We aren’t actually pretty sure that this is the same car published here five years ago, however there are big chances that it is the same vehicle. How many cars like this, with the same color combo, are still around? Sure is that since the first publication, the car has been totally restored and you… Read More Five years later: 1957 Fiat 1100 Tv “Desireé” by Vignale
The asking price of the 1900C Zagato published yesterday is a very important amount but, you know, sky’s the limit and so today here it is a Cisitalia 202 Aerodinamica. This car (chassis #202/4) belongs to the same collection of the Alfa Zagato, a collection put together, probably over many years, by an old collector… Read More Bring an expert: 1948 Cisitalia 202 MM Aerodinamica
We don’t know if the Mille Miglia registration of this year is yet closed but, if not, this car is a potential entrant. Indeed it is a 1954 Fiat 1100 TV, a car which is the typical entrant of the historic race held in Italy every May. But, more than that, this TV is a… Read More Mille Miglia inbound: 1954 Fiat 1100 TV by Colli-Stanguellini
This car is indeed a rarity as few more than 100 were built among 1st and 2nd series: this car belongs to the first series and it’s in the U.S.A. You can easily distinguish a first series from a second as this last one has two little fins, ending with small and rounded taillights, and also… Read More Rarity: 1957 Fiat 1100 TV by Pininfarina
There are still few specimens around of this rare coachbuilt Fiat built by Bertone and called “Derby”, but if you search for other cars like this you immediately see that this is the most correct and complete specimen. And, other than being basically perfect, it has also a striking color combo: apple red with tan interiors… Read More Never this nice: 1949 Fiat 1100 “Derby” by Bertone
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
The 1100 TV could be, among many more valuable cars, one of the symbols of post war Mille Miglia. Indeed many of these cars joined successfully the famous race and they arrived often well in their class: it’s a reliable and solid machine which doesn’t require professional skills to be driven to the limit, and… Read More Family racer: 1954 Fiat 1100-103 TV
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
Update, September 23: As the reader Shel says, this car (chassis B20-2254) should be one of the six semi – official Lancia’s, painted in blue/ivory, which joined the Mille Miglia in 1953. If so, the original italian plate of this car was TO143916 with the engine #2503. Such engine was the experimental 2500 cc. version,… Read More Unfulfilled dream: 1953 Lancia Aurelia B20
What we have here is a second series Fiat 1100-103, called “E”: the car is in the U.S.A. but it seems to be a fresh import from its motherland, Italy. The car looks like it benefitted from a recent restoration, although some details could have been done better. The body looks straight with a very… Read More Black with books: 1957 Fiat 1100 E
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