In the State where “everything is bigger” it is not common to come across a car whose size is at the limit of the definition of “microcar”. And above all, it is strange to imagine how 50 years ago someone, surrounded by the largest cars on the planet, has decided to buy one of the… Read More Among giants: 1961 Autobianchi Bianchina Trasformabile
We tried to look for this particular model in the literature at our disposal but we knew from the beginning that it would be a difficult challenge. The reason is simple: in the 20s and 30s luxury cars (this Fiat falls into this category, although it might sound strange) were almost always built on the… Read More Coffee and cream: 1937 Fiat 508 Balilla Trasformabile by Viotti
This little roadster produced by Siata in the immediate post-war period was made on the chassis of the Fiat 500C but with a hand-beaten skin. It was in fact a car designed for a more demanding (and economically stronger) clientele that could require various customizations both in the set up and in the color, moreover… Read More Little green roadster: 1949 Siata Amica Trasformabile
Yep, the name of ths car is quite long and the car which it belongs to is quite rare: probably the only one in the U.S.A. an one of the very few made at the beginning of the fifties. Finding this car at 6,000 miles from where it was built is indeed odd, given the… Read More Three seater: 1950 Fiat 1500E Cabriolet “Riviera” By Stabilimenti Farina
Balbo was one of those coachbuilders who operated in the shadow of famous brands like Pininfarina, Farina or Vignale, however he built beautiful cars, especially before the WWII. Indeed Balbo shut his doors in 1954 but he still had time to build beautiful post war cars like this “Trasformabile” built on the six-cylinder Fiat 1500… Read More Find another one: 1950 Fiat 1500 6C Trasformabile by Balbo
We know this car (chassis #SL0168): it is a rare car in itself, then it has a spectacular color combo so it’s easy to spot it around the world. The first time we saw it in flesh was six years ago, in Italy. When we saw it back then, the car was already restored… Read More Green aluminium: 1952 Siata Daina Trasformabile by Farina
The Siata 1100 built by Vignale was a rare car even back then in the fifties, so it’s quite unusual, today, to find one still in restorable conditions. We don’t know the exact build year of the car as the actual plate was issued in 1963 but these were built from 1954 to 1958, nor… Read More Cut away: 1954 Siata 1100 Coupé by Vignale
Italian cars enthusiasts know well that the coachbuilt cars built on the Fiat 1100-103 are countless, and often some are almost unknown but sometimes they pops out, just like this one built by Allemano. It is neither a news to find this one for sale in Netherlands were classic cars enthusiast are many, and many… Read More Forgotten coachbuilt: 1955 Fiat 1100 TV Trasformabile by Allemano
This car puzzles us. First of all because it’s said to be a 1953 car: in that year the 1100/103 was just released but the first Trasformabile was sold in 1955. Ok the year could be wrong but the strange things aren’t finished yet: the bumpers are the same installed on the later 1200 TV… Read More Original stuff: 195? Fiat 1100/103 TV Trasformabile
This is not the “common” trasformabile but a rare special version featuring the engine type 004 which was the same installed in the Fiat 500 Sport which you can see here. The chassis of this car is the type 110B which is also different by the common type 110 of the “normal” Bianchina Trasformabile: the… Read More Solid and even rarer: 1959 Autobianchi Bianchina Trasformabile Special
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