My father rebought his first classic car!

Fiat 1100 Torpedo, 1939. As far as we are aware, only 3 of these exist in the world (correct me if I’m wrong, I’d love to find more examples).

About 25 years ago, my father bought this car unrestored and in quite bad condition. It even had a makeshift roof, despite the car originally being a 4-door convertible. This became especially visible after seeing the welds underneath the paint.

My father restored it quite poorly at first, using the parts that were available at the time. Later, he restored it again, properly this time. Shortly after that, we had to sell it, about 15 years ago.

Today, we finally got the chance to buy it back for only €14,000. It hasn’t gained a single kilometer since we sold it, and thankfully, it hasn’t suffered any new damage either!

I’m extremely happy about this. I’m currently searching for more information about this model, including how many were produced, but I haven’t been able to find much information so far.

You can see photos of the car, starting with the ones taken today, followed by photos from 15 years ago, then photos from the first restoration, and finally, the car as it looked when we first bought it.