The Morris Minor debuted at the Earls Court Motor Show in London on 20th September 1948.Designed by Alec Issigonis, more than 1.3 million were manufactured between 1948 and 1971. In 1952, the Morris Minor was updated with an Austin-designed 803cc overhead valve, A-Series engine replacing the original side-valve unit. The engine had been designed fo..
The Land Rover Series IIA is considered by many to be the hardiest Series model constructed. It is also quite possibly the model that features most strongly in the general public's perception of the Land Rover, from its many appearances in popular films and television documentaries set in Africa throughout the 1960s, such as Born Free. In February ..
Abbott of Farnham, E D Abbott Limited was a British coachbuilding business based in Farnham, Surrey, trading under that name since 1929. A major part of their output was under sub-contract to motor vehicle manufacturers. In 1934 Abbott won a major contract from Lagonda to provide all the bodies for the new small Rapier and work from Frazer-Nash for..
The classic carrozzeria, Bertone, is known globally as one foremost Italian design houses, and rightly so. The Giulietta Sprint coupé, designed by Franco Scaglione was launched at the 1954 Turin Motor Show. Hand-built by Alfa Romeo, these elegant sporting coupes used a twin cam, straight-four aluminium engine, a crossflow cylinder head and double o..
There is little doubt that Italy, over successive decades, have produced some of the most exquisite motorcars ever penned. These covered slandered road cars and highly successful racing cars winning many of the most important events on the planet and driven by some of the most famous drivers, names such as the Tazio Nuvolari and Juan Manuel Fangio...
The Morgan Plus 4 was the Morgan Motor Company's first car with four wheels, introduced in 1936 following the end of production of the famed three wheeled motorcycle engine model. In 1950, the new Plus 4 appeared, with a 2,088cc Standard (later Triumph) engine producing 68bhp and delivering an 85mph top speed. The Plus 4 also featured a stiffer fra..
The Jupiter Mk. II was designed by Jowett in 1952 but never built. In 2008, respected Jowett restorer, Allan Fishburn, created a one-off Mk. II (from the original drawings) based on a 1953 Jowett Jupiter chassis and rebuilt engine, clothed in hand-beaten aluminium panels. Jowett was a small family owned motor company, based in Bradford, England, wh..
The Volkswagen Karmann Ghia combined the chassis and mechanicals of the Type 1 Beetle, with styling by Italy's Carrozzeria Ghia and handbuilt bodywork by German coachbuilding house Karmann. More than 445,000 Karmann Ghia’s were produced in Germany over the cars production life, not including the Type 34 variant.
This type 14 Karmann Ghia ‘lowlight..
The Task Force range is a light and medium duty truck series by Chevrolet, their first major redesign since 1947. It was billed as being more stylish compared to the earlier Advance Design Series while still maintaining its rugged durability. GM redesigned their truck line for the second half of 1955. Chevrolet and GMC named their new series indepe..
To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' Amelia Island event, 4 March 2023. Sold | $555,000 USD One of only 99 Zagato-bodied, covered-headlight Flaminia Sport Series I examples producedParticipant in many concours displays including multiple showings at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Features an all-aluminum body ..