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09-24-2008 04:45 PM #1
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fresh find 600!
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
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09-24-2008 10:57 PM #2
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The body would make a wicked altered with some good old American Horsepower under it
Originally Posted by ford-kid
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
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09-25-2008 05:58 AM #3
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That is too cool! Hmmmmm........turbo V6 maybe? Or a blown Ecotec 4 banger?
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09-25-2008 09:59 AM #4
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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.
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09-25-2008 12:19 PM #5
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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
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09-25-2008 01:55 PM #6
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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.
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09-26-2008 04:45 PM #7
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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.
Bob
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail....but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying..."Damn....that was fun!
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06-18-2009 12:41 AM #8
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Along those lines check this out!
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