If we come across one for sale, we can’t help but post it, almost as if it were a moral duty. In reality, the reason is simple, or rather, there are two reasons: the first is that we are fascinated by the small Italian cars built by master coachbuilders of the last century, the second… Read More Another one: 1955 Fiat 600 Coupé by Monterosa
More than three million Fiat 600s were produced in ten years, but very few were dressed by famous coachbuilders. And of those few made, very few have reached us, including this beautiful two-tone specimen which still has the scent of originality in many of its parts which, in fact, are not perfect. In fact, the… Read More Two tone era: 1958 Fiat 600 by Monterosa
There could well exist an automobile museum whose sole purpose would be to exhibit special models built on the basis of the Fiat 1100-103, both in standard and TV versions. Actually, all Italian (and not only) coachbuilders have practiced at least once in building a special bodywork on the Fiat 1100-103 chassis, both as an… Read More Exercise in style: 1956 Fiat 1100-103 TV by Monterosa
Stella Alpina literally means “Alpine Star”, but the name does not refer to an astronomical object but to a very rare flower that grows on alpine meadows. And this is the name that was used by the Monviso bodyshop (coincidentally, the name of a mountain in the Alpine chain) for this special car built on… Read More Brown flower: 1947 Fiat 1100B “Stella Alpina” by Monviso
We don’t remember exactly how many cars like this we’ve posted in ten years, but this should be the second or third, tops. This is because it is an extremely rare car like all the cars built to order by the Italian car ateliers of the 1950s: In this case it is the Monterosa bodywork,… Read More Extra rare: 1955 Fiat 600 Coupé by Monterosa
Taking a car trip like the one described below would make you heroes nowadays. Doing it 70 years ago, alone, without satellite phone, gps, air conditioning, asphalted roads driving a Fiat 1100, seems an almost superhuman feat just for having thought of it. The author of this driving company around the world was Franco Nacci,… Read More 1 Man, 1 Car, 22 Months, 38 Countries, 45,000 Miles: Franco Nacci
We know that Classic Virus readers expect us to publish some very special cars, produced in very limited series and better still if Italian. It goes without saying that this is not easy but sometimes we manage to find something special. What we have found for sale today is a very special small car: it… Read More Rare bird: 1956 Fiat 600 Coupé by Monterosa
How many of these wagons have you seen live or for sale in recent years? I’ll tell you: none, because this is an extremely rare car. It is in fact a special body made by Monterosa, a bodyshop very active in the first decade after WWII which was working in particular on Fiat. In fact, we… Read More Special wagon: 1951 Fiat 1100 E wagon by Monterosa
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