The vendor areas contained a wide variety of cars for sale, ranging from pre-war Fiats, through luxury brands
like Rolls Royce and Bentley, a wide selection of Ferrari models from the seventies to date, obscurities like a
1949 Siata Amica Spider, a Fiat 600 with Viotti coachwork and a pair of Fiat’s answer to the Citroen Mehari,
the 600 Savio Jungla, to De Tomasos, Lamborghinis and Maseratis, and even some Americana like a 1961
Ford Thunderbird, a Chevrolet Camaro and Corvette and a Plymouth Valiant.
One of the main exhibition themes of this year’s show was a celebration of the centenary of the birth of
Ferruccio Lamborghini, with a multi-coloured display of the model that really put the company on the sports
car map some 50 years ago, the legendary Miura. It was a real step back in time to the late sixties and the
colours that made the car stand out from the crowd, as if its looks didn’t do that already, including bright
yellow, orange, sky blue and lime green. Across the aisle was a spectacular display of Lancia competition
cars in an exhibition titled “LANCIA...una storia VINCENTE”, with many wearing one of the liveries most
associated with their competition outings, the dark and pale blue plus red stripes of Martini on a white
background, together with another famous livery on a Stratos, the red and green on white of national airline
Alitalia..
Another main feature display celebrated the 90th anniversary of Carrozzeria Touring, with an eclectic array of
cars that they had designed and whose coachwork they wore. The cars on display included a very rare Fiat
1500 6C Berlinetta from 1939, an equally rare pre-war Bianchi Soave Berlinetta S.5 and an Alfa Romeo 6C
1750 GTC Coupe, plus a trio of other 6C models, an Aston Martin DB4, a Bristol 401, a Lamborghini 400 GT
and a Maserati 3500 GT Royal Touring The Museo Nicolis from nearby Villafranca had a display of cars from
their collection, comprising of a pale gold 1947 Maserati A6 1500 Coupe by Pinin Farina, an elegant black
1948 Fiat 1100E cabriolet “Vistotal” by Castagna, and a red 1948 Fiat 1100 Sport Spider by Motto. The
Scuderia Jaguar Storiche had an impressive display called “Il Mito Jaguar nel Cinema”, featuring a variety of
models that had appeared in films, including a beautiful pale green XK 140, and of course an E-Type, a model
which has appeared in numerous films over the 50+ years since its introduction at the 1961 Geneva Salon.
There were also a number of other one make and/or model club displays, making for a diverse array of
machinery to be enjoyed by attendees.
Keith Bluemel
05/2016
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