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1959 Alfa Romeo 2000 Spider
Alfa Romeo’s reputation is built on performance. From the earliest days as Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobile (ALFA), the company dedicated itself to racing as a way to improve its road cars and earn a reputation among enthusiasts. A long string of superb cars followed-the 22/90 RLSS, 6C 1750 Gran Sport, Tipo B (P3), the 8C…
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1947 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 SS Cabriolet
Alfa Romeo offered a full range of models within the 6C 2500 line, from the Freccia d’Oro sedans to lightweight competition spiders. Although prewar in its basic design, the post-war 6C 2500s were boldly innovative among their competitors and contemporaries. Introduced in 1939 as a successor to the highly successful 6C 2300, the 6C 2500…
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1962 Maserati 3500 GT
Like all bottom feeders and wanna-bees, I hoped to steal this unrestored car {vsig}2005-11_1893{/vsig} As the first volume-built production Maseratis, marketed from 1957 to 1964, these extremely handsome Grand Touring coupes became the company’s financial saviors during a particularly difficult period. Like Ferrari, Maserati tended to focus on its racing cars rather than road cars…
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Alfa Romeos: 1956 Giulietta Berlina, 1966 2600 Sprint Zagato, 1971 GTV, 1991 164S
Four different Alfas grace this month’s profile section as Alfas are highlighted marque this year in Monterey. {vsig}2005-9_1870{/vsig} 1956 Giulietta BerlinaChassis number: AR148801774This is an original early 1956 Alfa Romeo 750C 4-door Berlina with a column-shifted four-speed shifter and its original, numbers-matching engine. This car is quite complete, however it is missing a hubcap and…
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1961 Fiat Jolly 500
The expense of restoring these cars can be surprisingly high even if you get the local basket-weaving class to refurbish your seats for free {vsig}2005-9_1873{/vsig} Few cars that Fiat produced had the “cuteness” of the Jolly. With coachwork by Ghia, the Fiat Jolly 500 was introduced in 1957, and had no real practical use, except…
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1966-85 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe and Spider
Although the “Fix It Again, Tony” reputation of these cars will not die, at least they’re cheap to repair Reviewing the Fiat 124 when new, Car and Driver wrote, “The Fiat 124 Sport Coupe costs $1,400 less than an Alfa 1750 GT Veloce and $2,300 less than a Porsche 912. Within the limits of sanity…
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1976 Alfa Romeo Alfetta Sedan
When I first saw the car, it took my breath away. “Who would do a $65,000 restoration on an Alfetta sedan?” I wondered This rare and sought-after four-door Alfa Romeo Alfretta sedan features new exterior paint and new and correct interior. Its classic Alfa 2,000-cc inline four-cylinder has been treated to a recent rebuild, and…
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1972 Maserati Boomerang Concept
Credit or blame it, this car inspired years of “folded paper” design {vsig}2005-5_1838{/vsig} The Maserati Boomerang was first displayed as a non-functional model at the Turin Motor Show in 1971. By the Geneva Salon of March 1972, it had been transformed into a fully operational vehicle, fitted with the race-bred, 4.7-liter Maserati V8, developing no…
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1992 Lancia Hyena
Integrales of any sort are incredible performance machines, massively capable in almost all conditions, sort of the Subaru WRX of their day {vsig}2005-4_1832{/vsig} This Lancia Hyena was purchased new by the present owner from Walkers Garage, official Lancia factory-appointed Integrale specialists for the U.K., who sourced the car from Zagato. Its owner wanted a car…
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1966 Alfa Romeo Giulia GTC
By the time you made this car into a driver, you’d be so far underwater that Hurricane Isabel would seem like a spring shower {vsig}2005-3_1822{/vsig} As described by the seller on eBay Motors: This 1966 Giulia GTC is a true rarity, one of only 25 imported into the U.S. in 1966, and one of only…