This is of of 1091 cars made because, other than being a Giulia Spider, it carries (at least once) the badge “Veloce”. That means that the engine of these cars was modified to be moe powerful: it actually was the same unit installed on the Giulia Sprint Speciale and that means different camshafts, a couple… Read More Ready for the job: 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider Veloce
Actually, many of these cars have been abused, abandoned, environmentally recycled or crushed in the past: this one has been abandoned but still something remains of it. It s a red GT Junior which has not been abused as it looks pretty original with the exception of the period correct mag wheels, but the point… Read More Abandoned Junior: 1969 Alfa Romeo GT Junior
All we know (almost all) that the magic “S” after “Porsche 911” means performance and value, but not all know that if that “S” belongs to a pre-1968 car, the value rises a lot. It raises steeply if that “S” belongs to a matching numbers car like this one is said to be: it actually… Read More Green and Gold: 1967 Porsche 911S 2.0
This GT Veloce was originally delivered to its first owner in Italy but then a former soldier stationed in Italy (hence the “AFI” plate) bought the car and took it with him in the U.S.A. That’s not at all the first time we read a story like this, unfortunately just like many stories like this,… Read More Italian delivery: 1967 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Veloce
The Siata 1100 built by Vignale was a rare car even back then in the fifties, so it’s quite unusual, today, to find one still in restorable conditions. We don’t know the exact build year of the car as the actual plate was issued in 1963 but these were built from 1954 to 1958, nor… Read More Cut away: 1954 Siata 1100 Coupé by Vignale
A representative of one of the most elegant cars built in the sixties needs a lot of help as no one took care of her for a long time – despite a 50 years ownership – and of course years have taken their toll. Of course this model, because of the aluminium body, don’t have… Read More 50 years owership: 1960 Maserati 3500 GT by Touring
The Merak is to Bora as Mercedes 190 SL is to 300 SL: the equation is simple but, differently from the 190 SL, the Merak had 200 hp on which to rely on. This car though, has some issues. It is a car which clearly had an accident which involved not only the front fender… Read More Christmas orange: 1974 Maserati Merak 3000
As we just wrote many times, one of the lesson learned about the classic cars world is that you can’t ever imagine how many model have been built in the past 100 years. This, for instance, is the first specimen of “Kombi” we’ve ever seen and, to be honest, we didn’t even know about its… Read More German perfume: 1949 Mercedes-Benz 170 S “Kombi”
“Interiors only” is not referred to the photo provided (which actually show only interiors and the front lid) but also to what remains of the car which is said to have been involved in a serious crash. The seller says that the engine is missing (it was originally a 1500 c.c. unit) but the typ… Read More Interiors only: 1954 Porsche 356 Coupé
These Simca 8 and 9 once were basically outsider in the classic cars world, however since few years they have regained their proper place in the market as they were rare, cute and properly built. The design of this cars is Pininfarina stuff but they were actually built by the french Facel Metallon even though… Read More Black aluminium: 1951 Simca 8 Sport Coupé
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