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Title: what is it ?
Post by: mantagte on 18 March 2009, 17:28:08
one of my first cars does anyone know what it is?


(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/mantagte_/1stcar.jpg)
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: iainb on 18 March 2009, 17:29:38
Fiat 850
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: largecol on 18 March 2009, 17:29:44
Cresta??
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: unlucky alf on 18 March 2009, 17:34:54
looks a bit like a bond equip :-/
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: iainb on 18 March 2009, 17:40:36
Produced: 1965-1972, 380000 produced.
 
Types: Coupe, 2 doors, 4 seats
 

 
[View Picture Gallery]Pretty little 4 seater coupe developed from the 850 saloon. Engine fitted at the rear comes in two sizes of 843cc and 903cc both giving respectable performance.

Engines
Capacity Config Model Bore/Stroke CR
843cc  S4 OHV     65mm x 43mm    
903cc  S4 OHV     65mm x 68mm    
cc   Fiat 850 903cc 49HP CR 9.5 to 1        

Drivetrain and Suspension
Drivetrain  R/R  
Steering  -  
Suspension  Front  -  
Rear  -  

Performance
Top Speed 0-60 SQM MPG Engine Pwr Comment
87mph  18.2s     30mpg  47bhp @6200  Figures for 843cc engine  
90mph        33mpg        

Body
Type Seats Doors Comment
Coupe  4  2    

Maintainability
Mechanics Bodywork
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 17:43:23
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Fiat 850
Not quite, its an 850 Sport Coupe with a 1l engine.  My mum had one :)
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 17:45:20
I'd put the 0-60 for the Sport one at around 14s.  It was a fairly light car from the factory, and got lighter with age ;D
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: mantagte on 18 March 2009, 18:23:15
correct
used to go really well for a little car and you could throw it about no probs shame the tin worm beat me in the end
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 18:29:10
Still remember Mums reg - VEB89L (and dads car - a Citroen Desse Safari - was VEB90L)...
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: mantagte on 18 March 2009, 18:37:20
and this one?

(http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a97/mantagte_/1.jpg)

mine was green and grey
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: iainb on 18 March 2009, 18:40:34
Would that be a Fiat 1500 ?
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: mantagte on 18 March 2009, 19:22:43
bigger
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: Vamps on 18 March 2009, 19:41:05
Fiat 1800 B

C 1966 ish
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: mantagte on 18 March 2009, 19:57:28
right year :y
but bigger :)
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: Vamps on 18 March 2009, 20:04:02
Ok, got to be a 6 cylinder, so;

2000.
2500
3000

But I am not sure the above exited in 1966 :-/ ::)
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: Vamps on 18 March 2009, 20:11:06
Wrong, OK Fiat 2300.  1966.
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: mantagte on 18 March 2009, 20:43:58
way to go
nice one
didnt think anyone would get that
a very rare beast in the sixties let alone now
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: amigov6 on 18 March 2009, 21:02:20
I remember the Fiat 850 coupe. I had a saloon (if you could call it that), choke cable on the floor by the handbrake. Nippy little tinker, swapped it for a white HB Viva, which developed a misfire so swapped it for a very early Mini 850. Had to get in & out the passenger door as the drivers door dropped due to a rotten A panel giving the exterior hinge nothing to hang on to!!! Real world motoring @ £10/ £20 a car.
   Do you remember the Fiat 125 which became the lada? >:( The 124 coupe or my personal favourite the 128 SL Coupe pre 3p? 8-)
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 21:08:13
I remember a 'competition' to get back from a restuarant (on a barge in Berko) to home (Aylesbury).  I was a passenger in my brother's MkII Golf GTI, my eldest brother had mum and dad in a 1.3 cav, and my sister on her todd in mum's 850 sport.

And who got home first....
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: mantagte on 18 March 2009, 21:09:16
had a 125 when i was about 18 which i swapped for a 131 Mirafiori
which was lethal swapped that for a 3.0 capri mk1 the one with the boot just as lethal not as rotten though
showing what era we were first driving in  ;D
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: mantagte on 18 March 2009, 21:09:59
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I remember a 'competition' to get back from a restuarant (on a barge in Berko) to home (Aylesbury).  I was a passenger in my brother's MkII Golf GTI, my eldest brother had mum and dad in a 1.3 cav, and my sister on her todd in mum's 850 sport.

And who got home first....


the little fiat :question
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: TheBoy on 18 March 2009, 21:14:39
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I remember a 'competition' to get back from a restuarant (on a barge in Berko) to home (Aylesbury).  I was a passenger in my brother's MkII Golf GTI, my eldest brother had mum and dad in a 1.3 cav, and my sister on her todd in mum's 850 sport.

And who got home first....


the little fiat :question
No. That was well and truely last.  The GTI was embarrassed by the 1.3 cav - it got overtaken  on the A41(M), and the golf couldn't get passed back to Aylesbury despite better acceleration.
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: mantagte on 18 March 2009, 21:17:29
the fiat would have won if the road was twisty and narrow
and your sister drove like mine does (she scares the sh@t out of me)
the old cav was a great car  but i prefered the astra
and yuk to the golf ;D
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: Entwood on 18 March 2009, 21:51:13
Had an 850 Sport back in 1970 .. bright yellow thing ... was overtaking a truck one day.. about 85 on a dual carriageway in pouring rain ... lump of rock fell off truck and went through the windscreen (luckily passenger side and I was on my own) ... as the dual carriageway was coming to an end and I coudn't see a thing I did a pretty serious emergency stop and the heel of my foot went right through the floor !! tinworm had really got to work .. :(  had to drive with a great big hole in the floor and the spray coming in !!

Got it home and patched it up with papier mache and a load of underseal, drove it very carefully to a garage and traded it  :)
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: Vamps on 18 March 2009, 21:58:48
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Had an 850 Sport back in 1970 .. bright yellow thing ... was overtaking a truck one day.. about 85 on a dual carriageway in pouring rain ... lump of rock fell off truck and went through the windscreen (luckily passenger side and I was on my own) ... as the dual carriageway was coming to an end and I coudn't see a thing I did a pretty serious emergency stop and the heel of my foot went right through the floor !! tinworm had really got to work .. :(  had to drive with a great big hole in the floor and the spray coming in !!

Got it home and patched it up with papier mache and a load of underseal, drove it very carefully to a garage and traded it  :)

Must admit we don't suffer from the old tin worm like we did when we were younger, even in older cars, they do seem to mostly keep there floors..... :y
Title: Re: what is it ?
Post by: Welung666 on 18 March 2009, 22:01:39
I remember having a mark 3 escort (first of the front wheel drive) with the bounciest back seat ever! A couple of 1 1/2" by 1 1/2" and a good coat of underseal it made 2 MOTs before the passenger seat made an entrance to the underside ;D