Classic cars are our passion. Driving our classic cars is an even bigger passion.
But the internet is our addiction ... Just as we can drive for hours, we can surf the internet for hours on end. Always trying to find that special car for sale in some obscure little corner.
Last week the head of the Pininfarina design studios tragically died in a motorbike accident. One of the studio’s most successful designs was the Fiat 124 Spider by Tom Tjaarda in 1968. For sale here we have found a pretty clean early example with the desirable chrome bumpers and flat bonnet.
Update 11/8: The seller has removed the ad. We hope he changed his mind about selling his R5.
Another homologation series has come up for sale, this time a Renault 5 Turbo. Only 1500 cars were ever produced of the first series and this is car #1059. It has been laid up for a while and will need a bit of work. It looks nice and a bit understated in black.
Update 12/8: The car seems to have sold. Well done!
What a car to make something special out of! We have had our eyes on this one for a couple of weeks now. This car is a very cool 1969 Triumph Mark 1 Estate. They are very rare and this one only earlier this year changed hands for the very first time after having some welding done to it. What’s even sweeter is the price the seller is willing to accept, £800!
We like homologation series. Especially these lightweight BMW Coupés. These cars when they originally came out were more expensive then a 911 2.7 RS, its direct competitor. The Porsche is now well over £100k+ even though more of them were made. In our books that spells out “value”, even though these Bimmers are quite expensive to maintain.
In Belgium is this very rare 1967 OSI for sale, based on the Ford Taunus and developed by the Karmann Ghia designer Sartorelli . Ford needed a more upmarket car and commissioned OSI to come up with a design that would rival the Opel, Alfa and Fiat coupés of those days. The car was slightly wider and longer than the original Taunus.
Update 19/10: Quite surprisingly, this car is now for sale here for EUR14500 from the same owner. You would think prices get lowered when cars don’t sell.
In Italy we have found this lovely unrestored, one-owner, fifties Berline. It dates from 1957 and is a nice pale yellow. It is a Giulietta Berlina and was the second car to be released on Alfa’s Giulietta platform.
