Archive for May, 2009
For Sale: Unusual Italo-American Hybrid with 2400 Miles from New
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
This 1964 Apollo 5000GT is the second to last example of less than 100 built, and is available from Bobileff Motorcar Company in San Diego for $79,000. TME has known this particular car for some years, and it has covered just 2400 miles from new. It was previously owned by the car’s original designer, Milt Brown, who sympathetically recommissioned the car after decades of inactivity. It goes without saying that the car remains extremely correct and original.
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Why Lancias Cost so Much New: Incredible Engineering
Friday, May 1st, 2009
Lancias built before Fiat took ownership of the company are obscure cars with a small but rabid following. When new, they were surprisingly expensive when viewed at face value, however the deeper one looks, the more impressive the cars are. Everywhere there are beautifully engineered details that repeatedly beg the question “how did the accountants ever let them build the cars so well?” This little gizmo is a great example of that. What is it you ask? Well, it goes in the top of the radiator of a Lancia Flaminia and is an actuator for the thermostatically controlled radiator blinds.