ISO GRIFO: A WORK OF ART!

Posted on September 18, 2023 by MartynL

Scale model sculpture created for the launch of the Grifo 90 - ISO GRIFO: A WORK OF ART! – like a full-size vintage Grifo is a rare collectible. At a press conference In Modena, Italy on June 12th, 1991, IsoRivolta’s Piero Rivolta announced the return of Grifo nameplate and revealed the styling buck for the 1993 Grifo 90. A front/mid engine Supercar powered by a Corvette DOHC LT5 engine; the Grifo 90 was the successor to the legendary Iso Grifo GT of the 1960s-1970s. For the press an...

ISO GRIFO: CORVETTE POWER; ITALIAN SUIT!

Posted on February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 by MartynL

Renzo and Piero Rivolta’s stunning Corvette-powered Iso Grifo was a game-changer, bringing engine reliability to the Italian GT wars. ISO GRIFO: CORVETTE POWER; ITALIAN SUIT! It’s a Corvette with an Italian accent, blogs Bruce Troxell. In the late-1960s, I had a torrid love affair with a red, hot and sensuous Italian. Her name was Iso Grifo and she was born into the Rivolta family in 1967 in Milano. Handcrafted and steel-bodied, the Grifo delivered Corvette performance along with Europe...

CELEBRATE 2021: ISO RIVOLTA GTZ

Posted on December 23, 2020 by MartynL

Andrea Zagato has patterned his life after Eleanor Roosevelt’s famous quote, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” CELEBRATE 2021: ISO RIVOLTA GTZ. The ISO Rivolta GTZ represents Zagato’s tribute to the ISO brand, which in the 1960s and 1970s carved out a prominent place in automotive history with its GT cars: Rivolta GT, Grifo, photo below, Lele and Fidia. Energy, Heritage, Prestige and Passion are the core values that Zagato communicates through the neoclas...

OPEN HOUSE: TREASURED MOTORCAR SERVICES LTD!

Posted on April 29, 2015May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Mike & Maureen Matune take us on a tour of a shop that does it all. This Rat-Rod checked all the boxes with Ford “Y-Block” power with three deuces, “Z’d” frame and a well thought out combination of seemingly unrelated parts with the right fit & finishes. Rod has a removable roof panel and side windows held in by Dzus fasteners. Amelia Island friends Barb & Allison Griffiths invited us to attend the Spring Open House at their shop, Treasured Motorcar Services LTD (TMS) in Reis...

WORLD’S GREATEST SPORTS COUPES: PETERSEN MUSEUM!

Posted on April 10, 2014May 15, 2017 by MartynL

Jaguar celebrates the launch of the new F-TYPE Coupe at the Petersen Museum, bringing in 12 celebrity curators and their picks for World’s Greatest Sports Coupes honors. Sports coupes, with sensuous designs and inspiring capability, generate excitement everywhere they are seen. For its newest exhibit, The World’s Greatest Sports Coupes, the Petersen Automotive Museum invited twelve celebrities - ranging from rock & roll legends, critically acclaimed film directors, actors and world re...