General All 500 owners in USA, report in

[nbaldasarre]

Here's the ride!

 

[lazylobster]

Here's the ride!View attachment 428026View attachment 428027

Blacked out windows, very gangster !

 

[Toshi 975]

Looks like nice tidy Fiat 500L. I can tell you that you are missing the heat shield inside the engine lid that helps protect the number plate light from engine heat. Also the little plastic clip that stops the engine lid restraining strap from popping out every time you open it up.

 

[nbaldasarre]

Looks like nice tidy Fiat 500L. I can tell you that you are missing the heat shield inside the engine lid that helps protect the number plate light from engine heat. Also the little plastic clip that stops the engine lid restraining strap from popping out every time you open it up.

Thanks for taking a close look! I had no idea about either of those!

 

[the hobbler]

Thanks @lazylobster! It looks like they are in Turin (Torino)? Unfortunately that will be a little out of the way I will be in Milan and driving out to Val Gardena and Cortina D'Ampezzo and looking for something in Milan or on that route. Do you by chance know of any other vendors?

Try "Bernie Motore"---they are in Maleo, about 37 miles south-east of Milan. They have a BIG on-line site, and what is even more helpful is that the boss (Tony Bernie) speaks English----well a sort of English (but don't tell him that I said that!) being that he is in fact Welsh. A lovely guy and very helpful.

 

[Nts550]

I bought my 1968 Cinque Cento in a little town north of Venezia and shipped it back to Bend, Oregon via a military move. The cool thing is that I have the original license plates from Rome and the original registration filled out in pen by a guy name Guiseppe.

 

[Nortonguy]

On the trip to the storage facility

Now it's in the naughty corner

 

[alexettor]

I bought my 1968 Cinque Cento in a little town north of Venezia and shipped it back to Bend, Oregon via a military move. The cool thing is that I have the original license plates from Rome and the original registration filled out in pen by a guy name Guiseppe.

That sounds lovely! But probably the guy's name was Giuseppe

 

[wingless]

This topic shows my newly purchased gorgeous 1968 Fiat 500L vehicle.

Very glad to be part of the forum.

 

[felixyuen1018]

i know this is mostly for USA guys ....but anyone from VANCOUVER CANADA ???

 

[rusty500]

If you're on this forum and live in North America, you might want be interested in a Facebook group dedicated to rear engine Fiats in North America.

 

[Ciao fiat]

Hello All, 1973 500R 594cc from Las Vegas.

 

[the hobbler]

no sweat. I measured mine, its 9" length, 5 " width, and 7.5" height. Sears has one with the same dims and cranking amps...but my local auto parts was closer.

cheers.

Vascrats---what engine did you end up putting into your 500---was it from "Mr Fiat" in Atlanta?

 

[NutGL]

Hi everyone.

I just joined the group and I noticed this forum and wanted to swing by to introduce myself.
I just bought my very first classic fiat 500, its a 1970 500N
I am from La Feria, Texas but I am currently working in Luanda, Angola. For some reason the group labelled my profile to Angola.I believe this is because I am using an Angolan internet server.
I found the page Googling answers to what it seems issues with my carburettor.
I hope to get some words of wisdom around there to put my little girl on the road any time soon.

 

[TeleSpeed]

NutGL, please post photo of your car. You mentioned that it is a 1970 500N, but the 500 N model production stopped in 1959/60.

 

[NutGL]

NutGL, please post photo of your car. You mentioned that it is a 1970 500N, but the 500 N model production stopped in 1959/60.

Hi TeleSpeed, the guy I bought it from told me the car came to the States from Check Republic, there are actually several stickers from what I believe is the Check Republic, including the rear plate.
Could it be that in certain countries production of cars are different than in others? It comes to my mind the example of split window VW buses in Brazil. Technically speaking, split window buses went to a baywindow version in 1967 however, in Brazil, they continue producing it until 1975.

I just double checked and you were completely right. I asked my kids to give me the VIN number by the gas tank and according to the number I got, its either a 500F or L. Based on the basic characteristics of the car (speedometer, emblems etc) I consider it´s a 1971 500F

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[the hobbler]

Hi TeleSpeed, the guy I bought it from told me the car came to the States from Check Republic, there are actually several stickers from what I believe is the Check Republic, including the rear plate.
Could it be that in certain countries production of cars are different than in others? It comes to my mind the example of split window VW buses in Brazil. Technically speaking, split window buses went to a baywindow version in 1967 however, in Brazil, they continue producing it until 1975.

I just double checked and you were completely right. I asked my kids to give me the VIN number by the gas tank and according to the number I got, its either a 500F or L. Based on the basic characteristics of the car (speedometer, emblems etc) I consider it´s a 1971 500F

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From what I can see in photo 2, it is a "F"---it has the small, simple instrument cluster with just an "idiot light" as the indication that you don't have a lot more fuel in the tank. The "L" versions had (and were the only versions to have it) a large instrument cluster with a proper fuel gauge. However, irrespective of WHAT you have, welcome to the Forum. You will find that you have the perfect tool for REALLY annoying Ferrari and Lamborghini owners at shows when you are grouped together in"The Italian section"---very few people have memories of the 'exotics', but there are still a lot of Americans who have fond memories of the Cinquecento---YOU will have the admiring, talkative crowd, not the 'exotics'

 

[NutGL]

From what I can see in photo 2, it is a "F"---it has the small, simple instrument cluster with just an "idiot light" as the indication that you don't have a lot more fuel in the tank. The "L" versions had (and were the only versions to have it) a large instrument cluster with a proper fuel gauge. However, irrespective of WHAT you have, welcome to the Forum. You will find that you have the perfect tool for REALLY annoying Ferrari and Lamborghini owners at shows when you are grouped together in"The Italian section"---very few people have memories of the 'exotics', but there are still a lot of Americans who have fond memories of the Cinquecento---YOU will have the admiring, talkative crowd, not the 'exotics'

I reckon that will be the case. We drove all across the USA to go get the car. it was a trip from La Feria, Texas (20 miles away from the Mexican border) all the way to Providence Rhode Island. You don't have an idea the amount of people that stopped to see the car and take photos.