The is a 500 N for sale on Ebay...
originally listed as simply a 500...
I identified it as an N...

What makes it special (other than being RHD) is that it was registered New in the Uk, there is one other known RHD UK registered from New car that is a few chassis numbers newer...
So this is the oldest original UK Registered RHD car....
I would estimate it is worth Double what it is advertisd for...
It is fair to assume the seller will start to do some research and the price will increase....
If i had the time and space would buy it and advertise it for double....

If there was an N to own this would be well worth it...

Peter...check your email

fiat500 said:

Peter...check your email

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I have and it didn't say "And it is now in Scotland"

Bigvtwin996 said:

I have and it didn't say "And it is now in Scotland"

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But it did imply that, someone from Scotland is currently situated four miles from the Fiat.

fiat500 said:

But it did imply that, someone from Scotland is currently situated four miles from the Fiat.

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Ohhhhh...


If I had the space and less cars I would buy it in an instant..
A UK registered N!!! I know that there is one other... but this one is older....
If the numbers match and the original reg can be kept that would be one special car.....

Be interesting to see more pics of the car……..?

The Whitakers said:

Be interesting to see more pics of the car……..[emoji848]

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I've been to see it. The way it's sitting on a trailer and film-wrapped it's hard to know any details and it seemed cheeky to photograph. The seller is fed up of chancers and very straight about it although maybe a little optimistic about the state it's in. It's not for me....significantly worse than Murf or my yellow car were. A very brave and experienced restorer needed. You would have to go and see it. It had my name on it (my initials anyway), but I turned it down.

Just had another look at the 2 pictures on the advert. It does seem to be in a rotted state. If the A pillar is that rotten then it doesn’t give much hope for the bottom of the car….

It's had a new floor fitted at some point, but they remove inner and outer sills and then abandoned it.
The car is worth restoring but it would need a full alignment jig to be made first.

This is interesting…

https://www.ebay.com/itm/274870309211?hash=item3fff8c115b:g:CmUAAOSwdDBg8bcn

Imagine grabbing onto that steering wheel on a 95* day

LiteRye said:

This is interesting…

https://www.ebay.com/itm/274870309211?hash=item3fff8c115b:g:CmUAAOSwdDBg8bcn

Imagine grabbing onto that steering wheel on a 95* day

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Looks like someone has given it the VW ‘back to 89’ look……get it with the VW’s but not sure it works with the Fiat..

The "bargain" is still up for grabs. Has anyone else here been to see it?
The seller said he might do some of the basic welding (reconstuction work!) if it didn't sell by last Friday and then uplift the price significantly.

It might be worth a cheeky offer now?

It's still for sale; so I would hazard a guess that most people, having seen it, would disagree with the title of thsi thread. . I suspect that the seller is also having a few doubts.
It's for spare parts or re-shell only.

So I really should've bought this NZ new RHD one? It made $5600nz in the bidding which is about 2800 pounds. A very original car, right down to the rubber mats and appeared to be in much better shape than this one. It will require a full restoration though

Fayray said:

So I really should've bought this NZ new RHD one?

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....you really should have done!!!!

fiat500 said:

....you really should have done!!!!

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I was tempted. The problem with a car like this in NZ is if the registration goes dormant (after 2 years if not renewed or put on hold) the car must then go through a very strict safety test and if any structural repairs are made it must get an engineer's report which has to be done during the repair process and before it's painted etc. It's incredibly hard, time consuming and expensive, even on a 500. And sometimes it's a doddle:shrug:

I recently read a horror story of someone importing a concourse winning Fulvia from Australia and the authorities demanding the paint be stripped to show all repairs

It seems from what I've read here it's much easier in England?

It is easier in the UK. Even after repairs, if the car is older that 40 years, it does not require an MOT test (Ministry of Transport). My car is over 40 years old, so instead of having it MOT'd I have a "Classic Vehicle Inspection" carried out. The vehicles is checked over just a comprehensivley as a MOT (and more so in some areas) by people who know classic cars. The trouble with a MOT is that most of the MOT stations these days seem to be staffed with people who have NO idea about, or ever worked on a classic car. Some friends of mine have a collection of Riley cars---the young MOT examiner wanted to fail their 'Imp' (a little2 seater sports car) because the brakes didn't come up to modern requirements---he couldn't get his head round the fact that they had 'rod' brakes, not hydraulics. He couldn't understand how they worked!!

My old 1947 Sunbeam Talbot failed the mot on front wheel bearings. I explained to the guy that they were fine and adjusted to the workshop manual to no avail. I went home, overtightened the bearings, went back and got the mot certificate then back home again to reset the bearings to how they were.