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Get yourself a Zastava 750. You can import them from Europe. It was the car my family had when I was born in 81. Don't think it had back seat belts lol. Always wanted to have one as a joke.
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Quoted: Get yourself a Zastava 750. You can import them from Europe. It was the car my family had when I was born in 81. Don't think it had back seat belts lol. Always wanted to have one as a joke. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/458755/800px-Zastava_750_-_Fico__16105614840__j-1594029.JPG View Quote Holy shit! |
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I raced and won a championship in a Fiat 128 3P 20 years ago. I'm sure there are pictures but I don't have them here. It looked like the picture below but it was yellow and the roof was a bit fucked from being flipped and pounded out. Great little shit box.
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A Cinquecento is supposed to be a shit box. Trying to resto-mod one would ruin it.
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Quoted: Get yourself a Zastava 750. You can import them from Europe. It was the car my family had when I was born in 81. Don't think it had back seat belts lol. Always wanted to have one as a joke. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/458755/800px-Zastava_750_-_Fico__16105614840__j-1594029.JPG View Quote Put it in H! |
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I can tell you from experience, put 4 teenage boys in a Fiat 600 and you will find hills you didn't know existed. But it's great for parking in small places. Back the rear end in and get out & lift the front into the space.
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I've long thought there could be a market for a small sporty "kit" car that was an actual modern designed unibody.
Anything small like that would never pass crash standards no matter how it was designed if it actually had to be affordable. Make it a kit though and I think there's a market for that. But I'm sure the start up cost for stamping and assembling a unibody is prohibitively high. |
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Quoted: Get yourself a Zastava 750. You can import them from Europe. It was the car my family had when I was born in 81. Don't think it had back seat belts lol. Always wanted to have one as a joke. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/458755/800px-Zastava_750_-_Fico__16105614840__j-1594029.JPG View Quote I have to ask, how many clowns will fit in there? |
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Quoted: I raced and won a championship in a Fiat 128 3P 20 years ago. I'm sure there are pictures but I don't have them here. It looked like the picture below but it was yellow and the roof was a bit fucked from being flipped and pounded out. Great little shit box. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/167780/Fiat_128_3P_jpg-1594041.JPG View Quote An army buddy of mine had a Fiat 127. It was such a shitbox, but it was also awesome! |
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Have a 124 spider since 2017. Amazing car. Daily compliments. Completely rebadged it Euro as an Abarth. Nobody knows what it is ??
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Wasn't there some Urban Legend that at one point during the 1950's something like 50-90% of Italians had been conceived in a Fiat 500?
"Hey Tony, iffa the Fiat's rockin', don't both-a knockin'" (read in an Italian or Andrew Dice clays voice) |
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Quoted: Would it still be built by Italians? View Quote NTNOCN - Fiat - Built by Robots |
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If you can live with 4wd you could buy or build a Suzuki samurai with FI and all the other things you're looking for as well.
You can find them in 2wd as well, I've owned a couple and they actually handled pretty darn well. I daily a 4wd Samurai and have for years, they handle like a go kart and if you build the engine they have pretty decent power. They're also dead nuts reliable. |
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Quoted: If you can live with 4wd you could buy or build a Suzuki samurai with FI and all the other things you're looking for as well. You can find them in 2wd as well, I've owned a couple and they actually handled pretty darn well. I daily a 4wd Samurai and have for years, they handle like a go kart and if you build the engine they have pretty decent power. They're also dead nuts reliable. View Quote Suzuki's are just not for me |
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View Quote Unless he's talking about the original 124 ... |
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Quoted: No shit. Two cylinder air cooled 2 stroke? My riding lawnmower has twice the HP. View Quote 2 stroke? I thought they were 4, o well. But yeah I was hoping the new one could have an engine that while similar in configuration and lay out it would still be completely modern, maybe designed by Yamaha or something. |
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Anything is possible with a big enough checkbook or the right set of skills.
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Quoted: If you can live with 4wd you could buy or build a Suzuki samurai with FI and all the other things you're looking for as well. You can find them in 2wd as well, I've owned a couple and they actually handled pretty darn well. I daily a 4wd Samurai and have for years, they handle like a go kart and if you build the engine they have pretty decent power. They're also dead nuts reliable. View Quote My best friend in grad school drove a Samurai for four years. He bought it used cheap - drove it for four years in summer heat, snow, ice, etc, and only put a muffler on it - ZERO other repairs, and then he sold it for exactly what he paid for it. He loved that car. |
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Jesus man, just when I thought you couldn't sink lower than Kia...
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Quoted: 2 stroke? I thought they were 4, o well. But yeah I was hoping the new one could have an engine that while similar in configuration and lay out it would still be completely modern, maybe designed by Yamaha or something. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: No shit. Two cylinder air cooled 2 stroke? My riding lawnmower has twice the HP. 2 stroke? I thought they were 4, o well. But yeah I was hoping the new one could have an engine that while similar in configuration and lay out it would still be completely modern, maybe designed by Yamaha or something. They are 4 strokes, my memory failed me. 13hp standard, and 21hp in the “sport”. |
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FIAT500 YAMAHA R1 |
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i mean, the modern 500 is still a deathtrap
so this would be really fun to get in a wreck in |
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Just buy a current production, the look is pretty faithfull to the tradition and IMO the hot ones are really cool.
Id love to have one if I could afford to carry a second car for laughs.. |
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Quoted: Dude it's just an old icon, like the British Mini or the Volkswagen Beetle. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Jesus man, just when I thought you couldn't sink lower than Kia... Dude it's just an old icon, like the British Mini or the Volkswagen Beetle. so's a fedora, and you don't see anyone trying to bring that kinda stuff back around.... |
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OP wants a "better" FIAT which means it wouldn't be a FIAT. OP makes no sense at all.
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60s fiat 500s are pretty pricey, about 15000 for a decent one
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Check out Japanese Kei cars such as: Honda City, Honda Beat, Honda S660, Mazda Autozam AZ-1, Suzuki Cappuccino, Daihatsu Copen, etc.
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When I was a very small child, we were stationed at the Nancy OD in Nancy, France. There were 6 of us and we went on all kinds of adventures in a FIAT Multipa. Dad would remove inner door panels and pack them with food. We lived in a tent while on the road. This is not the size of a VW microbus. It is smaller.
Just imagine two adults and four kids. Don't remember the model, but there was at least one FIAT that US armed forces Europe were forbidden to drive or ride in. It was so light and small that they would get blown off the sides of mountain roads in the Alps. Attached File |
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Quoted: I raced and won a championship in a Fiat 128 3P 20 years ago. I'm sure there are pictures but I don't have them here. It looked like the picture below but it was yellow and the roof was a bit fucked from being flipped and pounded out. Great little shit box. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/167780/Fiat_128_3P_jpg-1594041.JPG View Quote My first car was a 128 but it looked more like this one. It was a great little car. |
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I am 100% with you, LP.
Maybe get a more powerful engine from a modern bike or something. |
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Quoted: How do you feel about yellow? https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/lego-classic-fiat-500-16.jpg View Quote Neat |
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