Treasures from Greece

We all know about the economic climate in Greece and it was just a matter of time for interesting classic cars to appear on the market. This seems to be Dimitrios Spyropoulos' Veloce Classic and Sports good chance to get some very interesting cars up for sales. His company is based in West London and thou some cars still seem to be in Greece judging by the pictures, his business seems well established and I would be happy to go and check it out if anyone's interested.
These are three cars that I found particularly interesting.

This Lamborghini Miura S appears to be a present from Aristotle Onassis to Stamatis Kokotas, a famous Greek singer in Greece. The ad also states "The car needs complete restoration. The engine is overhaulted by the Lamborghini factory and is on preview from the Lamborghini Museum in St. Agata." A quick check on chassis numbers reveals that the car was completed on the 24th of December 1968, and whether chassis and engine match, the color should be Red and Black, with Blue interior. Some specialised websites also note that is was rebuilt as 434th car. Sure there's some interesting history to discover about this car.

Another little gem is this Fiat Ghia 1500. I always liked this model and sure it would be a welcomed car in many events. It looks very straight in the pictures and I really don't think it's a car that is worth messing too much with, therefore it should be as good as it looks. If the pictures match the real conditions of the car, the price seems right at£15500 or near offer. 

My personal favourite of the whole lot thou would be this Lancia Flaminia Zagato 3C, one of my all time favourites. The car is said to be modified at the source for hillclimb races and would be interesting to find out who actually made that unique one-piece bonnet. The story of this car could very possibly make it one of the most amazing Flaminia in the world.

Please contact me if you need any more info or better still, if you want me to visit Dimitrios' London office. I think I'll get in contact with him very soon.

Future Regret? Fiat 130 Coupe'

I constantly keep an eye on auctions and internet sales for cars. When I find nice opportunities I usually submit them to BringaTrailer, an amazing resource that unfortunately is on the other side of the pond. Unfortunately I never made it to be "published", so I finally decided I will post here some of my future regrets.

This 1974 Fiat 130 Coupe' didn't find any buyer at £4.995 and has recently been relisted for £3.995. It seems to be in very good conditions for that price and I always wanted to have one of these beauties. Only 4491 of these were ever produced and I really can't imagine how many of these still survive today.

Presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 1971, it is in my opinion one of Pininfarina's most exquisite lines for a production car. Director of the coachbuilder's "Centro Stile" at the time was Paolo Martin, the same guy that gave us Dino Ferrari Berlinetta, Ferrari Sigma G.P., Alfa Romeo 33 Roadster, Ferrari 512 Modulo and many others.

"Motorsport" in November 1972 described the car as "a very beautifully contrived car indeed. Just consider it! The styling, the wide fluted waistline is simple clean-cut, classic. The interior is in the best possible taste, with upholstery of velvet cord, cut-pile carpeting, and a pleated headlining, ahead of which are recessed visors. The whole aspect of the 130 is that of the refined luxury car". 

Even if the engine's 3235cc hardly makes this car a daily commuter, I think this could be an interesting investment at this price, even with the "noisy driveshaft /diff on the overrun" declared by the seller.

Take a look at this video of someone having fun in one of these.

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