Fiat Classic Car Club - Mumbai

michael schume · 23rd September 2007, 18:05

seriously SPEEDY theres potential in that car
also in Delhi u don't have to worry about the rust factor as compared to Bombay

speedy · 24th September 2007, 02:48

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Originally Posted by CYRUS43

ohh it is in delhi...damn

neways if you find the owner get the details and if it is for sale..
we dont mind coming to delhi for this..

maro nallu fiatwalla. no place is far when it comes to your passion. i remember when we heard of the packard clipper coupe being in ahemdabad, and being armed only with a rough address of where it stood. my brother spent a week there to find it and its owner. today the car stands in my garage.
i shall see what i can dig up on the car and inform you.

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Originally Posted by michael schume

seriously SPEEDY theres potential in that car
also in Delhi u don't have to worry about the rust factor as compared to Bombay

Doggy fiatwalla when the below buick special did not scare or worry me and i wanted to pick it up, what makes you think either one of the three fiats are gonna get me worried. i wont even break a sweat in restoreing them

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JayD · 24th September 2007, 09:54

This may be OT, but speedy, did you manage to get the buick?

michael schume · 24th September 2007, 10:29

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Originally Posted by speedy

maro nallu fiatwalla. no place is far when it comes to your passion. i remember when we heard of the packard clipper coupe being in ahemdabad, and being armed only with a rough address of where it stood. my brother spent a week there to find it and its owner. today the car stands in my garage.
i shall see what i can dig up on the car and inform you.

Doggy fiatwalla when the below buick special did not scare or worry me and i wanted to pick it up, what makes you think either one of the three fiats are gonna get me worried. i wont even break a sweat in restoreing them

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i never doubted you man u got me wrong
but the pics u keep showing us what do i say
you are one of kind dude keep it up never stop

like you are gonna

speedy · 24th September 2007, 12:27

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Originally Posted by JayD

This may be OT, but speedy, did you manage to get the buick?

had asked farhan but he was sent the pictures in mail and the dealer was quoteing a very fancy amount for it so he did not pay attention and remember where it is.

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Originally Posted by michael schume

i never doubted you man u got me wrong
but the pics u keep showing us what do i say
you are one of kind dude keep it up never stop

like you are gonna

doggy fiatwalla i have posted both unrestored and restored cars. looks like you have been paying attention to the unrestored ones only

. never taken it wrong my friend.
i am not one of a kind my friend there are people crazier than me too, but thank you for the compliment i do not deserve. my school motto was NEVER GIVE IN. so i never learnt how to stop.

farhan_kidwai · 24th September 2007, 15:16

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Originally Posted by speedy

it is incredibly original. it even had the fiat log around the ignition. someone has removed the tyres and there is no clue as to whose car it is.

Speedy...here is another version of the ignition key surround. This one is from a millecento.

karlosdeville · 24th September 2007, 17:03

Speedy, the surround present on the car you've posted is an not original fitting to this particular model, but is period, cool, and was offered in some markets as an option on earlier models. Farhan, what you have posted is original to Indian Dukkars, and it fits in a small rectangular notch positioned above the key, while the other design (speedy) fits in a hole placed slightly higher up. Difficult to explain, hope the pics explain better.

moralfibre · 24th September 2007, 17:07

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Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Interesting one Karl. One is round hole and the other is a small rectangular slot.

Another question with the picture quoted above: Is the lock set for the glove box in this one original? Looks different and new to me.

farhan_kidwai · 24th September 2007, 17:16

Karl, my aunt in Lucknow had a 1961 Fiat, with a ignition surround similar to what Speedy has posted, but was light grey in color. It seemed to be a an original fitting that came with the car.

karlosdeville · 24th September 2007, 17:18

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Originally Posted by moralfibre

Interesting one Karl. One is round hole and the other is a small rectangular slot.

Another question with the picture quoted above: Is the lock set for the glove box in this one original? Looks different and new to me.

Thanks to your great shot. Or was it Shrivz? I forget.

The Glove box lock (er..non locking though) is indeed original to Dukkars. in the Select it changed to a push-down spring type mechanism. The glove box door is different too, see the depression/lip to accomodate this push button arrangment.

karlosdeville · 24th September 2007, 17:23

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Originally Posted by farhan_kidwai

Karl, my aunt in Lucknow had a 1961 Fiat, with a ignition surround similar to what Speedy has posted, but was light grey in color. It seemed to be a an original fitting that came with the car.

Hmm...in retrospect I have wrongly worded my previous post. This design in question is indeed for this model, though I doubt they were offered as standard fitment. A dealer option perhaps. I have seen many cars in original dahboard paint of this model without the hole, or traces of it being filled. This includes a gent who followed his car on the assembly line!

Times like these I really wish I had an uncle working at Kurla with Premier back in the day...sigh!

moralfibre · 24th September 2007, 17:26

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Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Thanks to your great shot. Or was it Shrivz? I forget.

If it is great, it has to be mine

. Psst, I was trying to capture the cracks in bakelite and all other holes and depressions you see are purely coincidental.

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The Glove box lock (er..non locking though) is indeed original to Dukkars. in the Select it changed to a push-down spring type mechanism. The glove box door is different too, see the depression/lip to accomodate this push button arrangment.

I get it so the Select was similar to what exists on your President? (Scratched paint Aluminum?)

karlosdeville · 24th September 2007, 17:47

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Originally Posted by moralfibre

I get it so the Select was similar to what exists on your President? (Scratched paint Aluminum?)

Yes indeedy. Except it should be just aluminium. The scratched paint is from my last repaint some 25 years ago.

moralfibre · 24th September 2007, 18:10

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Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Yes indeedy. Except it should be just aluminium. The scratched paint is from my last repaint some 25 years ago.

Hehe I know baba, just wanted to point out to the right part

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JayD · 24th September 2007, 20:14

Wht fiats are these?? one is a 500, an elegant and a millicento i think???

23rd September 2007, 18:05	#226
michael schume BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: MH 01 i.e.BOMBAY not mumbai Posts: 171 Thanked: Once	seriously SPEEDY theres potential in that car also in Delhi u don't have to worry about the rust factor as compared to Bombay
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24th September 2007, 09:54	#228
JayD Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cochin! At last Posts: 3,237 Thanked: 2,572 Times View My Garage	This may be OT, but speedy, did you manage to get the buick?
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24th September 2007, 17:03	#232
karlosdeville Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 12,034 Thanked: 18,504 Times View My Garage	Speedy, the surround present on the car you've posted is an not original fitting to this particular model, but is period, cool, and was offered in some markets as an option on earlier models. Farhan, what you have posted is original to Indian Dukkars, and it fits in a small rectangular notch positioned above the key, while the other design (speedy) fits in a hole placed slightly higher up. Difficult to explain, hope the pics explain better.
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24th September 2007, 17:16	#234
farhan_kidwai BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Noida Posts: 121 Thanked: 97 Times View My Garage	Karl, my aunt in Lucknow had a 1961 Fiat, with a ignition surround similar to what Speedy has posted, but was light grey in color. It seemed to be a an original fitting that came with the car.
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24th September 2007, 20:14	#240
JayD Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cochin! At last Posts: 3,237 Thanked: 2,572 Times View My Garage	Wht fiats are these?? one is a 500, an elegant and a millicento i think???
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