Jalopnik: giulietta

Say Goodbye To Workplace Productivity: The 1965 Targa Florio Endurance Race

Murilee Martin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:45:00 EST

If you liked the vintage documentary about the 1958 Alpine Cup, you'll just have to blow off your job for the next 40 minutes or so to watch this '65 Targa Florio documentary.

First, we should all thank Scroggzilla for unearthing these videos of a vintage Castrol documentary for us (and Targa-Florio.net for providing the photograph above). The Targa Florio was an endurance race held in the mountains of Sicily; starting in 1906, it was finally discontinued in 1977 for safety reasons. Yes, even by the insanely loose (and relatively lawsuit-free) standards of European road racing, the Targa Florio was considered too dangerous to continue. We've got the whole lineup of worship-deserving machinery here, including MGs, Austin-Healeys, Alfas, Porsches, and- of course- Ferraris.

Warehouse Full Of Vintage Race Cars... And All But The XK140 Are For Sale!

Murilee Martin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:40:00 EDT

Technically, this isn't a barn find; it's the collection of a lifelong racer in Southern California who is now retiring from the sport and plans to get down to just one car from his fairly extensive collection of race machines, classics, show cars, and projects. There's some painfully cool stuff in this dusty warehouse, including a couple of Alfas, a very clean '51 Ford, an Austin Healey 100-4, and more. Bring A Trailer has obtained some photos showing the details of a few of the cars, so check 'em out! [Bring A Trailer]

British Columbia, Where You'll Find Alfas and... La Forzas?

Murilee Martin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:00:00 EST

Here are some more DOTS Bonus Edition photos that have been waiting for quite a while; Benson2175 spotted what appears to be a very nice early-60s Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider up there in British Columbia and had camera at the ready. Which was pretty cool and all, but then he went and found a La Forza SUV. A what? Yeah, that's what we said, too. Make the jump for more photos

Benson1275 says about the La Forza:

I ran across this extrememly rare Laforza italian luxury SUV from the eighties. Actually I thought it was some kind of russian vehicle because the panel gaps were so big. It'sfor sale.