When you restore one of these, you want to make sure you have found all the holes in the body. {vsig}2004-6_1231{/vsig} There are better cars, and there are better boats, but there is no better way to draw a crowd than with an Amphicar. Designed by Hans Trippel and built […]
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1992 Alfa Romeo Spider Veloce Convertible
The nimble little sportster of The Graduate fame is now a mature, if slightly portly, cruiser with a tidy little tuck to its nose and tail. Sort of like what Mrs. Robinson most likely had. {vsig}2004-5_1236{/vsig} As described by the seller: One registered owner, West Coast car, totally as new […]
1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale (2004)
The Bertone-penned Sprint Speciale version of the Giulietta first appeared in the Alfa Romeo catalogue in 1957. With super-streamlined bodywork, it was reckoned to be absolutely sensational looking, bearing a marked resemblance to some of the legendary Italian marque’s earlier competition designs, particularly the Disco Volante sports-racer and the still […]
1970 Mercedes-Benz 280SL Cabriolet
Pagoda SL values have been appreciating, and top examples continue to stretch the upper limit of the price envelope The last of a popular and extremely successful line that began with the 230SL of 1963, the Mercedes-Benz 280SL was introduced in 1967. Its overhead-camshaft, six-cylinder engine was entirely new, with […]
1966 Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint
As described by the seller on eBay Motors: This rare automobile has been in the body shop for six years. The exterior has been slowly and carefully rebuilt. All the bondo has been removed and replaced with body sections taken mainly from other vintage Alfas. I purchased the 2600 Sprint […]
1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Corto Corsa
Such is the demand for 8Cs today that even highly compromised examples like this one command whacking great money, as the winning bid demonstrates For many enthusiasts, no supercharged straight-eight Alfa Romeo has more visual appeal and flair than the short-wheelbase Carozzeria Touring Spider Corsa style, as offered here in […]
1930 Bentley Speed Six 6 1/2 Liter Le Mans Replica
At the heart of the Speed Six legend was a phenomenal chassis, which led to many original bodies being replaced with lightweight, homemade, “boy-racer” coachwork The Bentley Speed Six positively shone in long distance endurance racing. At Le Mans in 1929, Woolf Barnato and Tim Birkin stormed to victory at […]
1960 Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider
Maintaining the Solex PH44 carburetors, with their prone-to-malfunction secondaries, is enough to drive almost any technician to heavy drink In 1950, Alfa Romeo turned away from the costly and complicated, hand-built, eight- and six-cylinder high performance sports and racing cars that had made their name before World War II. The […]
1952 Nash-Healey Le Mans Sports Racer
If the Cobra is a vaguely tamed raging bull, the Nash-Healey is more of a friendly mutt, concocted while under the influence of cocktails out on the bounding seas The Nash-Healey marque came about from a chance meeting on an ocean liner in 1949. English sports car designer and builder […]
1933 Alfa Romeo Tipo 6C 1750 Supercharged Gran Sport Spyder
The steerinThe steering is precise, the brakes are excellent for the era, and the handling as good as it gets for an early ’30s car The 1750 Gran Sport is regarded as one of the finest sports racing cars of its time and its race record is nothing short of […]