by Daniel Rapley | Jul 8, 2019 | All, Before and After, Can You Help?, Cisitalia, Italian |
Categories Abarth (1) AC (1) Alfa Romeo (7) All (134) American (1) Arnolt Bristol (2) Arnolt MG (1) Aston Martin (4) Auction (11) Austin Healey (3) Barn Find (16) Before and After (12) BMW (6) British (20) Can You Help? (2) Cisitalia (1) Coming Soon (3) Craigslist...
by Daniel Rapley | Jun 11, 2019 | All, Before and After, Ferrari, Italian |
As found in 2003 and, just a few years later, after restoration In 2003 a friend called and mentioned that there was a lady in Greenwich with the prewar Alvis that she was thinking of selling. “Would you like to visit and make an offer? Oh, and by the way she...
by Daniel Rapley | May 27, 2019 | All, Before and After, Italian, OSCA |
Back in 2004 we had the pleasure of selling three OSCA 750’s. One of them was chassis 763. A very original car with its engine apart. Here she is in 2004, outside our old storage building. At the same time we had OSCA 750 chassis 760. OSCA was started in 1947 after...
by Daniel Rapley | May 20, 2019 | All, Aston Martin, Before and After, British |
Over the years we’ve had a handful of these Aston Martin DB2/4 DHC. Back in 2008 I was particularly exciting about this one. It was a good matching number car, complete, and with no damage or rust. Only 102 Drop Head Coupes (convertibles) were built. This one...
by Daniel Rapley | May 6, 2019 | All, Auction, Before and After, Italian, Maserati |
The Maserati A6G Zagato (chassis 2102) was the second car built. It was retained by the factory for two years for testing and race work. No less than Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson used it as a reconnaissance car for the 1956 Mille Miglia. Jenkinson wrote that by...
by Daniel Rapley | Apr 12, 2019 | Alfa Romeo, All, Before and After, Italian |
We bought this Alfa Sprint Speciale in 2011 from a gentleman in Manhattan Beach, CA. The car had been parked on the street after blowing a head gasket, and left there for quite a while. As a result it had its fair share of dings from being bumped, side swiped,...
