1972 Fiat 500

Description

Original RHD car; few owners; bodywork fully restored in 2011 and has been on display in a showroom ever since

First registered in Gloucestershire in August 1972, this relatively rare RHD Fiat 500 comes with old registration documents which show that it had just three lady owners in Plymouth from 1978 to 2008 before being acquired by a gentleman in Bristol. In 2011 he part-exchanged it for a new car at his local Fiat dealership who then restored the 500 and kept it on display as a showroom exhibit thereafter.

Invoices show that the bodywork was completely restored with many new panels including bonnet; doors; sills; front and rear wings. New bumpers, headlamp rims, door handles and aluminium door window frames were also fitted and the car was serviced with new plugs, points, coil, condenser etc.

A good file of invoices back to 1994 show that the car was kept well-maintained prior to the restoration, 16 old MOTs showing that it covered some 15,600 miles between 1995 and 2011, the odometer currently showing 85,056 miles.

The last MOT expired in November 2017 and the car has been on static display since. Classed as a Historic Vehicle on the V5C, it is now MOT-exempt and free to tax.

Starting promptly and running nicely as we have moved it around on site, this freshly restored Fiat will doubtless benefit from a precautionary check-over before returning to the road once more – we did note a knocking noise in first gear which sounds like a loose engine/gearbox mounting but you will have to make your own minds up on that score. Other than that it looks great, runs well and is on offer here at a modest guide price considering all the work that has gone into it.

For more information contact James on 07970 309907 or email [email protected]