Ohhhh, those days!

Nov 20, 2019,23:39 PM
 

My grandmother used to take us from Rome to the Alps on her 500 but I have no clear memories of those adventure trips. After that, she bought a red Panda, such a huge car! Since then, everything changed. Strangely enough, the pater familiae used to drive his larger Lancia (Fulvia, Flavia...), Alfa Romeo or Fiat but children kept moving everywhere into those funny tiny cans.

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Fiat 850 Coupé Sport.

 
 By: amanico : November 20th, 2019-13:39
The Fiat 850 Sport was in production in the mid 60's till the early 70's. Not specially a rare car, but a funny one despite its modest power ( 47 or 52 HP ), and its limited speed ( 145 Km / h ). But it was not a heavy car, and it was pleasant to drive or...  

a micro Ferrari [nt]

 
 By: brauner : November 20th, 2019-14:09

Somehow, yes! [nt]

 
 By: amanico : November 20th, 2019-14:09

That was the spiffy model of that series.

 
 By: Catulle : November 20th, 2019-17:10
The Cinquecento and Seicento being the family “sedans”. They revolutionized everyday life in Europe after the War as they were affordable and quite durable. It was amazing to see a whole family fitting inside one of those little cars with a roof rack load... 

Superbly put, Catulle. [nt]

 
 By: amanico : November 20th, 2019-21:46

Ohhhh, those days!

 
 By: Mary Anny : November 20th, 2019-23:39
My grandmother used to take us from Rome to the Alps on her 500 but I have no clear memories of those adventure trips. After that, she bought a red Panda, such a huge car! Since then, everything changed. Strangely enough, the pater familiae used to drive ... 

TRUE! [nt]

 
 By: amanico : November 21st, 2019-11:30

Indeed!

 
 By: kkochheiser : November 20th, 2019-20:51
I spent some time with the Abarth OT 1000 version of that car. Delightful in its own way (on the track) but I think the standard 850 would have been easier to live with! Rust, as always was the issue. I had a friend in High School who had the 850 Spider a... 

Very nice! [nt]

 
 By: FlyingSnoopy : November 20th, 2019-22:35

Very nice

 
 By: tactictac : November 21st, 2019-06:34
especially the first series.

Yes this one. [nt]

 
 By: tactictac : November 21st, 2019-12:27

Agreed. [nt]

 
 By: amanico : November 21st, 2019-13:34