Circa 1997 Fiat Barchetta . . . .

[restoman]

Anyone on here got one . . . and a tape measure (!) - need a favour please.

[iva cosworth]

restoman said:

Anyone on here got one . . . and a tape measure (!) - need a favour please.

Yes.Got it last Saturday.

Dimensions of car is on its Wikipedia page if you need them.

BTW it's smaller than a MK6 Fiesta

[Allaloneatron]

iva cosworth said:

BTW it's smaller than a MK6 Fiesta

I drove past one on the M25 last night and I was shocked how small it looked in the dark next to my C4.

[r111gts]

Was it an orange one heading west towards the A3 junction? If so, was me on the way back from DTR Sports. It is a very small car!

[iva cosworth]

Allaloneatron said:

iva cosworth said:

BTW it's smaller than a MK6 Fiesta

I drove past one on the M25 last night and I was shocked how small it looked in the dark next to my C4.

I compared it to a Fiesta as the Barchetta has gone into the garage ,the Fiesta is slumming it out

in the road.

I had no idea what size the Fiat is so looked it up.It's 4cm less wide and 2mm shorter than

Fiesta .

My garage is so stupidly small i have to take 2 swings to get in as the steering wheel is on the


"wrong" side and i can't get out next to a wall if i reverse in

[iva cosworth]

r111gts said:

Was it an orange one heading west towards the A3 junction? If so, was me on the way back from DTR Sports. It is a very small car!

I saw your orange car whilst i was at DTR getting mine

which is silver BTW,not the car with the burgundy roof which was there too.

[iva cosworth]

reg..........******EJO ?

[r111gts]

That's my car! Here's a picture of it this afternoon looking a little shinier. I've had it since 1999 and it still puts a smile on my face every time a drive it. How are you getting on with yours?

[iva cosworth]

Nice

Had mine since December 1st.

Had to go back last Saturday as the speedo wasn't working on Monday 3rd .

Chris ,the helpful technician took out the clocks did some soldering and I was on the way

in 45 minutes.

One other thing was when i filled the car up after leaving DTR on 1st a bloke asked me about it

[he knew what it was]and i had owned the car about 1/2 hour.

I am used to that with the Cosworth too so don't mind a quick chat with an enthusiast.



Nice to see you have owned yours for such a long time,i have never kept a car that long

[r111gts]

I've been stopped many a time and asked about it. People do seem to really like them.

Yours looks like a really nice example. Mine has never broken down in all the time I've had it - very reliable little cars in my experience (although parts do seem to wear out quickly). The reason I've kept mine so long is that I just can't bring myself to part with it - it's a little personality and has become part of the family..