Toyota’s rugged and legendary Land Cruiser is one of those rare vehicles that has proved itself time and again in the harshest of environments, earning every bit of its reputation for faithful, bullet-proof dependability. Like the American Jeep and British Land Rover, the Land Cruiser was born for military duty and needed the capability to trave..
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Perhaps one of the most famous and successful competition motorcycles of all time, the Norton Manx debuted in 1947. The evocative name celebrated motorcycling’s most grueling event, the Isle of Man TT, in which a Norton had competed every year since 1907. The first model to evoke this great event was the Manx Grand Prix, which itself was a varia..
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The BMW of today, with its tech-laden super-sedans, hybrid sports cars, and ultra-luxury SUVs would probably not exist if it weren’t for an Italian refrigeration company named Isothermos. This incongruous connection began in 1942 when Isothermos was purchased by a young engineer and heir to an industrial fortune, Renzo Rivolta. With a passion fo..
Virtually since the day Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford established Bamford & Martin in a South Kensington workshop, the company would experience wild swings of sporting success and brushes with financial ruin. Their Aston Martin cars (named in honor of Martin’s victory at the Aston Clinton Hillclimb) would prove to be very popular with wea..
FIAT 1100 TV coupè PININFARINA
Year 1954
First plate's and document's.
Matching number / engine.
One of the only 10 car's born with the bicolored combination.
Very rare car, made in only 126 units.
Completely restored, with many pictures of the restoration (5 year's of work)
The engine has only 152 km !!! the car on the street is fantast..
Cherry Red - Lovely Restored ExampleIn the present ownership for the past seventeen years, this
1959 ‘Frogeye’ Sprite was restored to a very high standard some years
ago and has only covered around 1000 miles since.
Correctly finished in Cherry Red, with red trim, the car is in
extremely good order in all respects and drives ver..