It’s not easy to find a Glass GT for sale which is still in restorable conditions and, when you find one, it probably has been painted in “resale red” just like this one. Whatching the inner door panels and the engine bay it’s clear that this car was born in a beautiful metallic pale blue… Read More Resale red: 1966 Glas 1700 GT
One of the cutest models built by BMW was actually a son of Glas, a factory acquired by BMW in 1967. After that, Glas cars were badged as BMW. The design though was made by Frua as, back then, german cars producers were not the best in styling ars so very often they asked italian… Read More Expensive red: 1967 BMW 1600 GT
The Glas 1700 GT engine had a special feature: it was the first unit, installed on a “mass-produced” car, which camshaft was driven by a belt instead of a common timing chain. Not bad for a car built in 1967 when even things like the mechanical fuel injection was adopted only by few race cars… Read More Belt driven: 1967 Glas 1700 GT by Frua
Three countries were involved in building this special car: U.S.A. for the engine, Italy for the body, England for all the rest of it. This car was actually one of the very last work of AC and Frua coachworks; indeed after this car AC still survived but basically disappeared from the car scene, Frua coachworks,… Read More Three countries: 1973 AC 428 Fastback by Frua
This Glas 1700 GT is one of the few built in 1967 before BMW took over: since that moment these cars were produced with the BMW badge. So, few of these cars are still around; we have published a couple during the past years and it’s always nice to spot another one for sale: first… Read More Not really a roller: 1967 Glas 1700 GT
Back in the sixties german car producers often asked to italian designers and coachbuilders to shape their cars: they were actually right as many of these cars came out well like this Glas GT. Designed by Frua and powered by Glas with a four cylinders engine fed by two carburetors, this car was an elegant… Read More The italian job: 1967 Glas GT 1300 by Frua
This Mistral belongs to one of the first batch of these cars which were equipped with the same engine of their predecessor, the 3500 GT series, although increased of 200 c.c. It was sold new in Italy, in a region which has snow during the winter: snow means salt on the tarmac and indeed this car… Read More Trans-continental: 1964 Maserati Mistral Coupé
Yes, sometimes patina has a face which most classic cars enthusiasts know well, on this car it has the colors and the shades of this ultra rare aluminium coachbuilt Fiat. The three decades in the first half of the last century, the 30s, 40s and 50s were the golden age of coachbuilders who built a lot… Read More Patina has a face: 1951 Fiat 1400 Coupé by Frua
As usual for many european automotive firm, also this car was styled by an italian designer: for this car the job was given to Pietro Frua coachworks. This is not one of the early cars built by Jensen at Pressed Steel: early cars (called P1800) suffered by big assembly and rust issues; they were also… Read More Frua style: 1965 Volvo 1800 S Coupé
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
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