Whoever did or just followed a total restoration of a car knows well the the most difficult and time consuming part of the job is the metalwork, especially on open cars. Luckily that job is already done on this Giulietta Spider Veloce. This is a series 101 car (chassis #AR171715) which has some differences with the series… Read More Accurate metal work: 1962 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce
This two tone 2600 Sprint has seen better days in its life. Once it should have been beautiful in its ruby red with cream interiors, now it’s only a piece of metal waiting for someone to save it. Of course someone in the past had fun in painting a golden stripe all around the car:… Read More What to do: 1967 Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint
Yes, this is one of the longest auctions we’ve ever seen: it would last 19 days (but it’s still up since three days) and that’s about a Giulietta Spider 750F (chassis Ar1495*03911), commonly known as Veloce. This is one of the find of mr. Rapley who’s used to find special italian cars, and also ths… Read More Long auction: 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Veloce
The Porsche featured in Doc Hollywood, starring Michael J. Fox, not only was a Speedster but it was also a fake: this car indeed is not a Speedster but it has been found in a Hollywood garage and, last but not least, it’s a real Porsche. It’s, exactly, a 356 C coupé which has been… Read More Doc Hollywood: 1964 Porsche 356 C
During the last three decades many of these beautiful Italian GT have been used like some kind of canvas where the owner could unleash their “creativity” as these cars were not as valuable as they are now. In this particular case, the creativity pushed one past owner to paint the body in two shades: Copper… Read More Two tone GT: 1968 Maserati Ghibli
When eng. Stanzani, back then chief engineer at Lamborghini, was asked to talk about the Jarama, he said “I made a car according to my taste: that was a mistake”. Now you can like this car or not but, for sure, it will never go unnoticed. The truth is that the Jarama was a grat… Read More Misunderstood: 1976 Lamborghini Jarama S
Actually we were quite puzzled when we saw just six photos of a car which, lately, has been revalued as a masterpiece of italian engineering of the sixties. But more than that, this is a car which needs a complete restoration, no expense spared, so whoever wants to jump into this challenge must be aware of… Read More More photos to come: 1961 Lancia Flaminia Coupé GT by Touring
The seller of this car say that it was built by a known coachbuilder and that he has some kind of certificate by the builder himself about the originality of this car: we would so much know who is it. What is quite sure s that the body is made of aluminium over a Fiat 508C… Read More Sleeping etceterini: 1946 Fiat “barchetta”
For the uninitiated, these Cisitalia weren’t built by one coachbuilder only: actually they were built both by Pininfarina and Vignale but unfortunately we son’t now this detail maybe because the car is missing its fender badges. The seller says that this is a very early car since it has a split windscreen, the engine type… Read More Needs love: 1947 Cisitalia 202 Cabriolet
What we have here is closer to a wreck than a car to restore but you never know, we have seen cars in the same conditions brought back to their former glory by someone with enough lunacy, time and patience. Also because this is actually a rare car the seller says that less than 100… Read More Miracle needed: 1956 Fiat 600 Coupé by Viotti
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