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
This Giulietta Spider (chassis #1495*101) is one of the very first 750 series cars which came out of the assembly line of Alfa Romeo, it is in rough shape but is is worth of being restored. The thing we don’t understand is that, while this ca has been clearly parked somewhere for decades, it has… Read More 101 but 750: 1956 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
This period seems actually good for finding many 356 cabrio which have been stored for a long time just like this one, parked in 1973 and never been used since. As often happened, this is a car (chassis #160767, engine #732290, transmission #80335) bought in 1965 by the american owner while serving the army in… Read More Cool silver: 1964 Porsche 356 C Cabrio
This german car is said to be a barn find, stored for any years n a place where someone stole its front grille and some dash parts, however it seems very solid. That’s true that the german steel was not as thin and low-quality made like that used on the same period Alfa which rusted… Read More Arabian german: 1959 Mercedes 190 SL
This Porsche 356 C Cabrio is actually a survivor: abandoned in a garage (or barn) many years ago, now it sees the light again. There are not many photos, especially under the boot and the lid but it seems that everything is there: clearly the only thing missing is the lid grille but it’s not… Read More Inside forever: 1965 Porsche 356 C Cabrio
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
I remember to have seen this car in my literature, along whith other one-off Alfa Romeo, and I often wondered what happened to them. Well, this one is here, still beautiful even in these conditions. It’s a one off car with a body crafted with aluminium by Riva, a shop near Como, Italy, not as known… Read More Forgot masterpiece: 1949 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 by Riva
These Simca 8 and 9 once were basically outsider in the classic cars world, however since few years they have regained their proper place in the market as they were rare, cute and properly built. The design of this cars is Pininfarina stuff but they were actually built by the french Facel Metallon even though… Read More Black aluminium: 1951 Simca 8 Sport Coupé
There’s a long story behind this custom 1954 Ford called “Parisienne” and the people behind this build are well known in the american custom builder panorama. The story behind this car is well explained here but the core is that this car was build in 1962 by by Richard “Korky” Korkes of Korky’s Kustom Shop in Whippany,… Read More Korkes’ own: 1954 Ford Convertible “Parisienne”
After a week full of hundred thousands dollars car, here it is something cheap but no less particular: watched from the front it looks like the nose of a Space Shuttle. Unfortunately this is much slower than a Shuttle: actually it doesn’t run at all as it is missing the engine which, on this car,… Read More Snowmobile rocket: 1970 Trimuter
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