The aluminium family of the Simca made during the early fifties is quite scarce but, among all those, the Simca 9 is the rarest as it was build just for little more than one year, from 1952 to 1953. Like its sisters, this Simca had an aluminium body sketched by Pininfarina but the car was… Read More Hen’s tooth: 1952 Simca 9 Sport by Facel
When we saw this ad we believed that the seller put the wrong description: the car looked like a 1500S Coupé, but actually the seller explains this discrepancy. Indeed this car is said to have been built in november 1962 whilst the “official” build year of the 1600S is 1963: the seller says that this… Read More Hybrid body: 1962 Fiat 1600S Coupé by Pininfarina
That’s not a news seeing a project car without the lights, both on the front and the rear end: it looks like that headlights and taillights are the most cannibalized part of any car abandoned to its destiny. This Appia Coupé by Pininfarina has had such destiny but, apart from the missing lights which are… Read More Blind project: 1958 Lancia Appia Coupé by Pininfarina
The fifties and the sixties were the decades when Fiat still knew how to build sport cars: the 1600S with the O.S.C.A. engine is a proof of that. Indeed this car is equipped with the D.O.H.C. four cylinder engine built by Maserati brothers in the early fifties and the “sold” to Fiat which made a… Read More Four lights, two camshafts: 1963 Fiat 1600S O.S.C.A.
This angl0-american-italian roadster was produced from 1951 to 1954, but only from 1952 it had this aspect shaped by Pininfarina coachworks. And, because the components of this car had to go around a third of the world before being put together, this roadster had a very expensive tag price: in 1955 it costed almost the double… Read More Buried emerald: 1953 Nash Healey Roadster by Pininfarina
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
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
You know…when the classic cars market is yet overinflated, what else to do? Just inflate it a little bit more! What we have here is a bunch of Ferrari 250 in need of a total restoration and, moreover, they are not even complete: particularly the 250 spider is basically a body and a chassis, with some… Read More Many millions: Ferrari 250 stash
First time ever we see pink Lancia: we believed so far that only Cadillac’s could benefit from such treatment. The seller says the he have acquired this car from a long term ownership in Indiana and that the car still bears its original plates from 1959. It is also said that the engine turns freely… Read More Indiana Pink: 1959 Lancia Flaminia 2500 Coupé by Pininfarina
Yes, this aluminium-bodied coupé was built in France by Facel Metallon but the design was made by Pininfarina, who also built Fiat’s and Ferrari’s with a very similar body. And, as the seller too says, back then this car was more expensive than a Porsche 356 (try to buy a ’51 356 now) and just for… Read More Attitude for elegance: 1951 Simca Sport 8 by Facel
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