We didn’t know that as early as ’54 Viotti was already building these small coupés based on the Fiat 600. In fact, we have verified that the first Fiat 600s were delivered in 1955, so we doubt that this car could date back to ’54, as the seller claims. This is the “Coupé” version, much… Read More Cheap and chic / 2: 1955 Fiat 600 Coupé by Viotti
If you buy a car to restore it, just do it without waiting for some uncertain event because, sad as it is, it’s an inescapable truth that we never know what the future holds. In this specific case, this pair of Austin-Healey 100-6 belonged to someone who had them in their garage with the intention… Read More Ran when parked: Two 1958 Austin-Healey 100-6
There are cars that have made history not so much on the roads but on the tracks: the one featured here is a Lotus 11, one of the favorite cars among private drivers in the 1950s. The Eleven was designed by Colin Chapman and fitted with a sleek aluminum body designed by aerodynamicist Frank Costin.… Read More Former racer: 1957 Lotus 11
This car is blue, but despite the patina, it wasn’t born in this color: underneath, there are three more. The seller indeed states that the car was originally ivory in color, followed by repaints in red, then green, and finally the well-worn blue that you see in the photos in the listing, which we quite… Read More Four colors: 1970 Porsche 911T Coupé
It’s not easy in our days to find a 356A Cabriolet for restoration that isn’t a mass of rust and still has its original engine, yet here is one. Moreover, this car was born in Aquamarine Metallic, a rather rare color, although it’s evident that over the years, it has undergone several layers of paint,… Read More Paint it blue: 1956 Porsche 356A Cabriolet
“The Porsche that wasn’t” could be defined as the Devin, based on a chassis derived from Porsche or Volkswagen. In this case, it is a car based on a shortened chassis taken from a 1951 Type 1. At that time, and we are talking about the years between the 50s and 60s, there was certainly… Read More Plastic fantastic: 1951 VW-Porsche Devin
In 1932, just three years after the 1929 crisis, many sectors of the economy were on shaky ground, including (and especially) the automotive industry. Many industries in the Old Continent were forced to close, while others had to drastically reduce production. Against the tide, Peugeot chose to fight the crisis by continuing to invest in… Read More Time traveler: 1936 Peugeot 301 D Coupe
Well, yes, we are faced with a rare car not so much for the model itself (although it is quite rare as only about 2,200 units were produced), but for its condition. In the last ten years, many specimens in these conditions have been unearthed and restored. So, if you don’t have $150,000 at once… Read More Rare find: 1966 Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider by Touring
The seller of this red Mercedes Benz 190 SL says that it has been a ‘shop barn find’ and, based on the evidence found, it has been parked since 1981. The fact that it has been stationary for so long brings both good and bad news: on one hand, the car hasn’t been exposed to… Read More Shop find: 1958 Mercedes Benz 190 SL
We all know how challenging it is to find a Fiat in the USA dating back to pre-1960s, let alone a model like this that is already rare in Europe. Every time we come across a car like this, we wonder about its history and the journey that brought it across the ocean because, although… Read More Black project: 1950 Fiat 1100 S by Pininfarina
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