Interesting.......
Interesting.... https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.autorevue.cz%2Fferrari-mondial-1980-1993-proctyrismotorem-uprostred&edit-text= Image Unavailable, Please Login
IMHO, these are truly beautiful cars. I believe the numbers ($$$$) are really going to soar. Cheers, Hank
I had a 1969 Fiat 850 which had a bit different styling, but I agree with Frank. They are very good looking. In fact, the 850 single headlight was including in one of those 'Car Calendars' many years ago. The example shown here has left hand drive so is not likely a Brit car. It also has low backed seats consistent with a mid 1960's American version. My 1965 Corvair has low backed seats. I do not know exactly when high backed became a requirement but certainly the 1969s were high backed. Here is a link to youtube. The Abarth headers look a lot like the stock headers. Handling? Nimble would not be my description. It had swing axles but they were only an issue when I had low tire pressure. I used to say it had the heart of a humming bird with half the life expectancy. I think it was 50-55 hp at 6,500 rpm. So it was a sporty little thing and spent its entire life spinning like a centrifuge just to keep up with traffic. I timed it 0-60 mph in about 16 seconds which is about the same as the 110 hp Corvair that weighs a bit less then twice as much. The 850 is about 1,600 lbs and the Corvair is about 2,900 lbs.
I counted potatoes! I don't mean "one potato, two potatoes ..." I mean actual potatoes dropping out the bottom of the grocery bag. Sort of like a sand filled hour glass!
I thought the translation was perfectly understandable but now understand I was having my own brain episode!
Hey Jerry you might get a kick out of the following. Back in the old days I was cruising the car show at Carlisle PA and ran across an old magazine piece on the 'low priced three' comparing the 1953 manual versions of 1) Ford Flat Head V8; 2) The Chevy overhead valve six; 3) the Plymouth flat head six. Zero to 60 times on all three were 19-20 seconds. My old man was a Plymouth man and we had at least three of those ancient flat heads. Of course I was just a kid and did not know from slow or fast. I remember seeing a car report on a GTO or something that did 0-60 in six seconds. I asked if our 1956 Plymouth could do that. He said sure, if you floor it.
Speaking of Fiat Mondial, here's mine. Interiors redone, carbs cleaned, new fuel lines, spark plugs, got all new badging and polished chrome. Tomorrow she goes to paint. (verde miura) should look awesome next week. C H E E R S Image Unavailable, Please Login
More then one carb? Must be a real hot rod! Any photos? This little gem of a car has many fond memories for me from the early 1970's. I actually suspect my butterschotch 850 is seen in the Movie 'The Exorcist'. I lived within walking distance of Georgetown at the time and mine was the only butterscotch 850 I ever saw. The dates seem to match up as well. It might explain all the demons that, from time to time, seemed to lightly infest the little beast over the year I owned it!
