This concrete-looking project is actually the same model we’ve published the last week, but back then we didn’t know what it was, today we know that this spider was built in Israel more than fifty years ago. So half century is passed since it was built and you can clearly see it: this car needs a… Read More No mistery: 1963 Sabra Sport Roadster
Update, same day: As Alejandro correctly says, this is an Autocars Sabra Sport Spider. Thanks Alejandro. This time not only we didn’t ever know this car existed, but even now we can’t understand what car is it. The only clear thing about this car is that there’s a british car under that strange body (… Read More Mistery Car: Find the name
The aluminium family of the Simca made during the early fifties is quite scarce but, among all those, the Simca 9 is the rarest as it was build just for little more than one year, from 1952 to 1953. Like its sisters, this Simca had an aluminium body sketched by Pininfarina but the car was… Read More Hen’s tooth: 1952 Simca 9 Sport by Facel
The 124 Sport Spider was, without any doubt, one of the best cars produced by Fiat (when it was able to make something more than utility cars) and, nonetheless, one of the most beautiful. The lines sketched by Tom Tjaarda and made solid by Pinifarina coachworks are really elegant and balanced: it would be very… Read More Mightier than average: 1972 Fiat 124 Sport Spider 1800
This car has quite a design: I’ve known no one who could say “what a beautiful design”, and yet many are fascinated by this odd car. Indeed Zagato, differently from other coachbuilders like Bertone and Pininfarina, didn’t ever spot on the design for every cars he made: many are beautiful but other are simply “strange”. Of… Read More Unpredictable design: 1966 Lancia Flavia Sport by Zagato
Our friend Alex has shown us the rarest version of the Fiat 500: It is called Sport and it is speculated that only 2 (other than this car) are around nowadays. Compared to this model, an Abarth 595 is a commodity. Soon after the launch, in 1957, the Fiat 500 was not performing well on the… Read More The rarest of them all: 1958 Fiat 500N Sport
Yes, this aluminium-bodied coupé was built in France by Facel Metallon but the design was made by Pininfarina, who also built Fiat’s and Ferrari’s with a very similar body. And, as the seller too says, back then this car was more expensive than a Porsche 356 (try to buy a ’51 356 now) and just for… Read More Attitude for elegance: 1951 Simca Sport 8 by Facel
Here it comes another basically unknown barchetta from the past: this one, bodied by Frua, is another car based on a Fiat 1100 platform. The seller says that this is an original barchetta by Frua and as proof of this he has published a period photo of this car where is clearly visible the same original black… Read More Bulky face: 1947 Fiat 1100 Barchetta by Frua
It’s not unusual to find such car at an higher asking price: ok it’s not its rare 1.6 sister but it still is a beautiful example of what Italian could do with little cars. It’s a 13.S from 1972 painted in what we believe to be “Avorio Santa Anita”: we know this color as it’s the… Read More The price is right: 1972 Lancia Fulvia Sport 1.3S by Zagato
“Where does he get all those wonderful toys?” (Joker/Jack Nicholson, Batman, 1989) Here another mr. Rapley’s find; this time is a big toy from 1959 made by Zagato (chassis #824.00-1181): basically, just after the B24S series, this is the most valuable classic Lancia road model on the market today. This is a super dry… Read More Just another hat trick: 1959 Lancia Flaminia Sport by Zagato
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