The “standard” Fiat 1600S Coupé is yet a rare car as just 273 were build, this one is a special version built by Fissore coachworks and so here we’re talking of a true rarity. Indeed we don’t know how many of these were built: we have some literature but nowhere there are the production numbers of… Read More Italian japanese: 1963 Fiat 1600S Coupé by Fissore
“Impossible to find” are the words used by the seller to describe this car: actually we agree that this is a coachbuilt car hard to find. This is actually the third Rendez Vous we have seen for sale in years: there is still one for sale here and then we know another one in concours… Read More “Impossible” to find: Fiat 600 Rendez Vous by Vignale
This car is one relic of the endless number of prototypes built in Italy during the fourties and the fifties. This particular car can boast two important name of the business: Gilco and Zagato. There are some sources which clearly testify that this car has been actually built using a Gilco tubolar chassis: the factory… Read More One just: 1951 Gilco-Fiat 1100 by Zagato
Yes, sometimes patina has a face which most classic cars enthusiasts know well, on this car it has the colors and the shades of this ultra rare aluminium coachbuilt Fiat. The three decades in the first half of the last century, the 30s, 40s and 50s were the golden age of coachbuilders who built a lot… Read More Patina has a face: 1951 Fiat 1400 Coupé by Frua
This is the first time we see a car like this: we have seen some Moretti coupé but never a targa (or Roadster as the seller says). Of course these are rare cars: few coupé were built by Moretti (which, at the time, was not anymore a proper car maker but more a customiser which… Read More Italian Targa: 1972 Moretti 128S
This is the second 1100TV by Fissore we have published here: honestly we didn’t believe to see another one for sale for years but here it is another one just one year later. Actually the seller says that this is the only car around but clearly he’s not a Classic Virus reader. Differently from the… Read More O.S.C.A. badged: 1955 Fiat 1100 TV by Fissore
Scioneri was a coachbuilder who mostly focused his production on little Fiat’s, mostly road cars. Although he had a little shop, he often worked with great designers like Michelotti, who designed this car. It’s clear that these cars were built for family men who wanted a Coupé to use it as commuter and carry their family around as… Read More Rising gold: 1966 Fiat 1500 “Sportinia” by Scioneri
Fissore was one of the most famous coachbuilder in Torino, in the years between 1921 and 1976. Differently from other coachbuilder of the same era, he was focused on building commercial vehicles, however he didn’t dislike to build touring cars for the upper-middle class, mostly on the epic Fiat 1100-103 chassis and engine, like this… Read More Art Déco grille: 1955 Fiat 1100-103 TV by Fissore
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