Pre war car identification.

[ric p]

Hi all. Can anyone identify this pre war car:



Not UK possibly looking at the number plate. MiL passed it to me as I am the ‘car bloke’. However pre war is not really my area of knowledge.

Thanks in advance.

[Allan L]

It's an Italian reg. no. and it looks like some sort of Fiat, possibly a 525, to me.

[crofty1984]

If it's Italian and the letters at the end are CO then it was registered near Como. It looks like it might be GO, not sure what region that equates to, but I'm sure you can Google it.

[trashbat]

Allan L said:

It's an Italian reg. no. and it looks like some sort of Fiat, possibly a 525, to me.

I think this is a fair shout but I don't think it has to be an Italian plate - France would work too.

If it is GO & Italian that's Gorizia. If France, Gironde.

Edited by trashbat on Saturday 26th February 09:38

[trashbat]

This is fairly close, Fiat 508:



https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/20566589-fiat-508-ba...

[Allan L]

trashbat said:

I think this is a fair shout but I don't think it has to be an Italian plate - France would work too.

I think that only the Italians use the small front plate as seen in the photo but if it were French CA-CR seems to have been Bouches-du-Rhone - but I think those plates were of the nnnn ll nn format where N are digits and L are letters

[trashbat]

Allan L said:

I think that only the Italians use the small front plate as seen in the photo but if it were French CA-CR seems to have been Bouches-du-Rhone - but I think those plates were of the nnnn ll nn format where N are digits and L are letters

I think it's GO rather than CO, and I think France only adopted the digit suffix once the number of vehicles grew, but not certain. Anyway all a bit academic now - you were pretty much bang on with it being an Italian Fiat.

[Divieto di Sosta]

I also thought Italian as soon as I saw the number plate .