This ultra-modified Fiat 600D has been completely customised to run LeMons: the main job has been to install a 1000 c.c. Moto Guzzi engine in tha back of the car. Many decided that installing a bike ingine into the car is a winning choice to run LeMons, but no one ever installed a Guzzi air-cooled… Read More LeMons challenger: 1964 Fiat 600D
This car is said to have been carried out from a garage where it sat for the last 30 years. It’s a Fiat 1900B, and, as per the front grill trims, it could be a 1956 or a 1957 car; however the seller says that this car has no plates nor papers, so it needs… Read More Leave it as is: 1956? Fiat 1900B Berlina
Update, May 12, 2019 Tomorrow the same car will be auctioned here with an estimate of €245,000 – 260,000 (today $275,000 – 292,000). April 23, 2013 This late ’40’s barchetta is based on engine and suspensions of a Fiat 500B. However, back then it has been aluminium bodied by Cooperativa Autocarrozzieri Modena coachworks, giving it… Read More Sad face: 1938 Fiat Pini Barchetta “Siluro” by Autodromo
How many times have you stumbled across an 850 Spider Bertone? How many on a coupé? This rare Racer is said to be a preserved, one owner car with 40,000 kms from new. The seller says also that this car has been featured on specialized classic car magazines. This car runs on four beautiful Campagnolo… Read More Team Bertone: 1969 Fiat 850 Sport Racer Berlinetta
Balbo coackworks built many special Fiat between the ’30’s and the ’50’s, this car is one of those specials. The seller says few about this car, but watching some period photos this car seems correct (at least from outside). The front end recalls many american cars of the same period, especially Chrysler. A bit more… Read More Vintage purple: 1948 Fiat 1100 Trasformabile by Balbo
According to the seller, this early barchetta was built by (or based on the design of) Armando Palanca, and built on the chassis, engine and suspensions of a 1940 Fiat 1500 6C. Armando Palanca, not known by most people, was an italian aeronautical engineer (perhaps the top-notch back then) who worked with the team which… Read More No rain, no gain: 1940 Fiat 1500 6C by Palanca
This ultra-rare Fiat 500b (aka “Topolino”) Giardiniera is not only one of the last survivor of its series, but it’s a rare coachbuilt car by Turin coachbuilder Accossato too. This particular car was featured in a 2012 article of italian classic cars magazine Quattroruote. The seller says that this car is the last survivor of… Read More Stylish Topolino: 1948 Fiat 500b Giardiniera by Accossato
August 2 – Update: mistery solved! See comments below. 1947 Stanguellini – Bertone 1100 August 2 The base car seems indeed a Fiat 1100S by Pininfarina, probably with a modified front grill, but the mistery remains partially unsolved: where that big Abarth badge and such air scoop come from? The two cars have a different… Read More Coachbuilt trivia: what car is it? – Solved!
Update, april 24: the new owner contacted us again regaling us more info on this car. Actually this car is based on a Fiat 1100 S chassis and engine, it’s a matching numbers car which was born as a coupé and then, probably after a crash, in 1954 was rebuilt as a cabriolet. Now it’s… Read More Early job: 1948 Fiat 1100 S Cabriolet by Vignale
We are used to see many million dollars cars racing the Mille Miglia: actually this car represents the cheapest entry point for such historic race. In fact, every year at least five 1st series Fiat 1100-103 TV are admitted to the race, and this car belongs to the same breed. We are pretty sure that… Read More Mille Miglia entry: 1955 Fiat 1100 TV
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