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Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 11:39 pm
by Terry Phillips
Has any one seen one of those Fiat 500 cut away working chassis and drive train models in SA. I think they had a similar one on American pickers but that one was a complete car if I remember correctly.
My understanding is they had them at dealerships and use to train the new owner how the car worked way back when there where not to many Italian mechanics around but I stand to be corrected.
Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:44 am
by fig
I don't know about Fiat 500, but Volkswagen built a number of cutaway Beetles, buses and engines over the years. VWSA also has a cutaway new Beetle on display, and they also had a cutaway Beetle engine..
Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:46 am
by fig
Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:48 am
by fig
Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:13 am
by Pine
Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:25 am
by Pine
Moving cutaway New Beetle at Auto Pavillion, Uitenhage (even the picnic basket in the boot is cut in half!
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Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:57 am
by 64 Notchback
Some thing wrong with the one at James Hall museum can you spot it
Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:20 am
by Pine
64 Notchback wrote:Some thing wrong with the one at James Hall museum can you spot it
LHD?
No fan belt?
I suppose several parts on the chassis (obviously all NOS) got feet through the years...
Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:20 am
by Pine
Oil cooler cutout on wrong side?
Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:31 am
by 64 Notchback
Pine wrote:64 Notchback wrote:Some thing wrong with the one at James Hall museum can you spot it
LHD?
No fan belt?
Close
Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:32 am
by 64 Notchback
But then it may have been done on purpose
Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:45 am
by Pine
GOT IT!! LHD pedals but steering box RH side??
Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 12:01 pm
by 64 Notchback
Correct
But like I said it may have been done to show LHD and RHD versions
Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 1:03 pm
by Pine
64 Notchback wrote:Correct
But like I said it may have been done to show LHD and RHD versions
If you look carefully, the left side of the front suspension tubes are cut open, so perhaps it wasn't possible to clamp the steering box on the LH side?
Re: Fiat 500 Cut away
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 1:27 pm
by Terry Phillips
Interesting stuff.
The reasone I asked was I went to look at a vehicle in Alberton and the guy said I must follow him and in a old workshop at the back of his garge he showed me one of the Fiat cut aways it was fully operational and very clean.
He said when he retired the boss said is there any thing you want as we never got you anything for your retirement and he said he wants the Fiat.At the time it was just pushed in a corner and the boss said what are you going to do with that old thing,so he took it home spent a few months cleaning it and got it running again,very impressive I must say.
