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
The production of this little BMW fastback began when the german firm bought Glas, a german whorkshop which basically made most of their cars starting from a BMW chassis and engine. Indeed this car started its life as a Glas 1300 GT in 1964: yet then Glas asked to italian master coachbuilder Pietro Frua to… Read More Italian-german hybrid: 1968 BMW 1600GT by Frua
We have yet published another Simca, but then it was a Plein Ciel. This time is a rare Océane, much scarcer than the first one. This car is now in the UK but it came from Oregon, which is not a dry country at all; however this car, although in need of a total restoration,… Read More French style: 1960 Simca Aronde Océane
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