1959 Lancia Flaminia GT Coupe

Lancia of Turin, Italy, founded by a couple of Fiat racing drivers, began producing cars in 1906 with the 12-horsepower Tipo 51. By 1915 they were also building trucks. The family of founder Vincenzo Lancia owned the company until the end of the 1960s, when Fiat rescued the brand from financial distress, keeping the name and developing competent new models under the Lancia name.

The Flaminia, built from 1957 to 1970, was a flagship luxury car for Lanica and was available in coupe, cabriolet, and saloon models with models being customer-built by a variety of coachbuilders, including Pininfarina. Less than 13,000 were built in its 13-year production run. 'Flaminia' is the name of the road between Rome and Ariminum, reflecting the company's trend of naming cars after significant Italian roads.

This aluminum, monocoque-bodied coupe was designed and built by Carrozzeria Touring and is powered by one of the earliest V6 engines known, displacing about 2.5-liters, longitudinally-mounted and mated to a four-speed manual transaxle. The top speed was 112 mph with 0-to-60 time in the 12-second range.

The same family owned this car from new until the current owner purchased it in the 1990s. It was sent back to Italy for a restoration in the late 1990s.