Coachbuilders like Vignale were not only involved in building supercars for rich people but also in giving a different shape to mass produced car like the Fiat 600. That’s because they too needed to make some quick cash and building a new body for a Ferrari or some other expensive car was not everyday stuff.… Read More Aquamarine special: 1963 Fiat 600 Cabriolet by Vignale
We’ve already published this car in our previous article about Classic Virus List, but we believe that this car went a little bit unnoticed, and that would be a waste.This is a car in need of a total restoration and unfortunately there is only one photo posted by the seller, but we believe that this… Read More Coachbuilt rarity: Fiat 1200 Coupé by Pininfarina
Just like the Sportinia published here, also this special Fiat Coupé (this time built by Vignale), was born painted in a golden shade, actually often used in the seventies but not much in the previous decade. This particular model, said to be built in 60 units of which only 15 are known to survive nowadays, has… Read More Rising gold/2: 1965 Fiat 1300S by Vignale
As it often happens because of our ignorance, we didn’t know that a small batch of Alfa 1900 Berlina like this one were assembled in Belgium by Imperia coachworks, like this one is said to be. We didn’t find much about this shop but at least we know hat it still exists in Liege, Belgium,… Read More Made in Belgium: 1953 Alfa Romeo 1900
All new. All easy. All free. Classic Virus List: classicviruslist.com is our new trick, the result of dozens of working weekends and hundreds of overtime work hours (after our “regular” work and the enrichment of this blog) of one girl and two guys during this 2016. What we have done is trying to summarize our… Read More Introducing Classic Virus List
This car is indeed a rarity as few more than 100 were built among 1st and 2nd series: this car belongs to the first series and it’s in the U.S.A. You can easily distinguish a first series from a second as this last one has two little fins, ending with small and rounded taillights, and also… Read More Rarity: 1957 Fiat 1100 TV by Pininfarina
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
Two Derby by Bertone for sale in two months is probably a rare event: this car is the blue version of its sister published here last month. The seller says that he owns this car since 2000 and that since then the car benefitted by a sympathetic restoration also with the help of an expert of… Read More The blue one: 1949 Fiat 1100 “Derby” by Bertone
We know this car: we’ve seen it for sale in Italy about six years ago at a dealer in the north-east of Italy. Then it disappeared and now it has migrated in Germany, where it’s actually for sale. This barchetta was built by Trevisan, a coachbuilder located in the north-east of Italy: we know very few… Read More Alfa inspiration: 1954 Fiat 500C Barchetta by Trevisan
There are still few specimens around of this rare coachbuilt Fiat built by Bertone and called “Derby”, but if you search for other cars like this you immediately see that this is the most correct and complete specimen. And, other than being basically perfect, it has also a striking color combo: apple red with tan interiors… Read More Never this nice: 1949 Fiat 1100 “Derby” by Bertone
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