1967 FIAT 500 BAMBINO
Single ownership for 46 years
Chassis No: W23R057384
Engine No: 110F0001384437
Fiat released the Nuova 500 in July 1957 as the successor to the 500 Topolino. This magical and wonderfully successful little car has become an Italian icon being stylish, inexpensive and practical. Measuring just 2.97 metres or 9 feet 9 ins long, and originally powered by a 479 cc two-cylinder, air-cooled engine, the 500 is considered one of the first purpose designed town cars.
Historically interesting, this example was purchased by the owner in Germany in mid-1974 with the secretary of Huschke von Hanstein, the racing boss of Porsche, at a drive-in theatre in the US barracks where private sellers sold their cars. It was used for month while the owner was in Germany and shipped back in a 40-foot container bound for Australia from Stuttgart with two 908 Porsches ordered by Hamilton Porsche. Once back in Melbourne the car was painted in red (from its original metallic blue) and converted to RHD in the Noble Park workshop of Porsche Australia. The odometer displaying 67,423 km’s.
This car is sold unregistered.
