1973 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe 1800

[rjg48]

Seat 1200.

Don't know if these were sold here.

[Justin Case]

Deefor62 said:

TR4man said:

Justin Case said:

P5BNij said:

What is that based on? I'm sorry I haven't a clue.

I think it is the Fiat 850?

The Samantha was based on the Fiat 125 with the 1608cc twin cam

It appears that my reference was too oblique and fell flat on its face :

https://www.ivorysky.com/isihac/samantha-has-to-go...

[anonymous-user]

P5BNij said:

I want to be that dude more than I can even begin to tell you.

[anonymous-user]

Justin Case said:

It appears that my reference was too oblique and fell flat on its face :

https://www.ivorysky.com/isihac/samantha-has-to-go...

Mornington Crescent.

[Deefor62]

Justin Case said:

Deefor62 said:

TR4man said:

Justin Case said:

P5BNij said:

What is that based on? I'm sorry I haven't a clue.

I think it is the Fiat 850?

The Samantha was based on the Fiat 125 with the 1608cc twin cam

It appears that my reference was too oblique and fell flat on its face :

https://www.ivorysky.com/isihac/samantha-has-to-go...

Very good. Totally missed that reference (obviously)

[Bobberoo99]

Don't know if anyone's mentioned this but Wheeler Dealers did a 72 Fiat 124 Spyder recently, series 15 episode 22!!!

[P5BNij]

Breadvan72 said:

P5BNij said:

I want to be that dude more than I can even begin to tell you.

I've got a smallish pot belly you can borrow, but you'll have to supply your own Multipla.

[anonymous-user]

Moobz.

[XCP]

Breadvan72 said:

XCP said:

My wife has a photo of her standing next to her Fiat 850 coupe. Sadly this was sometime before we met!
And it was in Somerset, not Rome or Milan.

Well, Somerset is the Rome of, er... Somerset. Frankly, it always amazes me that cars are even invented in Somerset. I go there from time to time to visit a friend, a former cool urban journo chick turned gentleman farmer's wife and part time antiques dealer, whenever I feel like spending a day or two in a place where the society depicted in the Wicker Man would be classed as Metropolitan.

Harsh but fair. Bridgwater I presume. Frome is quite trendy mind.

[shoestring7]

rjg48 said:

Breadvan72 said:

Morris 1000s are ace to drive. They are almost as much fun as or maybe even more fun than early Minis.

Double declutch, baybee!

Yes, had one as my first car. 1958 2 door in Black and 30 years old then.

The only similar modern the those small Fiats of the 1960s I can think of is the 2015 onwards Renault Twingo. It’s got the usual tiny engine, but is a manual and more importantly is rear engine/rear wheel drive.

[Justin Case]

Breadvan72 said:

Well, Somerset is the Rome of, er... Somerset. Frankly, it always amazes me that cars are even invented in Somerset. I go there from time to time to visit a friend, a former cool urban journo chick turned gentleman farmer's wife and part time antiques dealer, whenever I feel like spending a day or two in a place where the society depicted in the Wicker Man would be classed as Metropolitan.

In Glastonbury (the town not the festival) the Wicker Man would be regarded as a training video.

[anonymous-user]

Ah, the good old Yeovil Divorce Court! The ex wife, in floods of tears after the hearing. The ex husband, consoling her: "Don' ye vurry, moi deer. You'm alwayz be moi sizterr."

Their daughter, aged 12, meets the definition of a Somerset virgin, because she can run faster than her brothers.

See also: Norfolk.

Meanwhile, back in The Great Wen, the Fiat is now engaged in a FIGHT FOR JUSTICE, having been unlawfully ticketed at 0845 when the controlled parking does not start until 0900.

Annoyingly, I have to do my VAT return before I can compose the "Dear Camden Council, WTFF?????" letter, as, if I do not get the Return in by midnight, HMRC will turn me into something much more disagreeable than a pumpkin.

[anonymous-user]

Righty Ho, VAT Return done and dusted.

Now to reach for my quill pen and vellum and engage SNARKY RANT MODE, demanding that the hapless Traffic Warden be sent to Devil's Island, or, worse, made to drive around in a semi-exploding 1970s car. Must also initiate 967 page ranty/clueless thread in S,P&L.

In fact, I will just write a very boringly quiet and sensible email. Sticking it to The Man, yeah? Maybe for the exciting part I can go and look online for some of that Saucy Traffic Warden porno filth that seems to have been so popular in the 70s (or so I am told).

[anonymous-user]

See below heart rending image of innocent Fiat about to fall victim to grotesque injustice at hands of ACTUALLY WORSE THAN ACTUAL HITLER , ACTUALLY Camden Council. Look at its poor, blameless face. Won't someone think of the puppies!

[rjg48]

Jane Birkin

[anonymous-user]

V fine, but that Serge Gainsbourg was a bit of an old perv.

Back in Italia ...

[AW111]

Breadvan72 said:

See below heart rending image of innocent Fiat about to fall victim to grotesque injustice at hands of ACTUALLY WORSE THAN ACTUAL HITLER , ACTUALLY Camden Council. Look at its poor, blameless face. Won't someone think of the puppies!

You've been conned.
That car is plotting something- just look at those sullen, sly headlights.
I wouldn't trust it an inch.

[anonymous-user]

Thanks, bro. I am thinking of maybe a crowdfund, a t-shirt campaign, and perhaps some celebrity involvement. I hear that Prince Andrew might be free.

[anonymous-user]

Legacywr said:

Love the Lancia 2000 HF.

Too lovely! Pretty ker-ching nowadays I reckon.

[anonymous-user]

rjg48 said:

Breadvan72 said:

Your Starter for Ten is the Nick Drake UFO connection. No Googling!

The Band, TV Series or a Flying Saucer?



The lovely Gabrielle

... is the correct answer. Sorry to be slow in awarding your prize, which is a set of keys to a small Fiat saloon car that has been parked in a swamp near Pavia for the last forty two and a half years. Winner collects.