For some years now, many collectors of the cars built in the Portello factory have also been interested in their commercial vehicles, certainly much rarer than their car cousins. We have indeed written several times about how much the models A 11 and F11, or A12 and F12 have been further re-evaluated and how their… Read More Call of duty: 1980 Alfa Romeo F12 Ambulance
Of course, it is a mixed bag out there, but this odel was definitely missing from our imaginary car collection. Obviously we did not know of the existence of this model. This car came out of the factory as a normal Ford equipped with a 3.3 liter inline 6-cylinder engine, after which it was converted… Read More High voltage: 1980 EVA Curfare electric car
If our aim is to report the most particular classic cars, available on the market at a given moment, we certainly could not avoid reporting this prototype. This is not a prototype of a mass-produced car (which, however, would have some importance), but the prototype of a Rally legend, the Lancia 037, the last rear-wheel… Read More SE 037-001: 1980 Lancia 037 prototype
We do not know how many Alpina C1 2.3 have been built, but we imagine few, very few. We have no official data as some sources say 35 specimens, others says 100 and so on: if anyone knows something certain, share it as well. What is certain is that, regardless of how many have been… Read More Born faster: 1980 Alpina C1 2.3
It happens that every now and then snack out of nowhere these three-wheeled vehicles, built in the USA at the turn of the 70s and 80s, an extraordinary era. At that time, in fact, what was to become the modern world a few years later was emerging: 24-hour computers, cell phones and live broadcasts. Besides… Read More Back to the future: 1980 Tri-Magnum
We have already seen this Corvette C3 for sale in a few weeks, but we had never mentioned it because it is not one of the most sought after models. However, this car has two unique characteristics: a very beautiful color and 1433 original miles. We are convinced that, even if you are not a… Read More 1,433 original miles: 1980 Chevrolet Corvette C3 T-Top L-82
There are many Ferrari 308 GTSi on the market, but very few are yellow and only one has belonged to a true Jazz legend. This is in fact the former Ferrari of Miles Davis who not only ordered it in a particular combination of colors (yellow outside and brown inside), which makes it already unique… Read More Bebop yellow: 1980 Ferrari 308 GTSi
This 308 GTBi is actually painted in a very rare color: few only of these cars were originally painted in white, we don’t know exactly how many but we would’t be surprised if they were less than ten. Other than beng painted in this unusual color, this car is said to be a barn find:… Read More American wheels: 1980 Ferrari 308 GTBi
The second Alfetta GTV Turbodelta spotted during the last 12 months is not silver but painted in a proper Alfa Red, with a large stripe on both sides to remind people that this is not a common car. Indeed this model was produced in 400 units, so it’s a rare car, and it was equipped… Read More Boosted: 1980 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Turbodelta
When I was young I really loved this car; actually it was the only four doors car that I really liked as it was muscle. I liked also its squared shapes which, however, were pretty harmonized and streamlined, mostly because this is a huge car with a huge engine under the hood: this model was… Read More Manhattan transfer: 1980 Maserati Quattroporte
