If there’s one thing that drives us crazy, it’s the small sports berlinettas built in small series during the 40s and 50s. As we all know 80% of these cars were produced on a Fiat basis, but some were not, as in the case of this Panhard X86, imported (as a chassis) in Italy by… Read More Scrapyard survivor: 1953 Panhard X86 Berlinetta by Allemano
These two very special cars have been an inseparable couple for many years, and not just because they were built by the same coachbuilder. The coachbuilder we are talking about is Enrico Maestri, owner of a small workshop in Piacenza, Italy, whom in 1939 had a commission from the gentlemen driver Paolo Butti. The contract… Read More The odd couple: 1948 Fiat 500 A Berlinetta – 1947 Fiat 500 B Barchetta by Maestri
If this car was as long as its name, now we were looking at a 20 feet car. Indeed, this is te tiniest coupé built by Fiat and designed by Bertone. One of the strangest things about this car is that most of the production was exported to the U.S.A: number says 2,890 out of… Read More Tiny coupé: 1969 Fiat 850 Sport Racer Berlinetta by Bertone
The seller of this one-off fiberglass berlinetta based on a 1957 Triumph TR3 chassis is a usual Classic Virus reader and he’s a true classic cars enthusiast. He submitted to us this nice car which body was made probably in the early sixties in the U.S.A., during the “Fiberglass era”. The photo above shows the… Read More Seller submission: One-off 1957 Triumph TR3 “Berlinetta”
If you study the italian cars production between the 30’s and the ’60’s you’ll soon realize that the coachbuit cars production based on Fiat chassis is almost endless. This car is called 508 CS Berlinetta Mille Miglia and it looks like it has an aluminium body put on a Fiat 508 chassis. The seller says that… Read More Racing oddball: 1946 Fiat 508 CS Berlinetta Mille Miglia
How many times have you stumbled across an 850 Spider Bertone? How many on a coupé? This rare Racer is said to be a preserved, one owner car with 40,000 kms from new. The seller says also that this car has been featured on specialized classic car magazines. This car runs on four beautiful Campagnolo… Read More Team Bertone: 1969 Fiat 850 Sport Racer Berlinetta
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