old enuff to remember rusty FIAT's..??

[varesecrazy]

saw this on EBAY,

NEVER seen anything like it,
the "garage" it was left in must've had a funnel directed at the tailgate,


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Barn-find...e99b4f1&pid=100005&rk=3&rkt=6&sd=291945826142

 

[PuntoHowTo]

saw this on EBAY,



NEVER seen anything like it,

In all honesty back in the 70s this was a typical 2 year old fiat, the garage had kept it in near new condition

 

[portland_bill]

"Patinated"

 

[portland_bill]

Makes this one look mint!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1984-FIAT...591511?hash=item2a757a8a57:g:rJ8AAOSw-itXpzwu

 

[Michael Dranfield]

Fiat 127 special is what I had in the 80s my reg was YMB471S is there any way of finding out what happened to it ?

 

[Michael Dranfield]

saw this on EBAY,

NEVER seen anything like it,
the "garage" it was left in must've had a funnel directed at the tailgate,


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Barn-find...e99b4f1&pid=100005&rk=3&rkt=6&sd=291945826142

Tail gate was always the first thing to rust on the 127 s .I think it was due to window drain holes exiting water straight into the inside of the tailgate.

 

[StevenRB45]

Rather amazed to see it parked on the street, there's no way that's taxed and mot'd!

On another note it would be amusing to take it to a local car meet...rat look innit?

 

[varesecrazy]

Fiat 127 special is what I had in the 80s my reg was YMB471S is there any way of finding out what happened to it ?

TBM491W was ours - identical trim ,same canary yellow
just the plastic front grille on ours..

good car, no rust..!!
well - (much better than the Mk5 cortina OPJ491W we had at the same time..)

you can do a DVLA online reg search.. "Vehicle enquiry" - just need the make and reg index. we HAVE THAT..!!

but only any good if taxed / sorn ( parked in a barn for 20 years is not likely to feature)

 

[varesecrazy]

Rather amazed to see it parked on the street, there's no way that's taxed and mot'd!

Trade Plates..

 

[The Panda Nut]

I remember as a teenager seeing a Fiat 125 parked on Headcorn High Street. Itwas mid green and only about 18 months old. The hold in the panel behind the rear window between it and the boot was large enough to put a carrier bag of shopping through. It wasn't just Fiats though as my Mum had a pretty little Autobianchi in the late 70's that waas bought new. In 12 months there was so much rust and structural problems she had no option but to get rid of it, and as I remember it it was worth about 10% of what she paid!

 

[hennabm]

It wasn't just 70s Fiats.

I had an 85 Uno and used to watch it rust for fun.

 

[varesecrazy]

It wasn't just 70s Fiats.

I had an 85 Uno and used to watch it rust for fun.

my 1st regata '84 plate - 70
the boot surrounds were so rusty it wouldn't lock.. the mechanism would just flex out of the way..

it did come from Cornwall though - maybe lived on a beach..

my 2nd an ' 85 = 85 only had a scabby tailgate.. my 1st FIAT weekend

with the drop tailgate

 

[Lambie]

saw this on EBAY,

NEVER seen anything like it,
the "garage" it was left in must've had a funnel directed at the tailgate,


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Barn-find...e99b4f1&pid=100005&rk=3&rkt=6&sd=291945826142

According to the ebay page:

Will post to United Kingdom

I can barely get a small parcel delivered on time, that's gonna be a bloody big box!

 

[maggers]

To be fair, EVERYTHING rusted back then! Just some more than others, but it wasn't uncommon for a car to fail it's first MOT on rust. I came to regret revealing i knew how to weld when going for a job, you soon got fed up of tacking rusty knackers back together!

 

[sumplug]

All down to Fiat buying recycled metal from Russia. Metal was like wafers. It would rust bit by bit. I swear I saw a name on the metal 'p-ps-' !
As an ex Fiat employee, we had brand new cars arriving by trailers, that had been stuck in boggy fields, water and mud upto the sills. As you can imagine, the cars were already rusty. We had to replace all brakes, and lines, sometimes, petrol tanks, rubbers, part exhaust, and give the sills a repaint! A nightmare.
The driver's use to say, they needed a tractor, to pull some cars out! Brand new lol!!
If the seller thinks that it's restorable, iam a brain surgeon lol

 

[StevenRB45]

All down to Fiat buying recycled metal from Russia. Metal was like wafers. It would rust bit by bit. I swear I saw a name on the metal 'p-ps-' !
As an ex Fiat employee, we had brand new cars arriving by trailers, that had been stuck in boggy fields, water and mud upto the sills. As you can imagine, the cars were already rusty. We had to replace all brakes, and lines, sometimes, petrol tanks, rubbers, part exhaust, and give the sills a repaint! A nightmare.
The driver's use to say, they needed a tractor, to pull some cars out! Brand new lol!!
If the seller thinks that it's restorable, iam a brain surgeon lol

I remember hearing a possibly bull**** story about the Fiat dealer in South Shields or possibly Sunderland in the 70s/early 80s in the habit of replacing the floor pans on cars before delivery as once exposed to sea air they would melt.

 

[JCarp16]

My father's Fiat 128 be bought secondhand wasn't a great buy. It looked nice on the surface - but turns out a lot of the car was made of filler. He loved that car - it had a great engine but would occasionally cut out without warning. I remember a trip to school when the car decided to "cut out" on a level crossing... The gates started to go down again as my mother desperately tried to get the thing started. Just in time it fired into life and she floored it... I remember the gates bouncing off the rear window as we made our escape ?