The seller says that this 911S is painted in its original color and that could be true, apart from the fact that this particular color for the MY ’74 is “Lime Green”. No apples here. Said so, the car looks good from the exterior but we don’t know more than this as the seller has posted… Read More Lime flavoured apple: 1974 Porsche 911 2.7 Targa
Differently from what you could suppose, the Vespa 400 was built in France by ACMA (a Piaggio spin-off), because Piaggio wanted to avoid any commercial conflict with Fiat which, back then, was the incumbent little cars producer and the most powerful economic (and not only) institution in Italy. Jumping back to this car, the seller bought… Read More Four-wheeled scooter: 1961 Vespa 400S
Finally a Craigist ad with a lot of quality photos. This one is about a m.y. 1975 911S which is said to be a survivor, so without any repaint or any kind of restoration, even partial, also because it is said to haven’t never been crashed. We know that the 2.7 is the less desirable… Read More Preserved Sahara: 1974 Porsche 911S 2.7 Coupé
In 1971, the building year of this car, Vignale coachworks was yet sold to Alejandro De Tomaso and Alfredo Vignale was yet passed away two years before because of a car crash. So, this car is one of the last representative of the glorious firm, which definitely closed its doors in 1973, when it was… Read More Late job: 1971 Fiat 124 S Coupé by Vignale
France is definitely the place where to buy a Simca. This 1200S is painted in a very pleasant pale blue, very similar to the “Celeste Chiaro” used on its peer, the Maserati Ghibli (designed by Giugiaro as well), mated to a classic black interior, a typical color combo of late sixties. The seller says that… Read More Pale blue bargain: 1967 Simca 1200S by Bertone
Sure, this car is not what it’s usually classified as “cheap”: actually the asking price of this car is unreachable for most uf us. But, in relative terms, this B24S could be one of the very last opportunities to buy such car at something around a quarter million dollars. These considerations start obviously after watching… Read More Silver Chip: 1958 Lancia Aurelia B24 Convertibile
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August 2 – Update: mistery solved! See comments below. 1947 Stanguellini – Bertone 1100 August 2 The base car seems indeed a Fiat 1100S by Pininfarina, probably with a modified front grill, but the mistery remains partially unsolved: where that big Abarth badge and such air scoop come from? The…
The seller says that this car could be one of the scarce Dino 196S with a body made by Medardo Fantuzzi, a coachbuilder who worked for Ferrari until 1966 on his race cars. He says that the car has not tags or numbers and that it comes with many parts. For sure, the only part… Read More The Fantuzzi in the barn: 1959 Dino Ferrari 196S
Really, the first time we saw a photo of this car we thought that it was a Photoshop® job: but this is not the case. Probably, whoever had the idea to build this car started from a Fiat 850 van (“Promiscuo”) chassis, filled the engine bay with a mean inline-six Fiat 2300 engine backed by… Read More Photoshop® not needed: 1968 Fiat 2300S “Prototipo”
France, both for the seller and for the car: differently from the 1200S featured here, this car is not white nor blue, the official color for french racing cars. Indeed this car shows a beautiful Rosso Corsa which mates perfectly with the black front grilles and the black vinyl interiors. This is a model year 1969… Read More French Giugiaro/2: 1969 Simca Bertone 1200 S
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