This Fiat 1500, equipped with the twin cam O.S.C.A. engine, features a beautiful patina over its red paint, but it actually was born painted in pale blue. Indeed the previous owner was an enthusiast racer, as all the period badges on the top of the dashboard say, and so he thought that the red paint… Read More Solid patina: 1962 Fiat 1500 O.S.C.A. Cabriolet by Pininfarina
Pininfarina built almost 100 of these coupes, so not as few as you might imagine (in relative terms). In absolute terms this is an absolute rarity. By the way, few knows that Pininfarina built an handful of a cabriolet version of this model but, as far as we know, all of them have disappeared many… Read More An early one: 1954 Fiat 1100 TV Coupé by Pininfarina
We actually didn’t know what title we could give to this article as this car is a mistery, with the exception of the chassis which is said to belong to a Fiat 500C a.k.a. “Topolino”. Indeed the seller has no info about who built it back in the fifties but, who did it, knew how… Read More Mistery mouse: 1957 Fiat 500C Custom
The color of this Dino 2000 Coupé is maybe the best on a Dino seen so far, the only doubt we have is about its originality. Fact is that this color clearly draws attention as many people are actually watching the eBay auction een though there are no bids so far: that’s mostly because this… Read More Centerfold color: 1968 Fiat Dino 2000 Coupé
One of the best sellers of fiat was the model 1100-103 produced from 1953 up to 1959, it had reliable chassis, engine and good brakes so it became very popular among coachbuiders. One of those was Vittorino Viotti who already made many customizations starting from a mass prduced Fiat: he built the “Giardinetta” (it was… Read More Green light: 1956 Fiat 1100-103 “Giardinetta” by Viotti
Among all the 600 Multipla seen for sale so far, this looks the most original of the bunch and, indeed, the seller says that this car is as original as it came out of the factory. By the way the build year in the title is supposed, as the plate is not the original one… Read More Old chap: 1967 Fiat 600 Multipla
As it often happens the seller didn’t say anything about the build year of this car but we suppose that this is a 1968 car, even though these were built also in 1967 and 1969. Some source say that only a couple of dozens “Samantha” still live: of course these numbers have not any scientific value… Read More A blue one: 1968 Fiat 125 “Samantha” by Vignale
“Mostro” in italian means monster: this was the nickname given by Abarth to the OT 2000, a Fiat 850 with widened rear wings and equipped with an Abarth twin cam, 2000 c.c. engine. The “Mostro” was a one-off car (now in a private collection in Japan) but it unleashed the fantasy of many: who built… Read More Mostro: 1965 Abarth OT 2000 recreation
This car really needs nothing as it is one of the most beautiful specimen seen so far belonging to the small batch of 1600S coupé produced by Pininfarina on behalf of FIAT. It is clearly a car coming from Italy (where we believe that the 99% of these were sold when new), indeed the seller… Read More Needs nothing/2: 1964 Fiat 1600S OSCA Coupé
Original car, original black plate, preserved, rare and cheap, you can’t ask for much more than that if you are looking for an italian classic built by one of the most famous coachbuilder ever. It is indeed a 1500 coupé built by Vignale coachworks, not the most aggressive or flamboyant car ever but a special… Read More Original stuff/2: 1966 Fiat 1500 Coupé by Vignale
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