For some, there are definitely positives to the current economic downturn. Some pretty amazing and unique automobiles are coming onto the market. But we don’t think economics has anything to do with this Lancia Special coming up for sale. It is a Lancia Beta Coupé chopped and changed into a Group 4 rally machine. Add some of the most widely recognised livery schemes into the mix and you get a really nice looking car that nobody else has.
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This is an unfinished project. The seller, who has 20 years experience as a car painter, has to let go because of health problems. He also has more than 11 years of experience with extreme tuning projects, and by God … it shows. What a monster Group 5 Ford racer he’s created! Fantastic!
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Update 3/1: The owner has put the car here on ebay UK for GBP139000 or best offer.
Update 30/10: The red Spider at RMauctions sold for GBP181500. A bit below our expectations
From 29/10:
With the credit crunch starting to bite left, right and center, more classic cars are coming onto the market. And the people with the money seem to be increasingly looking at blue chip classics as an investment alternative. Some pretty unique cars are changing hands at the moment. Two weeks ago, a 1955 Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider America sold for GBP247,500 at auction and quite amazingly today another 1954 B24 Spider America is going under the hammer at RM Auctions in Central London with an in our opinion very conservative estimate.
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If you hadn’t noticed already, the all original Golf GTI is a classic. And quickly appreciating in price. You’ll be hard pressed though to find a mint pre-1980s 1.6-litre example with small rear lights. Chances are you will have to settle for the later 1.8-litre, fuel-injected Mark I version with the bigger rear lights, but not to worry … ClassicCarHunter has found two pretty good examples, both originally uncovered in the South of France.
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If you missed out on last week’s sale of this Audi Sport Quattro remake for sale in the US out of Holland, don’t worry. It didn’t make its reserve price, so you’re still in with a chance. If though, in these economic circumstances you’re not sure to splash out EUR55000, ClassicCarHunter has found you a cheaper tribute Quattro for sale in the UK.
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Update 11/12: The seller has kindly emailed us more pics. Also, the price advertised on his website seems to be incorrect. He wants EUR130000. He also sells a Colotti gearbox, highly-tuned spare engine and the original rear axle for EUR45000.
We have found another Alfa GTA for sale, but this one is not a replica. This is a real Autodelta car that has been used for the Italian Hillclimb Championship between 1969 and 1975. It is a proper racer and it looks amazing. The price tag is accordingly.
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The Fiat platforms of the 50s and 60s have been used for so many different cars, it is easy to lose count. Moretti was one of those coachbuilders. His best-known car is probably his version of the Fiat 850. He was obviously inspired by Pininfarina and his design for the Fiat Dino Spider. Here we found a few Morettis for sale in Italy.
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Update 6/12: Guy Moerenhout emailed us with some more pictures of the car. It seems even Guy is not convinced it is a real Abarth, although he acknowledges it is well possible. Allemano designed the car based on the Fiat 600 chassis. We have uploaded more pictures after the jump. Email us if you want all of the pictures.
It is the only photo available, but this little Abarth by Allemano looks phenomenal. Allemano designed a few versions of the Fiat 750, and this is one of them. The most famous Fiat Abarth based on the Fiat 750 is of course the Record Monza or “Double Bouble” by Zagato.
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Update 29/11: The MG has been relisted. Links updated.
In every roadtest the MGB Roadster features, the car comes out as rather boring and underpowered. These cars scream for upgrading, in our opinion. For us, the V8 engine swaps and rally (replica) versions are the ones to go for and we were well chuffed when we first set our eyes on the little thumbnail of this particular car on German ebay.
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Service at ClassicCarHunter has been interrupted a bit by the arrival of a wee boy. We hope to resume regularity of posts as soon as possible. From now on, we should really be looking for cars with at least some space for a toddler in the back, but we couldn’t help liking this Jensen-Healey for sale on ebay UK through a trader.
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