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Re: Fiat
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:03 pm
by MeFB
Re: Fiat
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:45 pm
by bootlegger
Look there are several pedestrian examples of italian industry but I still maintain there is something sexy about everything they do.
Compare what they have made to what the british have produced and then you will see what I mean.
Re: Fiat
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:03 am
by MeFB
Re: Fiat
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:35 am
by Stygian
bootlegger wrote:Yeah this car is special. I still cant believe I found it.
You know Ive had a couple of Fiat 500 guys tell me it will be nice when its returned to stock. I really dont think they get how interesting something like this is.
Ive got a soft spot for Italian anything. It doesnt matter what it is the designers must have had a sexy naked woman in front of them when they are creating. Everything they make is over the top.
I recently purchased a Maserati quad cam V8 just cant seem to find something to put it in. So far I have looked at a Sebring or Alfa 2600 coupe projects (Ive got the Alfa). Thought of doing a sort of 50,s coupe targa racer thing. I have even thought of building a 450s from scratch (which is really what i want).
I hear you Dave - I'm always looking at the Pininfarina designed 916 series Alfa GTV V6s on CarSales. They will be a classic one day I'm sure of it. You can pick up a great example for less than what FB/EKs are going for. Jeremy Clarkson loved them - said they're like driving a mini Ferrari.
Or buying an old 1970s GTV 1750 and doing a GTA replica using the Autodelta supplied new front GTA panels.
Surprised the Fiat guys wanted you to turn it back to stock. My wife and I went to the Sydney AROCA chapter Concourse last year which the Fiat club also attended. Plenty of hotted up Fiats there - no doubt some as club track day cars. They put on a great show - vans selling real cappuccinos, gourmet sausage sizzles and gelato stands.
So you own an Alfa 2600?
The last of the inline twin cam 6 cylinders. I'm with Blacky - would be great to take a peak in your shed one day. That and my wife still wants a mahogany style runabout...
Re: Fiat
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:08 am
by bootlegger
Im not going to bragg about the 2600. Although complete it is virtually a parts car.
Call me if you are fair dinkum about a boat. Dave 0413766501
Re: Fiat
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:28 am
by MeFB
I have to agree about the styling. They don't always get it right, but the passion is usually obvious.
I wouldn't say that the Brits were all brass bands, bicycle clips and pork pies though. Off the top of my head, I'd have to say I call your Alfas and Fiats and raise you a Triumph Spitfire, Aston Martin DB5, Austin Healy MkIII (and Sprite) and a Sunbeam Tiger
And before you play the Ferrari card, let me remind you that I still have the Jaguar E Type and a pair of Jensens in my back pocket
Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to defend the Brits when it came to everyday items like coffee machines & toasters etc. I'd lose hands down. Maybe that's where true passion holds out; it extends to the things that wouldn't normally deserve it. I couldn't see the Brits taking the time to design something like a lemon juicer that just made you want to touch it...
Re: Fiat
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:07 pm
by bootlegger
MeFB wrote:I have to agree about the styling. They don't always get it right, but the passion is usually obvious.
I wouldn't say that the Brits were all brass bands, bicycle clips and pork pies though. Off the top of my head, I'd have to say I call your Alfas and Fiats and raise you a Triumph Spitfire, Aston Martin DB5, Austin Healy MkIII (and Sprite) and a Sunbeam Tiger
" before you play the Ferrari card, let me remind you that I still have the Jaguar E Type and a pair of Jensens in my back pocket
Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to defend the Brits when it came to everyday items like coffee machines & toasters etc. I'd lose hands down. Maybe that's where true passion holds out; it extends to the things that wouldn't normally deserve it. I couldn't see the Brits taking the time to design something like a lemon juicer that just made you want to touch it...
Your absolutely spot on with your post except for the healy sprite. Boring as batshit im afraid
Re: Fiat
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:28 pm
by MeFB
Re: Fiat
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:12 pm
by petrolhead
bootlegger nice score on the Masseradi V8 why not put it in a Bucket you will have them all stuffed trying to work out what it is just like a guy over here has a bucket with a Mercedese V8
