This Giulia is one of the extremely rare station wagon versions, never produced for the general public but rather as vehicles generally used by law enforcement or for Italian highway services and very few other purposes. In fact, there were only four coachbuilders in Italy to whom this car was commissioned: Colli, Giorgetti, Introzzi, and… Read More Rare patrol: 1970 Alfa Romeo Giulia 1600 Giardinetta by Grazia
We can say that the first to have developed the concept of “sporty station wagon” were the Italians, at least judging by this model. Obviously “sporty” is a relative term: today this car would be surpassed in terms of performance by the cheapest car on the market, but then this was not a car for… Read More Ancient gold: 1954 Fiat 1100 TV Giardinetta by Viotti
This particular model of Fiat 500B is very rare: if you happen to see the photos on the web you can get the impression that there are many of them around, the reality is that they are the same specimens photographed in different times and places. There are no “official” statistics about the number of… Read More One owner: 1948 Fiat 500B Giardiniera Belvedere
This is a very rare car not only because it’s a Fiat 500A van (some sources say that less then 50 Giardiniera still survive, and much less van) but because it was bought and used by Campari (the famous italian alcholic beverages brand) to deliver their product. Indeed the car is still painted in the dark Campari… Read More Don’t drink and drive: 1940 Fiat 500A Furgoncino “Campari”
The first impression we had of this car, once seen the (blurry) photo taken from the front end, was of a Borgward Isabella, then we found out that this is her cousin, built by the Borgward subsidiary, the Goliath-Werke Borgward & Co. This car appeared at the 1957 Geneva motor show and it was produced until 1958, when it… Read More Isabella’s cousin: 1958 Goliath Kombi 1100 Estate
There are cars that could not considered “beautiful” in the strict sense, but they can just because they have charisma, and this car is one of those. Actually it’s a Ford Cortina Wagon which has been converted to “Savage” specifications. This car had a restoration during year 2005 when, so says the seller, this car… Read More Rude wagon: 1971 Ford Cortina Mk2 “Savage” estate
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