This Appia Convertibile (or what remains of it) is actually a California car purchased by the actual owner who trailed it to his home in Santa Fe, but the restoration process never began. The car is apparently in scary condition but I swear I’ve seen cars apparently in condition way better than this is, but… Read More Santa Fe Trail: 1959 Lancia Appia Convertibile by Vignale
We didn’t know that the Giulietta Veloce was built even in 1963: those were the years of the Giulia but actually few 1300 c.c. were built in that year. Update: see comment below This one is a late series Veloce which is actually offered as a car to be restored: it was probably born in… Read More Late car: 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider Veloce
A classic Ferrari in a garage or a barn is of course the dream of every classic cars nut, only to discover that Ferrari is missing its engine and transmission. That is indeed the destiny of this car which, sometime in the past, became to be transformed into something different from what it as been… Read More Missing something: 1963 Ferrari 250 GTE
Seeing a car – that I used to see along the streets when I was young – slowly becoming a classic, makes me somehow unconfortable but I presume that I can’t do anything to stop all of this so here it is: a very quick hatchback from the early eighties. The most powerful car after the… Read More 7.5 seconds: 1981 Renault 5 Alpine Turbo
One of the best sellers of fiat was the model 1100-103 produced from 1953 up to 1959, it had reliable chassis, engine and good brakes so it became very popular among coachbuiders. One of those was Vittorino Viotti who already made many customizations starting from a mass prduced Fiat: he built the “Giardinetta” (it was… Read More Green light: 1956 Fiat 1100-103 “Giardinetta” by Viotti
When you spot a fifty years old Porsche in the countryside you’d expect to see a rusty wreck and that’s true for most of those finds: this one however, is an exception. The seller says there is no rust whatsoever on the car which has been disassembled in order to restore it but clearly the… Read More Outstanding gaps: 1962 Porsche 356B T6 Cabrio
This late 750 Giulietta Spider (chassis #1495.11180) could have been in better conditions than it is but unfortunately both sides are damaged because of a farm equipment which backed into the car from the driver side. Then the car was pushed on another farm equipment on the passenger side: this carelessness now means a salty bill… Read More Hard farming: 1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider
Here is another car which doesn’t need a full restoration: it oozes “patina” from every spot and it looks as original as it leaved the factory 55 years ago. Of course it is not a driveable car as it is parked from many years ago but the seller says that the engine turns so we… Read More It’s original once: 1962 Lancia Flaminia Coupé by Pininfarina
This Giulia Sprint GT is advertised as a Veloce but what we can see actually belongs to a “normal” one: however, don’t think that this is much more common than its faster sister. So it is not a Veloce: not only for the wrong steering wheel, dashboard, seats, but most of all for the chassis… Read More Not Veloce: 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT
The sticker on the rear bumper is clear: “Who has the gold makes the rule”. Well, you need gold to rebuild this car but it’s a “Lowlight” KG Cabrio and it’s definitely worth it. Ineed the fist series of the Karmann Ghia has a sleeker profile on the front than the cars built from 1960:… Read More The golden rule: 1959 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia Cabriolet
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