update, 03/26/2018: Here is the car at Jat Leno’s Garage show: 07/14/2016 We’ve already published a couple of article about the Appia Lusso, a Vignale coachbuilt Appia, but this is the only one in “barn find” conditions. Actually in Italy cars are barely stored in barns, most of the time you find these cars laying… Read More Factory paint: 1960 Lancia Appia Lusso by Vignale
The Panhard CD is a car designed by Charles Deutsch and built by Panhard from 1963 to 1965. It was the road going version of the car that raced he 1962 edition of Le Mans. Only 179 of these cars were built and indeed that’s a very rare car: its sleek profile was designed in… Read More White lightning: 1960 Panhard CD
A representative of one of the most elegant cars built in the sixties needs a lot of help as no one took care of her for a long time – despite a 50 years ownership – and of course years have taken their toll. Of course this model, because of the aluminium body, don’t have… Read More 50 years owership: 1960 Maserati 3500 GT by Touring
French car builders often used fiberglass to build their sports cars: it’s not a “noble” material such as aluminium, used mostly by italian coachbilders, but it’s light, cheap and easy to use. The DB (which is for Deutsch-Bonnet) HBR5 was a car built from 1955 to 1961 with a fiberglass body and a Panhard derived… Read More French fiberglass: 1960 DB HBR 5
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