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i just got my hands on an original owner '59 600. the body is solid and i have most of the parts for it. the car hasnt been driven since around 1974 or so. Where do you find parts for these cars? does anyone know of a good fiat parts catalog that i could get? i found bayless fiat but i dont think theyre really going to have much for the 600.
heres a picture if anyone's interested
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...ageID=43950776
The body would make a wicked altered with some good old American Horsepower under it:3dSMILE:Quote:
Originally Posted by ford-kid
That is too cool! Hmmmmm........turbo V6 maybe? Or a blown Ecotec 4 banger?
lol yea i was considering something like that. put a turbo 2.3 up front with a T-5, and a rediculously narrowed nine inch. all on a tube chassis of course. then again, this is a pretty rare car around here and i would hate to mess it up like that. it'll all come down to how easy parts are going to be to find.
I had a cute little blue '58 600 I bought new, Ford Kid. I loved it.
40 mpg was a snap, but I never managed to get fifty mpg out of it. I came close once on a trip from Fort Worth to Austin (I'll admit that I drove about 55 all the way with a healthy tail wind).
I'd like to have one like it now!
Jim
I used to have a '59 in the early 60's. Loved that little car. Hate that I sold it. Have always wanted to transplant a 140 hp Corvair engine/transaxle with fender flares to cover the tires and softer springs. Should be fun. :D
A friend of mine had one, it was a lot of fun. But with four of us kids on board, every dog in the neighborhood could out run us.:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
Along those lines check this out!
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