The trend of “Woody” cars was not exclusive to North America; Italians were already embracing it in the 1930s with the Fiat 500B and later with cars like this splendid Aurelia B53. By the early 1950s, this trend was on the decline, yet some nostalgics continued to commission cars with wooden body parts from carrozzerie.… Read More Woody style: 1952 Lancia Aurelia B53 Giardinetta by Viotti
Even if it seems to you that the line of this car is quite well known, it is likely that you are confused with a Fiat: but this is not. It is in fact one of the few Lancia Appia transformed by Viotti for a more “practical” use: despite this, the car has only two… Read More Special wagon: 1957 Lancia Appia Giardinetta by Viotti
We can say that the first to have developed the concept of “sporty station wagon” were the Italians, at least judging by this model. Obviously “sporty” is a relative term: today this car would be surpassed in terms of performance by the cheapest car on the market, but then this was not a car for… Read More Ancient gold: 1954 Fiat 1100 TV Giardinetta by Viotti
Station wagons have been very popular in the US since the early postwar period, while in Europe they have taken root many years later. In particular, the first European car manufacturers to focus on this configuration were the Swedish ones, we are obviously talking about Volvo and Saab: the latter in particular was initially characterized… Read More Three cylinders, three doors: 1965 Saab 95 Station Wagon
First time we see this car for real, and probably the last time we’ll see one for many years . It’s a very rare “Giardiniera” built by Monviso coachworks on a Fiat 1100 BL chassis. Indeed so far we have seen this model only in our literature and we actually doubted that any car like… Read More Hen’s teeth: 1948 Fiat 1100 BL Giardiniera by Monviso
Ok, maybe this car is not a station wagon anymore as it has been rebuilt welding two ’57 Ford Fairlane front clip in order to build a “palindrome” car, like the VW Beetle published here a little more than two years ago. But, differently from the double-faced VW Beetle, this car was build in 1968… Read More Push-Me-Pull-You/2: 1957 Ford Fairlane Station Wagon
What’s really odd here is not the car itself, of course, but how come this 403 Familiale (french for Station Wagon) is in Michigan. Indeed you don’t find this car behind every corner even in its native country, so it’s strange that someone could, in the land of the Station Wagons, buy a french one which,… Read More Free delivery: 1957 Peugeot 403 Familiale
This ’61 Falcon Station wagon two-door is said to be a rare car and, indeed, after some internet searches we’ve found very few specimens for sale around. The seller says that this car has been completely restored after having been parked for years (since the late ’70, according to the family which sold the car… Read More Rare bird: 1961 Falcon V8 2dr Wagon
The enormous number of variations based on the Fiat 1100 platform included, of course, a station wagon body, actually already made on the 1100-103 model of the late fifties and then continued until the early seventies. This station wagon, called “Familiare” is based on the penultimate version of the 1100 dynasty, the “D” series which… Read More Enough space: 1966 Fiat 1100D Familiare
To the eye of many this could seem on of the many big american station wagon of the fifties, but in fact this is maybe the rarest of them all. It’s called New Yorker Town and Country and the first thing you see is that this is pushed by a mighty 331 c.i. Hemi V8: this… Read More Steel, vinyl & wood: 1953 Chrysler New Yorker Town and Country
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