Patrick ‘Carspotter’ Cummins completes his look at his favourite jammers from the NCBI Classic & Vintage Show with two Italian stallions and a French commercial survivor.
1. 1980 Fiat 131: “The Wicklow-based owner is very proud of his Fiat 131 Supermirafiori. I’ve always been a fan of these cars and I just caught this on camera before he left the show grounds. It will be on display again at Bray Seafront in August and the Garden of Ireland run in September. I might even get to ride shotgun!”
2. 1978 Fiat X19: “This was bought by its current owner in 1984 and, save for a little bit of bodywork repairs, no major mechanical work was needed. Everything is original bar the radio and this X19 sees the roads every weekend year round. There was a later 1989 model parked beside this in equally pristine condition.”
3. 1969 Renault Saviem Tipper: “Another car-park find, owner Rory Parker bought this left-hand drive example in Co. Wicklow. The unusual vehicle has been used for a bit of film work too.”
Pics: Patrick Cummins
I think the driver is asleep at the wheel of that first Fiat
we had that car the fiat when we were growing up – rust bucket.
Fiat used to use recycled metals for the car body, right up until the 80s or so my Da, an AA mechanic of 30+ yrs, told me.
At least that’s how I remember what he said….
So I was told as well. At the time Alpha Romeo were buying scrap steel from the USSR. It was said that you could see rust on the Alfasud if you looked closely enough at the brochure.
Nailed it !
How can the 131 be a 1980 car with an 83 reg?