madmog
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 46
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May 17, 2007 18:29:37 GMT
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 ,  Fintail Merc for sale sign in window  , Trabi Combi  Mk1 Golf Cabrio  matt polo  Vespa Ape    Nice Fiat 600. Noticed afterwards there was a VW cabriolet next to it.  American thing?   I think it's an East German Simson  Peugeot 304 and Fiat Barchetta     Alfa Spider  Trabi Combi  Renault 4 and Trabi  I'm sure I've seen a white one with a pink bonnet before?...     Trekker/Thing not a Kubelwagen  Hmmm, says Fiat 600 on the front badge, 750 (or 700) on the back. Was for sale so in case they were dirt cheap in Germany I had thoughts of driving it back to the UK. I phoned and it was several thousand Euros. And that concludes my first big spots post. Felt it was about time I gave something back. Oh, can anyone tell me wherre i can find out more about the Fiat 600/750s. i think I like them more than 500s now. |
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May 17, 2007 20:07:27 GMT
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nice spots! 304 rocks  as for 600s AFAIK they're 500's with longer rear windows. same front end suspension, just a bigger 2 cylinder in back. multipla is completley different in body (obviously) and the front has double wishbones and coils not transverse leaf like the saloons. i'm not that well up on fiats, but I'm sure someone on here will be  and I :heart: 600 multiplas  |
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madmog
Club Retro Rides Member
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May 17, 2007 20:36:12 GMT
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There's something different about the front too. Ah yes, the bonnet doesn't clamshell over the lights and the light rims are bigger . Contrast:  and I'm sure I've never seen a 600 in the UK. Did they come here? |
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May 17, 2007 20:38:02 GMT
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There are billions of dumped Seat 600s ih Barca. Or there was 3 years ago. Legend has it that it is impossible to buy dumped cars in Spain though.
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May 17, 2007 20:40:33 GMT
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Pete Englezos from teh Cogbox has one, that's the only one I know of in the UK. This is the Seat version  |
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May 17, 2007 20:42:02 GMT
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Found a piccie of Pete's one. It's roof chopped in a really subtle way  |
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madmog
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 46
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May 18, 2007 10:07:06 GMT
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There are billions of dumped Seat 600s ih Barca. Or there was 3 years ago. Legend has it that it is impossible to buy dumped cars in Spain though. Hmm dumped, in Barcalona, you say. I feel a holiday coming on.  I was half-heartedly thinking of getting a 126 cheap from Poland and driving it back last year. But these beauties.... potentially pre-fitted with hoodride looks for those interested. Who'd be up for flying over and driving back this summer? The more that go, the more tools and tow-ropes we can get on the plane. I feel a plan coming together. Need a catchy plan name. ...Looks out of window for inspiration.... Spain to Rain with car load of cheap booze and fags 07 Anyone with Spanish contacts here? Hmm the red Berlin one has the nicer lights imho. Bigger and buggier. |
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May 18, 2007 10:20:40 GMT
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The Fiat 600 was launched in 1955, two years before the 500, they have a 4 cylinder water cooled push rod engine, same engine in various forms was fitted to 850, 127,unos pandas and cinquecnetos. The 600/750 badged one is probably a Zastava 750 from yugoslavia where the tooling was sold to when Fiat ended production in 1970.
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Neil
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May 18, 2007 10:24:57 GMT
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