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Image 1 — 1956 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Barchetta "Spider Razza". Designed by Giovanni Michelotti and produced by Carrosserie Ghia-Aigle in Switzerland. Commissioned by a wealthy Swiss businessman with a passion for Riva speedboats to produce a car with no doors, no boot, and a boat-type windscreen.
Image 2 — 1956 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Barchetta "Spider Razza". Designed by Giovanni Michelotti and produced by Carrosserie Ghia-Aigle in Switzerland. Commissioned by a wealthy Swiss businessman with a passion for Riva speedboats to produce a car with no doors, no boot, and a boat-type windscreen.
Image 3 — 1956 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Barchetta "Spider Razza". Designed by Giovanni Michelotti and produced by Carrosserie Ghia-Aigle in Switzerland. Commissioned by a wealthy Swiss businessman with a passion for Riva speedboats to produce a car with no doors, no boot, and a boat-type windscreen.
Image 4 — 1956 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Barchetta "Spider Razza". Designed by Giovanni Michelotti and produced by Carrosserie Ghia-Aigle in Switzerland. Commissioned by a wealthy Swiss businessman with a passion for Riva speedboats to produce a car with no doors, no boot, and a boat-type windscreen.
Image 5 — 1956 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Barchetta "Spider Razza". Designed by Giovanni Michelotti and produced by Carrosserie Ghia-Aigle in Switzerland. Commissioned by a wealthy Swiss businessman with a passion for Riva speedboats to produce a car with no doors, no boot, and a boat-type windscreen.
Image 6 — 1956 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Barchetta "Spider Razza". Designed by Giovanni Michelotti and produced by Carrosserie Ghia-Aigle in Switzerland. Commissioned by a wealthy Swiss businessman with a passion for Riva speedboats to produce a car with no doors, no boot, and a boat-type windscreen.
Image 7 — 1956 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Barchetta "Spider Razza". Designed by Giovanni Michelotti and produced by Carrosserie Ghia-Aigle in Switzerland. Commissioned by a wealthy Swiss businessman with a passion for Riva speedboats to produce a car with no doors, no boot, and a boat-type windscreen.
Image 8 — 1956 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Barchetta "Spider Razza". Designed by Giovanni Michelotti and produced by Carrosserie Ghia-Aigle in Switzerland. Commissioned by a wealthy Swiss businessman with a passion for Riva speedboats to produce a car with no doors, no boot, and a boat-type windscreen.
Image 9 — 1956 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Barchetta "Spider Razza". Designed by Giovanni Michelotti and produced by Carrosserie Ghia-Aigle in Switzerland. Commissioned by a wealthy Swiss businessman with a passion for Riva speedboats to produce a car with no doors, no boot, and a boat-type windscreen.
Image 10 — 1956 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Barchetta "Spider Razza". Designed by Giovanni Michelotti and produced by Carrosserie Ghia-Aigle in Switzerland. Commissioned by a wealthy Swiss businessman with a passion for Riva speedboats to produce a car with no doors, no boot, and a boat-type windscreen.
Image 11 — 1956 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Barchetta "Spider Razza". Designed by Giovanni Michelotti and produced by Carrosserie Ghia-Aigle in Switzerland. Commissioned by a wealthy Swiss businessman with a passion for Riva speedboats to produce a car with no doors, no boot, and a boat-type windscreen.
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1956 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Barchetta "Spider Razza". Designed by Giovanni Michelotti and produced by Carrosserie Ghia-Aigle in Switzerland. Commissioned by a wealthy Swiss businessman with a passion for Riva speedboats to produce a car with no doors, no boot, and a boat-type windscreen.

u/onbewoondeiland — 5 hours ago
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The DB HBR 5. Charles Deutsch and René Bonnet created a Gran Turismo sports car in the small-displacement class, that was very successful in long distance races such as Le Mans and SCCA club racing. The compact and very light HBRs were equipped with modified Panhard flat-two engines.

u/onbewoondeiland — 1 day ago
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1939 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Touring Berlinetta. The 8C2900 Alfa is reckoned to be the fastest road car made before the war and the ultimate 1930s supercar. This was the pre-war GTO equivalent and the prices reflect that. It sold for €16,388,000 at the 2019 Artcurial auction.

u/onbewoondeiland — 3 days ago
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Huib Seegers - Cover illustration for "HET KLAVERBLAADJE" #188 alfaclub magazine (2024) - Featuring a 1936 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A Botticella Spider.

u/onbewoondeiland — 4 days ago
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The TE27 Toyota Corolla Levin and its twin, the Sprinter Tueno, are legendary JDM 1970s twin-cam sports coupes. Introduced in 1972, the TE27 is celebrated as the rebel predecessor to the famous AE86 and is still coveted by street racers today.

u/onbewoondeiland — 4 days ago
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1953 Corvette cutaway. It's drivable and everything works, but it's not roadworthy. It's on permanent display at The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Have a look inside.

u/onbewoondeiland — 5 days ago
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The ultimate 1953 Corvette cutaway built on the found No.003 chassis, using the body of a 1954 Corvette parts car. It's drivable and everything works, but it's not roadworthy. It's on permanent display at The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Have a look inside.

u/onbewoondeiland — 6 days ago
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The 1938 Peugeot 402 Darl’mat Special Coupe was born from a collaboration between dealer Émile Darl’mat, designer Georges Paulin and coachbuilder Marcel Pourtout, with full factory support. A sibling roadster finished 5th overall and won the 2-liter class in the 1937 Le Mans. Only 3 coupes survive.

u/onbewoondeiland — 8 days ago
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Terence Cuneo (1907-1996) - "Lawrence of Arabia: The Brough vs The Bristol" - Oil on canvas (1990)(89x114cm). T. E. Lawrence had his later fatal crash on his seventh Brough Superior (GW 2275). Look for Cuneo's signature mouse.

u/onbewoondeiland — 9 days ago
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The Lancia Astura Aerodinamica Coupé 233C by Castagna has a shortened 1932 Lancia Astura chassis and is fitted with a late-series 2,972 cc narrow-angle V8 engine. The aerodynamic body was designed by Mario Revelli di Beaumont for Castagna and originally came off an Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Lungo.

u/onbewoondeiland — 9 days ago
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Géo Ham (Georges Hamel)(1900-1972) - “Motard” - Watercolour and Gouache (42 x 60,5 cm). Featuring a Brough Superior.

u/Maynard078 — 10 days ago
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RC Reyrolles - "HRD-Vincent Rapide" - Illustration for the first post-war brochure for HRD-Vincent Rapide motorcycle in 1946.

u/onbewoondeiland — 12 days ago
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1960 Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM Pininfarina Superflow IV. Originally raced by Fangio with a Colli body in the 1953 Mille Miglia, this car was gifted by the factory to Pinin Farina, who rebodied it four times with distinctly different body styles. Designed by Aldo Brovarone it foreshadowed the Duetto.

u/onbewoondeiland — 12 days ago
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1954 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Coupé by Touring. The Alfa Romeo 1900 was the company’s first all-new design with unibody construction in the wake of World War II. "The family car that wins races” was Alfa's slogan at the time. They forgot to add that it also looked good while doing that.

u/onbewoondeiland — 16 days ago