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I thought this may be of interest to some of you.
In 1969, Bruce Thomas and Stuart Harper, drove 1961 Fiat 600 Multipla, from Canberra to London. These are a few shots as a taster.
Pruebas, Mt Kosciuszko, Australia, 1969
Puerto de Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1969
Rajasthan, India, 1969
Jamrud,
stán, 1969
Unknown, lot of German metal.
Guessing, Tehran.
What stands out is the quality of the images. Unfortunately I could find any links with English content, loads of quality images in the link below.
Link: https://elakiri.com/threads/colombo-to-london-by-r...
Reparaciones. Salónica, Grecia, 1969, guessing a new clutch.
In 1969, Bruce Thomas and Stuart Harper, drove 1961 Fiat 600 Multipla, from Canberra to London. These are a few shots as a taster.
Pruebas, Mt Kosciuszko, Australia, 1969
Puerto de Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1969
Rajasthan, India, 1969
Jamrud,
stán, 1969Unknown, lot of German metal.
Guessing, Tehran.
What stands out is the quality of the images. Unfortunately I could find any links with English content, loads of quality images in the link below.
Link: https://elakiri.com/threads/colombo-to-london-by-r...
Reparaciones. Salónica, Grecia, 1969, guessing a new clutch.
daqinggregg said:
I thought this may be of interest to some of you.
In 1969, Bruce Thomas and Stuart Harper, drove 1961 Fiat 600 Multipla, from Canberra to London. These are a few shots as a taster.
What stands out is the quality of the images.
Almost certainly wonderful Kodachrome slide film in a 35mm camera.In 1969, Bruce Thomas and Stuart Harper, drove 1961 Fiat 600 Multipla, from Canberra to London. These are a few shots as a taster.
What stands out is the quality of the images.
They scan to digital very well on a high quality scanner with the right kit to do it.
daqinggregg said:
It's come to something when you correctly spell the name of a country and it gets censored out by the woke brigade 
In the last pic is what appears to be an Iranian-built Paykan (meaning "arrow"), a license-built Hillman Hunter that soldiered on til the 2000s.
aeropilot said:
Almost certainly wonderful Kodachrome slide film in a 35mm camera.
They scan to digital very well on a high quality scanner with the right kit to do it.
Apologies ‘aeropilot’ I have little knowledge about photography, but it would appear the images were taken with this.They scan to digital very well on a high quality scanner with the right kit to do it.
GTRene said:
daqinggregg said:
wow, the Fiat 600 looks bigger/higher then I thought, or are those 2 guys that small?hidetheelephants said:
bigothunter said:
Standard wheelbase/floorpan according to wiki. People were smaller in the 1960s.WHEELBASE 2000 mm 78.7 inches
TRACK/TREAD (FRONT) 1114 mm 43.9 inches
TRACK/TREAD (REAR) 1149 mm 45.2 inches
LENGTH 3531 mm 139 inches
WIDTH 1448 mm 57 inches
HEIGHT 1581 mm 62.2 inches
GROUND CLEARANCE 140 mm 5.5 inches
LENGTH:WHEELBASE RATIO 1.77
600 SALOON
WHEELBASE 2000 mm 78.7 inches
TRACK/TREAD (FRONT) 1162 mm 45.7 inches
TRACK/TREAD (REAR) 1127 mm 44.4 inches
LENGTH 3213 mm 126.5 inches
WIDTH 1391 mm 54.8 inches
HEIGHT 1340 mm 52.8 inches
GROUND CLEARANCE 162 mm 6.4 inches
LENGTH:WHEELBASE RATIO 1.61
Multipla is 10 inches higher and almost 13 inches longer than regular 600 saloon. Also it's 5ft 2in tall. Those guys are not short: one appears to be about 6ft.
bigothunter said:
hidetheelephants said:
bigothunter said:
Standard wheelbase/floorpan according to wiki. People were smaller in the 1960s.WHEELBASE 2000 mm 78.7 inches
TRACK/TREAD (FRONT) 1114 mm 43.9 inches
TRACK/TREAD (REAR) 1149 mm 45.2 inches
LENGTH 3531 mm 139 inches
WIDTH 1448 mm 57 inches
HEIGHT 1581 mm 62.2 inches
GROUND CLEARANCE 140 mm 5.5 inches
LENGTH:WHEELBASE RATIO 1.77
600 SALOON
WHEELBASE 2000 mm 78.7 inches
TRACK/TREAD (FRONT) 1162 mm 45.7 inches
TRACK/TREAD (REAR) 1127 mm 44.4 inches
LENGTH 3213 mm 126.5 inches
WIDTH 1391 mm 54.8 inches
HEIGHT 1340 mm 52.8 inches
GROUND CLEARANCE 162 mm 6.4 inches
LENGTH:WHEELBASE RATIO 1.61
Multipla is 10 inches higher and almost 13 inches longer than regular 600 saloon. Also it's 5ft 2in tall. Those guys are not short: one appears to be about 6ft.
although on classiccars I saw in the Netherlands a sort like, which looked as high as the 600 saloon, hm, have to find that again to show :-) I thought it looked cute, but if its just as high, then not so .
hm, that was also a Multipla I believe or I can't find it back found only Multipla's.
when I was a kid I remembered my dad had a few of those Fiat 600 the 500 look so to say, those were small, he bought a few to restore a bit, well with Glasfiber hahah and painted them and so on and then selling them for a 100 more... he did that next to his job.
Edited by GTRene on Monday 20th May 21:59
GTRene said:
ah good research, its then 241mm higer then the 600 saloon, thats a lot and explains it a bit.
although on classiccars I saw in the Netherlands a sort like, which looked as high as the 600 saloon, hm, have to find that again to show :-) I thought it looked cute, but if its just as high, then not so .
hm, that was also a Multipla I believe or I can't find it back found only Multipla's.
when I was a kid I remembered my dad had a few of those Fiat 600 the 500 look so to say, those were small, he bought a few to restore a bit, well with Glasfiber hahah and painted them and so on and then selling them for a 100 more... he did that next to his job.
Fiat 600 Abarth 1000 TCR although on classiccars I saw in the Netherlands a sort like, which looked as high as the 600 saloon, hm, have to find that again to show :-) I thought it looked cute, but if its just as high, then not so .
hm, that was also a Multipla I believe or I can't find it back found only Multipla's.
when I was a kid I remembered my dad had a few of those Fiat 600 the 500 look so to say, those were small, he bought a few to restore a bit, well with Glasfiber hahah and painted them and so on and then selling them for a 100 more... he did that next to his job.
112bhp at 8200rpm in 568kg. Max speed 215km/h (allegedly - probably downhill)
http://www.bernimotori.com/abarth_1000_tcr_en.html
https://www.auto10.com/vintage/fiat-abarth-1000-tc...
yeah lovely those Fiat 600 Abarth 1000 TCR , seen some and or replica's, some make a great sound.
and that 215km/h indeed maybe, I bet it would feel like 250-280km/h
In those days those cars, I remember I had once when I was 19 or so, a in between car the Fiat 127...
those days not many speed checks so, weekend and full pedal to the metal... maybe 170 or so on the clock, which maybe was 150? but it felt like 200km/h
sometimes I also look at those replica Abarth 600, I guess a lot of fun/thrills even at lower speeds, but I can't get away with the open rear bonnet, yes cool, but when parking somewhere at night I would think to much of such... but on a classic race day it would be fun, not the fastest, but i bet it feels fast.
and that 215km/h indeed maybe, I bet it would feel like 250-280km/h
In those days those cars, I remember I had once when I was 19 or so, a in between car the Fiat 127...
those days not many speed checks so, weekend and full pedal to the metal... maybe 170 or so on the clock, which maybe was 150? but it felt like 200km/h
sometimes I also look at those replica Abarth 600, I guess a lot of fun/thrills even at lower speeds, but I can't get away with the open rear bonnet, yes cool, but when parking somewhere at night I would think to much of such... but on a classic race day it would be fun, not the fastest, but i bet it feels fast.
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