Over the past few decades, a car built on a versatile platform was subject to many variations, limited only by the imagination of the designers. Even the Fiat 500, in its “D” version, had its own interpretations and among these was that of the NSU through the vision of the Weinsberg workshops: two versions were… Read More The other side: 1962 NSU/Fiat 500 Coupé by Weinsberg
What does the collecting value of a car depend on? Rarity? Beauty? Sports pedigree? Pop culture? Surely it is a value derived from the crossing of all the previous ones, but in some cases it is still difficult to calculate it. One of “those cases” is certainly related to this Fiat 500N (chassis # 110… Read More Oldest isn’t cheapest: 1957 Fiat 500 N
In fact we believe it is difficult to find a car (not born as a microcar) smaller than this barchetta, strictly red as the regulation of the time established. The reason for this smallness is simple: this boat was built starting from the chassis and engine of a Fiat 500 B, in particular the latter… Read More Smaller is harder: 1948 Siata 500 Sport Barchetta
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
The rarest version of the Fiat 500 was only painted in grey with large red side stripes: that’s the “Sport” model made to push the sales of the Fiat 500 which, oddly, didn’t go well up to the early sixties. This is the third 500 Sport published here and we guess that the actual population… Read More Even rarer: 1959 Fiat 500 N Sport “Tetto rigido”
Orlandi built cars? Never heard of it before. So, we did a check on the book “La Sport e i suoi artigiani” which is the most important book eve made about the italian cars, but no trace of this car. And yet, Orlandi was a known coachbuilder specialized in building truck and coaches but we… Read More Unknown: 1955 Fiat 500C Barchetta by Orlandi
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