Actually, calling this car “Giulia SS” is quite a stretched option: indeed the seller made an attempt to build a prototype mixing parts coming from different models. The middle section and the rear end of this car, although modified, come from a Giulia Sprint speciale whereas the front end clearly comes from a Duetto or… Read More Mixin’ Alfa: 1967 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale
This Giulietta Sprint – project car – is actually primed in black but that’s not a problem as this car is said to be born painted in black: a beautiful and unusual color for a Sprint. By the way ths car belongs to the “interim” series built for a couple of years between the late… Read More Black project: 1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint
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
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