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Posted: 9/16/2020 12:37:31 PM EDT
But LP there already is the Fiat 500 that you can buy in the showroom right now
No no not the modern current one I'm talking about the one from the 60s  I want one of those but built to Modern standards and material quality. A better transmission, throttle body fuel injection, A Better Built and improved air-cooled engine, an electric fan help cool said air-cooled engine, a body made of AHS, tiny disc brakes all around, Korean or Japanese electrical, list goes on. But it's not going to happen, Mustang Camaro or 57 Chevy people should definitely count themselves lucky as you can build one of those completely from scratch now. Oh well, dreams are dreams. |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 12:43:00 PM EDT
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Would it still be built by Italians?
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Posted: 9/16/2020 12:46:40 PM EDT
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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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Posted: 9/16/2020 12:51:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Would it still be built by Italians? Let's assume ... no |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 12:52:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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 Holy shit! 
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Posted: 9/16/2020 12:54:46 PM EDT
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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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Posted: 9/16/2020 12:56:56 PM EDT
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You really love terrible terrible things.
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Posted: 9/16/2020 12:58:57 PM EDT
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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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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:02:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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 Put it in H!
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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:05:03 PM EDT
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Need to look at some of the JDM cars that are being imported now.....
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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:08:56 PM EDT
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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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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:10:12 PM EDT
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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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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:11:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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 I have to ask, how many clowns will fit in there? |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:12:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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 An army buddy of mine had a Fiat 127. It was such a shitbox, but it was also awesome! 
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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:16:33 PM EDT
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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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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:23:28 PM EDT
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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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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:25:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Would it still be built by Italians?  NTNOCN - Fiat - Built by Robots |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:25:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You really love terrible terrible things. No shit. Two cylinder air cooled 2 stroke? My riding lawnmower has twice the HP. |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:27:46 PM EDT
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I could fit one of those in the bed of my truck.
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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:37:17 PM EDT
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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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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:40:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:41:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. Suzuki's are just not for me |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:41:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryUnless he's talking about the original 124 ... |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:42:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Suzuki's are just not for me Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. Suzuki's are just not for me  |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:43:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:43:49 PM EDT
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Anything is possible with a big enough checkbook or the right set of skills.
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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:44:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. 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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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:48:42 PM EDT
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Jesus man, just when I thought you couldn't sink lower than Kia...
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Posted: 9/16/2020 1:49:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. Quote HistoryQuoted: 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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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:02:02 PM EDT
[#29]
 FIAT500 YAMAHA R1 |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:03:11 PM EDT
[#30]
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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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:07:58 PM EDT
[#31]
On a more serious note, look for a Honda Beat.
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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:09:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:09:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: On a more serious note, look for a Honda Beat. If I'm going that route I'd get a Honda Z or a N600 |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:13:34 PM EDT
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F ix
I t A gain T ony |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:14:45 PM EDT
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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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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:16:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dude it's just an old icon, like the British Mini or the Volkswagen Beetle. Quote HistoryQuoted: 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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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:19:08 PM EDT
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Aren't you an auto tech? Get crackin.
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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:21:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If I'm going that route I'd get a Honda Z or a N600 I see you want a classic city car. look for a bmw 700, or 700 cabrio. |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:23:05 PM EDT
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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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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:25:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Jesus man, just when I thought you couldn't sink lower than Kia... Let me tell you about Ladas and Simcas.... |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:28:01 PM EDT
[#41]
60s fiat 500s are pretty pricey, about 15000 for a decent one
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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:31:59 PM EDT
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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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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:33:15 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:35:58 PM EDT
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Tesla motor make fiat go zoom
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Posted: 9/16/2020 2:36:07 PM EDT
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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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Posted: 9/16/2020 3:33:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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 My first car was a 128 but it looked more like this one. It was a great little car.  |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 3:35:26 PM EDT
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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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Posted: 9/16/2020 3:37:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Would it still be built by Italians? That’s a deal breaker for me. |
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Posted: 9/16/2020 4:18:11 PM EDT
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How do you feel about yellow?
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Posted: 9/16/2020 5:29:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How do you feel about yellow? https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/lego-classic-fiat-500-16.jpg Neat 
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