We think to know a good amount of data on classic cars but, of course, that’s way far from knowing everything. So, it jumps up that this cars had not only a Veloce engine, but it was actually a true Veloce. Our friend Frans has recognized it on the post published here: “Two weeks ago… Read More Mission accomplished: The Giulietta Spider (Veloce) has gone
Here it is another project which is stuck in the middle of a total restoration: we’re not surprised at all as a total restoration drains a lot of resources, first of all time. The owner of this Giulietta is a professional trader so we believe that he knows well what he has bought before beginning… Read More It’s up to you: 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
1961 was the first production year of the Flaminia Coupé by Pininfarina: in that year the only available engine was the 2500 c.c. unit fed by a single carburetor. This particular car, although publicized as a 1966 car, was produced in 1961 (the original black plate can’t lie). There is no description in the ad… Read More Dusty sleeper: 1961 Lancia Flaminia 2500 Coupé by Pininfarina
Too good to be true, that’s the first thing you think at when you see this ad. This car was featured in early 2013 on eBay: the last time we checked it the bids reached $55K the day before the auction end, so we don’t know how and if this car has been sold back… Read More What’s the truth? 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
It’s clear that the seller is aware of the rarity of this car, on the other hand he doesn’t know much more than that. Indeed he claims that the body/chassis was made by “Autotelaio”: unfortunately “Autotelaio” is an italian word which means “chassis”. Actually this coupé was one of the Fiat special cars made by… Read More Chassis by Chassis: 1961 Fiat 1500S Coupé by Viotti
The advertising motto for the 1961 edition of the Rampside series was “Worth more because they works more”: we doubt you will use this for your everyday work. This beautiful Rampside is said to be completely original with the exception of the paint which is new but made respecting the original color combo. That’s the… Read More It works more: 1961 Chevrolet Corvair Rampside
It seeems that many in the past have been infected by the “shrink” virus: last year we published another car customized in the same way: that time was an italian car but this time the experiment has been made on a ’61 Bel Air. It’s the first time indeed that we see this modification on a big… Read More Washed in boiling water: 1961 Chevrolet Bel Air
The seller of the beautiful blue car (see related) opened our eyes on this very rare and particular car, and here is another one: don’t expect to see another one for sale for a while. Here we have the same car in a different color combo: a cream exterior mated to a tobacco leather interiors:… Read More Enter the second: 1961 Peugeot 403 Cabriolet by Pininfarina
Differently from what you could suppose, the Vespa 400 was built in France by ACMA (a Piaggio spin-off), because Piaggio wanted to avoid any commercial conflict with Fiat which, back then, was the incumbent little cars producer and the most powerful economic (and not only) institution in Italy. Jumping back to this car, the seller bought… Read More Four-wheeled scooter: 1961 Vespa 400S
The seller seems a bit stingy of words to describe this car, so at least we try to tell a brief history about Kellison kit cars. In 1954 Jim Kellison, a former aerospace engineer from Folsom, California, penned the aggressive line of this car which was designed to be built on a rectangular section steel frame.… Read More Aggressive kit car: 1961 Kellison J5
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