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Yes, Fiat produced a small V8 - 70 degree configuration in the early '50s. To say that they are an absolute classic, a wonderful jewel in Fiat and '50s Sports Cars is a total understatement. The link provides you with some very rewarding 'looking', and I ask you to put a bit of time into your pictorial journey. It is worthwhile. Regards Styria



http://www.supercars.net/Gallery?cmd=viewCarGallery&carID=669&pgID=2
 

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Yes, Fiat produced a small V8 - 70 degree configuration in the early '50s. To say that they are an absolute classic, a wonderful jewel in Fiat and '50s Sports Cars is a total understatement. The link provides you with some very rewarding 'looking', and I ask you to put a bit of time into your pictorial journey. It is worthwhile. Regards Styria



http://www.supercars.net/Gallery?cmd=viewCarGallery&carID=669&pgID=2
Ah - now that article is Pure Gold!
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BenzBoy, I think the car itself, or that model, is pure Gold in the best of Italian tradition - not necessarily workmanship, but styling. However, one needs to look at this exquisitely restored engine bay - just proves what money can achieve. Just take note of the beautifully manufactured exhaust headers, twin coils and what looks like a fuel pump which, in itself, appears to be a work of art. Likewise with the water pump. Regards Styria

http://www.supercars.net/Pics?viewPic=y&source=carGal&carID=669&pgID=3&pID=957861

Another engine bay version - just have a look at the hoseclips securing the radiator hoses.

http://www.supercars.net/Pics?viewPic=y&source=carGal&carID=669&pgID=2&pID=1004749
 
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Styling of a very spcial kind ! Take note of the copper hammer on top of the fuel tank in the boot - I guess that aspect of the car is a bit basic, isn't it ? I guess, back in those days, Fiat cars were made to look good, but quality control may have been lacking somewhat - I should say, quality of components or design. Regards Styria

http://www.supercars.net/Pics?viewPic=y&source=carGal&carID=669&pgID=2&pID=1007757
 
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Quite some twins, or brothers ? I wonder what make is the red one ? Regards Styria

http://www.supercars.net/Pics?viewPic=y&source=carGal&carID=669&pgID=2&pID=996908

This is an interesting photo. Obviously the red "Streamliner" (my terminology), but also note the silver car right at the end (on the left) and the four headlight (more modern) car facing the camera - is it a Maserati (too small), or perhaps a Glass (German made) ? I can't be sure.

http://www.supercars.net/Pics?viewPic=y&source=carGal&carID=669&pgID=2&pID=995770
 
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The hose clamps are the same style as all my FIATs and Lancias have had. They are designed NOT to cut into the hose and to remain easy to use.
Some observations:
Italian quality control was excellent until the monetary crises of the 1970s drove the manufacturers close to the brink of bankruptcy. At that point quality control slid rapidly down. My 1965 FIAT 2300 Lusso was built like a brick outhouse and furnished with fittings that would make a Benz owner of the period green with envy; by 1971 all that had changed for the worse.
The piping on the upholstery was typical of up-market auto and domestic design in the 1950s-1960s and is probably done to the original design. Don't you remember kitchen chairs done in the exact same style?
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Hi BenzBoy, regarding the kitchen chairs. No, I only ever sat on them - never looked at them, but I certainly cannot recall different colour piping. :D

Regarding the Lusso 2300 - I hate to think how often I was going to buy one, but never got around to it. I had preferred the 2300S, but that was a little too expensive, and you certainly could not turn the steering wheel when the car was stationary. Another I wanted was the Lancia Pininfarina (?) Coupe, but again that was probably a little on the expensive side as well. That left a Midnight Blue Lancia Flaminia Saloon, priced at $3K., with a badly slipping clutch. That was a little beyond my mechanical capabilities with the transaxle arrangement - gearbox and differential combined as one unit. Regards Styria
 

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Thanks for the website Styria and a very impressive collection of cars featured as well!
 

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Posted about this car and with this link a few years ago and no one noticed oh well. But Styria did save the link.
 

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