Cars you know, stories you'll learn
If you haven't yet read part 1 of Lancia - A History, you've missed a lot: the beginning of the famous brand in November, 1906; their first car, the Tipo 51 (Alfa); their journey through WWII and the flourishing '60s. We touched on some of the stunning coachbuilt examples from the likes of Zagato, Pininfarina …
Everyone has their favourite car manufacturer. For some, a particular model left it's immortal mark on the distant memories of a childhood oft-remembered. For others, every single product produced by the carmaker has, and always will be, perfect, despite that disastrous two-year period where they hired out the design to a local coachbuilder. But whoever …
The recent announcement that Radford, formerly Harold Radford & Co Limited and coachbuilder of the wonderful Bentley Countryman, Mini de Ville and several Aston "shooting brakes" and estate conversions, was rising from the ashes once again got us thinking; about coachbuilding. Or rather, thinking a little more than usual; because coachbuilt cars are never far …
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