Is this really a fiat?

[AndyRKett]

While looking at a few classic cars I stumbled accross this

http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/oth...iat-1500-cabriolet-balbo-6-cylinder-sale.html

Which claims to be a 1936 fiat 1500, aside from being absolutely stunning (even if is is a wreck) there it not much that suggests its a fiat?

I've not been able to find anything like it for comparison The badges and wheel trims do not allude as to it's real identity

I would be really interesting to know more about it.

Here is another link to the same car as it stands today http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C278699#

 

[dombooth]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_1500_(1935)

Dom

 

[AndyRKett]

Your link is broken, however.... Any of the cars I've found that represent a fiat 1500 from that period, not one of them has the shark nose of the one in the links I posted above

 

[custard]

http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/other-italian-cars/182856-1937-fiat-1500-6c-ebay.html

I assue the blabo links to the style

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[AndyRKett]

So this car could be a 1500 underneath but is a hand built body by 'Carrozzeria Balbo' coach builder started by Alfonso Balbo in 1914, Turin, and although the car is maybe an original 1936 car as advertised it could also be a 1939 chassis, but in any case it would most likely have been build after world war II

it would seem whatever the history of this car it is extremely rare possibly a one off and is also incredibly beautiful !

looking at the post part restoration pics it looks like they are not being overly true to the original finish with respect to the headlights having filled in the holes for the headlight pods
question is, is it historically significant enough to warrant the 42,000 euro price tag

 

[dombooth]

Your link is broken, however.... Any of the cars I've found that represent a fiat 1500 from that period, not one of them has the shark nose of the one in the links I posted above

Fiat 1500

Try again.

Dom

 

[Eklipze3k]

I know it's rare, but in it's current state there's no way anyone could possibly be mad enough to pay £42k for it, is there?

 

[AndyRKett]

I know it's rare, but in it's current state there's no way anyone could possibly be mad enough to pay £42k for it, is there?

Well that price is in euros so it's actually £35k but yeah seems a lot to me given the amount of bright work that would need specialist reconstruction. This is the sort of car you restore with passion rather than profit in mind that said I recently watched a program with some cars from the 1920s which were so rare they were worth £100,000 and consisted of a bit of wooden frame and some sorry looking body pannels

For instance a 1929 duesenberg in any condition has to be worth in excess of £100k as restored a car would be worth about a million.

The value of the fiat above once complete being so unbelievably rare could be hundreds of thousands or only 70-80k just depends how much someone wants it