One of the most iconic Italian bodies of the 70s, built by Francis Lombardi, contains not an 850 CC but a 1300 cc engine. We are therefore talking about an Abarth 1300 Scorpione which, however, in this specific specimen (in excellent condition) has a flaw, if we talk about originality: the engine is not original.… Read More Bigger than usual: 1970 Abarth 1300 Scorpione
Classic Virus readers will have understood for some time that we like this model, and we like it even more if it is one of those few equipped by the factory with a six-cylinder engine. If then, in addition to being a six-cylinder, the car is configured as “GT”, that is, with the fenders widened,… Read More Adriatic six: 1970 Volkswagen-Porsche 914-6 “GT”
Do you think the 914 is more a Volkswagen than a Porsche? Actually it is exactly the opposite, both in the four and six cylinder versions. In the four-cylinder one because, until 1964, the cars produced by the Stuttgart factory (and before that in the Gmund factory) were all four-cylinder boxers, in the six-cylinder one… Read More Six are better: 1970 Volkswagen – Porsche 914-6
What is sought in a classic car is, in addition to beauty and rarity, its compliance with the original production specifications: this Mangista should satisfy all three of these requirements. It appears that this Mangusta has been kept in a garage during the last 35 years, and has seen the light again only a few… Read More Gone in 35 Years: 1970 De Tomaso Mangusta
The biggest classic car dealer – probably in the world – this time has in his hands a 914-6 born of this beautiful Forest Green color. The car was probably used to take part in some amateur races, since it is equipped with a pair of sports seats, a roll cae and the original engine… Read More Green six: 1970 VW-Porsche 914-6
And here is another Scorpione with a bodywork designed by Francis-Lombardi and, once again, it is a SS. We are in fact amazed because the SS version is very rare, and when we write “a lot” it means – if our sources are not wrong – less than ten copies, which makes the SS a… Read More Merzario signature: 1970 Abarth 1300 Scorpione SS
It is the second time we come across this particular model, built in very few examples by Moretti, in the declining phase of its history. We certainly don’t publish it for its beauty, but for its rarity and for what it represents: a last, heroic attempt to propose to the users a car based on… Read More Odd Targa: 1970 Moretti 128 S
“Which Orange?” you are wondering, and in fact we can not blame you. The color you see in the picture is indeed “Tangerine” but the original color of this 911 is “Signal Orange”, among other things, it is a very sought-after shade. Why publish this 911? Simple, because apart from the color (easily reconvertible in… Read More Euro orange: 1970 Porsche 911 E 2.2 Coupé
Let’s continue with what has now begun as “Alfa Week” (and I think nobody has been sorry for this) with this 1750 GTV in color “Yellow Ocra” (Ocher Yellow), titled as 1970, but in fact is a ’69. This is probably the most beautiful color of the period between the decades of 1960 and 1970,… Read More Actor’s yellow: 1970 Alfa Romeo 1750 GT Veloce
Are the Porsche pre-74s with six-cylinder engines too expensive? True, but there are alternatives like this 914-6. For heaven’s sake, we are not saying that the 914-6 are cheap indeed, in recent years these cars have had a dizzying rise in prices because someone has realized that, in fact, these are Porsche in all respects… Read More Arizona red: 1970 Volkswagen-Porsche 914-6
