General Help me identify this 500?

[Revolution01]

Hey folks,

Can anyone here help me out identifying which model this 500 is? I'm making a video featuring this car and a 500 Abarth soon and I realised earlier tonight that I don't know that much about it!

Thanks to anyone who can help out!

 

[Bambino]

Looks like a fairly standard 500F - ?1968 to 1970

Chris

 

[babbo_umbro]

Looks like a fairly standard 500F - ?1968 to 1970

Chris

Sounds right - a pic with the rear light clusters in it would also help to date it.

 

[Revolution01]

Aah I see, thanks for the response!

Unfortunately I haven't got any photos of the whole rear of the car (these are stills from some video I shot) - do these photos help in dating it at all?

 

[Bambino]

The 500Fs superceded the 500D in 1965 - don't know what happened to the 500E, maybe that was a Mercedes designation - with the most obvious external difference being the conversion from rear hinged 'suicide' doors to safer front hinged doors.
As far as I know the 500F ran until about 1972, joined by the 500L from 1968. Both were replaced by the 500R in 1972.
The 500Fs had the 'whisker' front badge like yours with the early cars having a rear 'Nuova 500' badge.
When the 500L was introduced, the rear badge was changed to one that said 'Fiat 500' like yours. So I guess yours dates between 1968 and 1972.
The VIN will give you a hint. It's located on the right-hand side (as you look at it with the bonnet open) of the firewall in the front compartment. Yours should say 'FIAT 110F*xxxxxxx* where the x's are the sequential body/chassis production number starting from 110F*0000001* in 1965. About 2,272,000 F's and L's poured off the production lines in Turin, so your chassis number will give you a rough idea of when your car was made. You may also be able to find out when it was first registered in Australia.
Hope this helps,
Chris

PS: You can also email Fiat and ask - I did this and never heard back from them. Shame really because other Italian car companies (eg: Alfa & Ferrari) keep really good records that are available to the public.

PPS: It looks like a really nice little car.

 

[Revolution01]

Thank you for the detailed response! Very much appreciated. We're beginning filming the two 500s tomorrow - I'll be sure to post a link to the video up once its finished!

 

[Revolution01]

As promised, here's the link to the finished video! Thanks again for your help in identifying the classic 500