07-02-2017, 11:19 AM
My mom had one from new.
Fiats were pretty rough through most of the 1970s as well. I used to have to keep screwing all the bits back on. The carb used to warn you before it fell off. It used to keep stalling at tick-over for a few miles and if you failed to do it up again off it fell.
It had to be towed when the clutch release bearing fell off because the engine had to come out to get to it.
I an still convinced that the rustiest Fiat of all time was the Strada. They were like motorized colindas with holes big enough to put your arm through at 3 to 4 years old.
The rust proofing has improved a lot now and more recently they joined the Ford Edsil challenge with there frog eyed MPV as a contender for the worlds most ugly car.
Fiats were pretty rough through most of the 1970s as well. I used to have to keep screwing all the bits back on. The carb used to warn you before it fell off. It used to keep stalling at tick-over for a few miles and if you failed to do it up again off it fell.
It had to be towed when the clutch release bearing fell off because the engine had to come out to get to it.
I an still convinced that the rustiest Fiat of all time was the Strada. They were like motorized colindas with holes big enough to put your arm through at 3 to 4 years old.
The rust proofing has improved a lot now and more recently they joined the Ford Edsil challenge with there frog eyed MPV as a contender for the worlds most ugly car.
