This car seems to be the object of an experiment under which two cars had to be mixed. The shell belongs to a Fiat 1500 Ghia, a cute coupé designed by Sartorelli for Ghia and built by Ghia coachworks in 846 units between 1964 and 1967: the mechanical components came of course from the Fiat 1500 series while… Read More Mixin’ italians: 1967 Fiat 1500 GT Coupé by Ghia
The mistery here has the shape of a matt black body which dresses what is said to be a Balilla Coppa d’Oro. This car seems to be in France since a lot of time throughout which the car has for sure been neglected in the past. Then someone has begun a kind of restoration which is way… Read More Black mistery: 1934 Fiat Balilla Coppa D’Oro
A couple of times per year it could happen to stumble across a rare 1600S OSCA Coupé “four headlights” (273 made) and so far nothing so special. But when we read such asking price things are a bit different. The seller says that he’s in need to sell the car fast as he’s going to move… Read More Underpriced twin-cam: 1963 Fiat 1600S O.S.C.A. Coupé
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
Update, same day: Alex, a faithful reader, italian classic car connoisseur and collector, has found a period photo of the 1949 edition of the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este where there can be seen a car similar, very similar to this one. The caption says that the car is made by Colli and that’s painted in… Read More Huge price-weight ratio: 1938 Fiat 500A barchetta by Colli
It can happen to stumble upon on a very expensive, and very rare, original Abarth engine but it’s extremely rare to find a Nardi engine like this one for sale. As you know, the power of every engine resides in the head, so many of the period tuning kit consisted in head, carburetors and a… Read More The tuning experience: Fiat 600 “Nardi” engine
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”
Once again here it is another relic of the magnificent and bygone era of hand-crafted italian sports cars. It is called “Siluro” (Torpedo) as usual for this kind of cars. This is one of the many (most of which lost) cars made by small coachworks (often made by one of two craftsmen) for private parties who… Read More Disused postwar torpedo: 1948 Fiat 500 “Siluro”
We are used to see Alfa Romeo Giulia’s built for italian police (mostly replicas), and sometimes some little van (built until mid ’80s), but we’ve never seen a Fiat 600 with such livery. As the seller says, this car is not a replica but a true 600 used by Carabinieri corps, it still has the… Read More Beyond coolness: 1966 Fiat 600 “Carabinieri”
This little coupé based on the Fiat 600 chassis is one of the last special cars made by Moretti using the chassis of the famous economy car made by Fiat. But, cars like the Moretti coupè were made for those people who, albeit not wealty, had enoug financial resources to buy a car which should… Read More Style in miniature: 1962 Moretti 750 Coupé
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