If what the seller says is true, this car could be the one and only Fiat 1500 Ghia on this world driven by the same owner from new. By the way this car has a curious story: the seller says that he bought it from Incar, the Fiat agent of Rhodesia (the south-african country now… Read More One owner only: 1965 Fiat 1500 GT Coupé by Ghia
It’s clear that the seller is aware of the rarity of this car, on the other hand he doesn’t know much more than that. Indeed he claims that the body/chassis was made by “Autotelaio”: unfortunately “Autotelaio” is an italian word which means “chassis”. Actually this coupé was one of the Fiat special cars made by… Read More Chassis by Chassis: 1961 Fiat 1500S Coupé by Viotti
This funny Fiat 850 Spider is said to be a barn find, actually it seems everything but a barn find. Indeed these cars, quite rare in the US and especially the US model like this one, are deeply prone to rust even if they have been well cared during their life: the poor quality of… Read More Yellow fun: 1969 Fiat 850 Spider
Here it comes another basically unknown barchetta from the past: this one, bodied by Frua, is another car based on a Fiat 1100 platform. The seller says that this is an original barchetta by Frua and as proof of this he has published a period photo of this car where is clearly visible the same original black… Read More Bulky face: 1947 Fiat 1100 Barchetta by Frua
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
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