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1968 Bizzarrini GT Strada 5300
{vsig}1996-8_1681{/vsig} During the late 1950s and early 1960s Giotto Bizzarrini was associated with a number of Italian Super Car manufacturers. After leaving Pisa University with an automobile engineering degree he joined Alfa Romeo as a chassis engineer, then to Ferrari as a test driver where his engineering prowess was duly recognized and he became head…
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1964 Porsche 356 Carrera 2 Cabriolet
Ferry Porsche and Karl Rabe began work on the Type 356 project in June 1947. The concept was to put a mildly tuned version of the four-cylinder Volkswagen engine and its gearbox in a tubular space frame. Volkswagen components such as suspension units, steering and brakes were used for economy and reliability. The VW engine,…
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1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750
Individuality had been a hallmark of Alfa from the earliest days and when Nicola Romeo took over the company in 1918 this became even more the case. Competition soon came to the fore; by 1929 Scuderia Ferrari had been set up to run Alfa Romeo’s racing program with Ferrari being assisted by engineer Luigi Bazzi…
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1969 Ferrari 365 GT 2+2
Combining the elegant nose of the exclusive 500 Superfast with the more rectangular styling of the one-off 330GTC Speciale show car, the 365 2+2 was much more sophisticated than the four-seater Ferrari coupes that came before it. Under the steel bodywork, as usual from the pen of Pininfarina, was an all-new chassis with unequal length…
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1961 MGA Twin Cam Roadster
For the debut of its new MGA in 1955, MG wisely chose that year’s Le Mans 24 Hour race; after a succession of open-wheeled models there were fears of an adverse reaction to such a streamlined car, and it was felt that by showing the MGA in competition first the aerodynamic shape would be accepted…
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1967 Fiat Dino Spyder
The story of the Ferrari powered Fiat Dino is nowadays well known, the cars having long since achieved classic status. The Fiat Dino came about as a result of new rules imposed by the FIA upon the marques competing in the 1967 Formula Two championship, in which Ferrari was a prominent contender. These rules stipulated…
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1988 Porsche 959
Porsche 959 values are suffering from a simple problem: The cars are just not old enough to ascend to that high platform of market adulation {vsig}2004-9_1209{/vsig} Before the Ferrari F40, before the McLaren F1, almost before the term “supercar” was invented, there was the Porsche 959, an expression of extensive development, technical competence, and competitiveness…
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1988 Porsche 959 Coupe
{vsig}1996-6_1688{/vsig} The 959 is already regarded as one of the ultimate “Supercars” ever produced and made available to the public. With only about 250 having been built, they are assured of their place in motoring history. First created in 1983 for the now abandoned Group B racing series, then entered in the Paris-Dakar off-road rally,…
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1973 Alfa Romeo Montreal
{vsig}1996-6_1691{/vsig} Stylish, elegant and distinctive, the Montreal made its debut at the Montreal Expo during the 1967 World Fair in the city of the same name, an event that celebrated Canada’s centenary. It was initially fitted with Alfa’s ubiquitous four-cylinder, twin-cam engine, in this case a 1,779 cc unit, but by the time the Montreal…
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1958 Ferrari 250 GT Series 1 Cabriolet by Pininfarina
Since its introduction in the early fifties, the legendary 250 GT had only received Coupe or Berlinetta bodies. It was Boano who first introduced a Spyder in 1956. One year later, at the Geneva Motor Show, a masterly inspired Pinin Farina at the top of his art replied with a striking design, built on the…