Pre-war Alfa takes top honors at London concours

A gorgeous coachbuilt Alfa Romeo with a notorious past has won top honors at the sixth annual Salon Privé Concours D’Elégance, held on June 24 in London. The Touring-bodied 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 S Berlinetta had been bought new by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who gave it to his mistress Claretta Petacci. The 6C2300 […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1968 Fiat Dino

From driving an Italian coupe at full song up mountainous spine of Vermont Route 100 (or similar) instead of sitting in the office department comes this well-preserved 1968 Fiat Dino coupe. The Bertone-styled beauty is powered by the same quad-camshaft V-6 engine that went amidships into the Ferrari Dino, but mounted up front and driving […]

The Quarter Horse: Ford’s stillborn bitsa Mustang

One of the most subtle set of images we ran across in the Facebook photo collection posted by the sons of Fran Hernandez in recent months depicted a pair of Ford Mustangs, circa 1970, one painted Grabber Blue, the other painted Candyapple Red, both with white interiors. No engine shots, but from the Shelby-ish front […]