Three countries were involved in building this special car: U.S.A. for the engine, Italy for the body, England for all the rest of it. This car was actually one of the very last work of AC and Frua coachworks; indeed after this car AC still survived but basically disappeared from the car scene, Frua coachworks,… Read More Three countries: 1973 AC 428 Fastback by Frua
Moretti was a car builder in the early stage of his history but, after the coachbuilt cars sunset in the late sixties, he just modified some Fiat models until the end of the company in 1989. One of the cars he used to built was the 127 Coupé like this one, a tenave to build… Read More Humble but elegant: 1973 Moretti 127 Coupé
This car is an example of what we really like to find: an almost unknown car which has never reached the popularity of some European competitors but it’s still a little tile in the automotive history. It is called Bianco (from the surname of its founder, Ottorino Bianco) and was launched d at the Sao… Read More The brazilian way/3: 1979 Bianco S Coupé
We are pretty sure that calling “Patina” the faded paint and some rust spot on the roof could be a bit too stretched but, on the other side, we have seen worse projects than this one. The car is quite surely an Euro version as we can’t spot any side marker or big bumpers which… Read More Enough patina: 1973 Lamborghini Espada
Well, we’re not sure that the donor chassis and engine of this car belong to a Jarama S neither if the car is from 1973, we have just made an assumption as the seller says that the car has 350 HP. The only thing we’re pretty sure of is that the custom aluminium body of… Read More Bizzarrini outside: 1973 Lamborgini Jarama S
Differently from the Maserati tradition, this car was given the name of a star belonging to the Ursa Major constellation. And, differently from its predecessors, this car had not a tubular chassis but an unibody. Of course if you know the Maserati family it’s clear that this car has been designed to be the smaller sister… Read More Faded star: 1973 Maserati Merak 3000
This car is basically unknown to most classic cars nuts, and that’s because it was produced for no more than five years and only 35 specimens saw the light. It was the fiberglass era and so many enterpreneurs tried to produce their own “supercars”; unfortunately building a car, selling it and having a profit it’s not… Read More Rare bird: 1973 LMX Sirex HCS
This blue GTV 2000 is said to have been purchased from the first owner: it would be curious to know who of the two owners choose the blue upholstery. Jokes apart, the car looks good at a first sight: first it looks quite original (if you exclude, as just said, the blue upholstery which was… Read More Blue project: 1973 Alfa Romeo GTV 2000
These cars were made in so few units that only BMW enthusiasts know them well. It is called Touring and it’s basically the fastback version of the more famous two door sedan sister. Indeed it cannot considered by most a pretty car but, as Francis Bacon once said, “There is no excellent beauty that hath… Read More Not Superleggera: 1973 BMW 2002 Touring
Finally we can consider this the “Bavarian Week”, which ends with this 2002 Turbo in need of some care, but with a quite good overall look. The seller says that this was sold new in Germany and then exported to Japan more than twenty years ago. It’s not a show car but, as the seller… Read More Wider than usual: 1973 BMW 2002 Turbo
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