Photo Gallery: Macchinissima Is Molto Bene

Mike Baum and friends liked the idea of the Luftgekuhlt car shows for old Porsches and wanted something similar to celebrate Italian cars. So they created Macchinissima, a car show that welcomes all kinds of cool old Italian cars, from million-dollar Alfa 6Cs to the lowly and ubiquitous Lancia Appia. It was molto bene.

This Lancia 6C has been on many, many rallies in the Western United States, from the California Mille to the Colorado Grand.

The Lancia Appia is the most affordable of all collectible Italian cars. This one is in great shape.

Open those doors and you'll see there is no B-pillar on the Appia.

Alfa Romeo Giulia TI

Alfa Romeo GT Veloce

Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint Speciale

Lancia B20s like this raced at Le Mans with this chopped roof, all the better for aerodynamics. A company in the UK offers retrofits of that shopped roof, and this Lancia Aurelia B20GT is one such car. So cool. If I had a half a million bucks why I'd...

Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Sport Touring Superleggera Berlinetta

Alfa Romeo 1300 JZ Junior Zagato

Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ

A cool Italian car. Something by Abarth.

Aprilia Tuono RSV

Mike Baum’s Lancia Flavia Zagato

Mike Baum says: The impossibly cute Michelotti (Fiat) Shellette. Built around the Fiat 850 as a beach town/ resort vehicle with wicker chairs and wicker dash (!). Initiated by yacht designer Schell and Giovanni Michelotti, who designed the car, 80 are supposed to have been built.

The original plan was to have "Italian disco" played on speakers. Surely this is better, no?

Customized Moto Guzzi

Lambretta Innocenti SX 200

Vespa Super Sport

Laverda 750 SFC

Ducati Desmoquattro 916

Alfa Romeo 1900 CSS Zagato

Lancia Flaminia Sport

Ducati 888 Desmoquattro

1967 Bizzarrini Strada 5300

Mike Baum said: The Lamborghini Miura S was an absolute favorite for everybody. The car is simply divine. Thank you, @socaljam1 for showing it at Macchinissima.

A Maserati four-door, or Quattroporte.

Ferrari 308 GTB

Here's the Lancia Appia Berlina Series II with all doors open, showing the lack of a traditional B-pillar.

1957 Lancia Aurelia B20 with the roof in stock form.

1959 Abarth-Alfa Romeo 1300 Berlinetta (Colani)

Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speciale

MV Augusta

Vespa Super Sport

Here is the window from which an entitled yuppie threw eggs at the car show below, upset as they were for having their car towed.

Maserati Ghibli Spyder owner and friends rolled with it, cleaned the egg off, and reparked the Maser out of range.