Fiat 500 Club Italia with love.
Story and Photos by Alessandro Gerelli
This is a rather new event for Milano, the city which will host the World Expo 2015. But every year the success grows and the number and quality of the cars increases. The 2014 show featured more car restorers, many dealers and the usual owner clubs.
Notably, I have seen a lot of old Italian cars. But at this show, I found a few I had never seen before!
A tribute to Maserati with the 420M/58 Eldorado.
Maserati 5000 by Touring.
Lancia Delta Rally in Safari version.
Lancia Stratos.
Fiat 131 Rally driven by Rohrl.
Bizzarrini GT Strada 5300.
Asa 1000 GT spider.
Elegant dash and instruments of the Asa.
Fiat 600 Multipla Taxi: very common in Milan few years ago.
Very aggressive and sporty Fiat 500.
Abarth 750 Record Monza, 1957.
Abarth 850 TCR Pendolare of 1969: the car has a 115 bhp engine, front and rear disc brakes and special suspension.
The engine and the exhaust tubes of the Abarth 850.
1954 Fiat 1100 TV Coupe Pinin Farina.
Fiat 2800 limousine: this car was produced in 620 examples from 1938 to 1944, of which five were used by Mussolini’s staff. The car had a 2.8 liters engine with 85 bhp.
Lancia Ardea of 1951.
Lancia Aurelia station wagon in need of restoration.
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1934 Lancia Augusta cabriolet by Pinin Farina.
Lancia Fulvia spider.
1949 Lancia Aprilia cabriolet Pinin Farina.
1946 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 by Bertone.
1934 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300.
Alfa Romeo 1900 by Touring.
Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Freccia d’Oro of 1950.
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider by Bertone of 1955: designed by Scaglione. The Pinin Farina design won out, due mainly to the fact that Bertone had to produce also the Sprint and there were doubts about the production capacity of Bertone factory.
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider by Bertone, from the rear.
Alfa Romeo Pettenella Leontina spider of 1976. In the late 70s, the interest for old cars was growing and an Italian coachbuilder of San Leo whose name was Pettenella (hence the name Pettenella Leontina) built a copy of the Alfa Romeo 1750 Gran Sport Zagato with an Alfa 2000 engine with 128 bhp, a 5 gear box and disk brakes. Only 12-14 have been built.
Fiat Barchetta Stole Dedica (dedication) of 1996: this car was designed by Brovarone (the Pininfarina designer of the Ferraro Dino GT and other wonderful cars). The car was shown at the Turin Salone of 1996 and dedicated to Giovanni Agnelli. There is only one prototype build by Gruppo Stole.
Fiat Barchetta Stole Dedica interior.
Siata Spider 750.
Topolino engine is down in there somewhere!
Superba!
The little Alfa Romeo Guilietta spider looks remarkably like the Australian Goggomobil Dart.
Yes, wonderful cars all of them – but most of the first bunch we have all seen before (Stratos, Maser. 5000, etc.). I would have so liked to see more of those that were new to the author/photographer.
Re the Alfa Giulietta Spider Bertone prototype, thank you P.F.!
I want a Bertone Giuletta Spyder, beautiful.