The more the time passes, the more the feeling that these early Karmann are the new Porsche 356 grows. Indeed we already saw some perfectly restored specimen for sale at a very high price. No later than three years ago a car in this condition would have been worth no more than $2,000 (tops), today it’s a… Read More How low can you go? 1959 Karmann Ghia Coupè “Lowlight”
That’s extremely rare to see a car like this in the U.S.A. but it happens that there are still barns which can amaze you. This looks like a former California car as the black plate says, and probably this car was originally painted in a very elegant pale green. Then, sometime in the past, it… Read More Missing rear glass: 1957 Fiat 1100 TV Coupé by Pininfarina
When you hear of an Alfa “stepnose” the first car that comes to your mind is not a cabriolet for sure. In this case, what we have here is one of the few Giulia Sprint GT cabriolet built by Touring. Our literature says that 1,000 of these cars were made, mostly sold out of Italy… Read More The other stepnose: 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTC by Touring
This coachbuilt Fiat 1100 with an aluminium body by Vignale has seen better days: indeed it is now waiting for someone who take care of it. It is a total restoration project which has been somehow begun but we must say that we don’t like that floors at all: the seems like two simple metal sheet… Read More Aluminium legacy: 1951 Fiat 1100 By Vignale
Until few years ago seeing a Samba in need of a total restoration for sale at this asking price would have made you laugh to tears but, considering the actual market, we have to admit that this is a fair deal. The austrian seller says that this Samba was originally delivered in Germany, so basically it… Read More Dance project: 1964 Volkswagen T1 Samba
The seller says that this is a rare find in the U.S., and we agree with him. These were not officially imported in the U.S.A. and even then, they would have be too expensive, especially if compared with the huge american sedan competitors. However, this car need more than some work: the seller sasy that… Read More Matt black berlina: 1959 Lancia Appia Series II
Two Alfa’s today. This time our “one car per working day” has been missed, but this one’s too interesting to let it go. It’s a 1947 Freccia D’Oro (“Golden Arrow”) from the same seller of the 2500 GT posted some days ago. A lot of work is needed here: bottom-up and front to rear, btu… Read More Post-war class: 1947 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 “Freccia D’Oro”
The production of this little BMW fastback began when the german firm bought Glas, a german whorkshop which basically made most of their cars starting from a BMW chassis and engine. Indeed this car started its life as a Glas 1300 GT in 1964: yet then Glas asked to italian master coachbuilder Pietro Frua to… Read More Italian-german hybrid: 1968 BMW 1600GT by Frua
Dellow was a little company born in 1946 near Birmingham, UK, founded by Ken Delingpole and Ron Lowe: the brand is indeed made by their combined surnames. The company was specialized in selling and installing performance parts for the cars which went to trial races. In 1954 they started to use the new Ford 100E engine in both… Read More Aircraft inside: 1954 Dellow MK-V
This car was the last Alfa Romeo made using chassis and engine of the great 6C series. It was called “berlina” even if it had two doors only. Of course in 1952 the 6C layout was obsolete but, because of the damage suffered after the WWII bombing, in the early post war period Alfa had… Read More Last of its breed: 1952 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Gran Turismo
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