Alan,
A slightly modified (lowered) Fiat 500 with with Abarth or Steyr-Puch
engine (around 50 or 60 HP) was a hard to beat car on the (dry) track in
the 60's and 70's and could outrun a Healey on a twisty track.
My first car was a Fiat 500 with suicide doors, around 21HP!!, top speed
about 55mph, unsynchronised 4sp. gearbox. A hoot to drive in town. To
change gears you did not need the clutch at all, blipping the trottle
and a bit of feel was enough.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL
Alan Seigrist schreef:
> And you car race that Fiat jolly around the track and full throttle too!
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '59 Jag Mk IX
> '64 BJ8
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:39 PM, the walkers <thewalkers@qwest.net> wrote:
>
>> Funny you mention that, there was an antique car show in the old Heritage
>> Square area and I just happened to drive by see it Sat and so I stopped
>>
> by.
>
>> There was anything from a 70's Citroen, to a 72 chevy PU (mildly
>>
> customized
>
>> and lowered) to a bunch of model t's, to some cool Packards - all decades
>> represented, no real theme. One of those Crosleys was there, I forgot how
>> small they were, and my first thought was, "who butchered up that poor
>> little frogeye" - lol.
>>
>> http://www.americansportscars.com/crosley.html
>>
>> Kind of like a cross between a frogeye and a Fiat Jolly. I sure would like
>> to find a Jolly at the same time I had the $$ to spare to pay for it, they
>> are cool.
>> http://www.vea.qc.ca/vea/v/fiat500jolly60.jpg
>>
>> Yeah, I know it's weird, but I like the pink one. Wicket seats, very cool.
>>
>> bob walker
>> phoenix, az
>>
>> dwflagg wrote:
>>
>>> Whilst rummaging about amongst my "stuff", I came upon a double sided
>>> card for a Crosley Hotshot. When I first glanced at it I thought it was a
>>> Bugeye Sprite, but this car was built between 1949 and 1952. It was a
>>> doorless convertible with bug-eyed freestanding headlamps. Interesting
>>> that it should be resurrected some six years later on the other side of
>>> the pond!! As Yogi Berra said, "It is Deja Vu all over again!!".
>>>
>>> Doug
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