50 years ago the luxury options for a car were way less than today, however there were a lot of coachbuilders who offered luxury and bespoke finishes without spending a fortune. One of those coachbuilders, one of the most known, was Alfredo Vignale who learned the job at Stabilimenti Farina and thenbuilt his hown company… Read More Popular luxury: 1960 Lancia Appia Lusso by Vignale
So far we have often seen these cabriolets by Vignale built after the 1960, but actually cars built before that year are quite rare. Then, this is not a first series Cabriolet: the first series had only two seats (this is a 2+2 car), a discontinued side profile (with the rear fins more outlined than… Read More Early car: 1959 Lancia Appia Convertibile by Vignale
This is not the first hearse based on a Lancia seen so far, but for sure this is the oldest one, as it is based on a Lancia Aurelia B10. Indeed the B10 has been produced from 1950; in 1951 Lancia made two version of the sedan car: one equipped with a 1,774 cc engine… Read More Last classy ride: 1951 Lancia Aurelia B10 hearse
This is one of the Flaminia Coupé by Pininfarina which have dodged the same destiny of many others which have been scrapped during the last 30 years. Of course that happened as this model has not the same sleek, streamlined lines of its cousin made by Touring, but still it’s a typical example of how well… Read More Dirt and gray: 1960 Lancia Flaminia Coupé by Pininfarina
Many of these panel cars were made by Lancia as they were often used by small companies in order to make quick deliveries around the city. Unfortunately most of them were scrapped as, once they became old cars, they could not be recycled in the used car market: indeed the few cars remained are basically… Read More A different delivery: 1955 Lancia Appia “Furgoncino”
Whilst the seller of this Appia Convertibile (2nd series, chassis #812.01.3810) is not sure about what shade of gray his car is painted of, we are pretty sure that this is a very nice project. That is because this car appears, first of all, very solid. I have a Vignale Convertibile in the same conditions… Read More Two shades of grey: 1960 Lancia Appia Convertibile by Vignale
Your classic car can be the queen of the show mostly for a couple of reasons: it’s the most valuable car of the bunch or it’s something you really can’t see not only every day, but sometimes in a whole life. That’s the case of this Lancia Flaminia from 1961 which, back then, was given a… Read More Lateral thinking/2: 1961 Lancia Flaminia hearse
This car seems covered by a layer of expoxy primer, otherwise that color perfectly matches the “Avorio Santa Anita” (a special shade of Ivory) often used by Touring and Zagato during the sixties. Actually the original color of this car should be grey (as the dashboard is) but in this case the color in itself… Read More Solid ivory: 1963 Lancia Flaminia GT Coupé by Touring
This Vignale coachbuilt Lancia has not the exotic look of the same car bodied by Pininfarina or of the convertible made by vignale as well, but still it’s a rare and classy coupé. 481 of these cars were made with the same care given to build cars much more expensive than this, and today very few… Read More Rare coachbuild: 1960 Lancia Appia Lusso by Vignale
Of course “sixer” is not related to the car condition (as far as we can see9 but to the V6 engine of this elegant Flaminia Coupé. Unfortunately the seller doesn’t specify if this was originally a 3b (three carburetors) car, but there are many possibilities that, being a 2nd series car, this is still a… Read More Silver sixer: 1963 Lancia Flaminia Coupé by pininfarina
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