Pic of the day

[Andyk]

 

[Guy]

Spotted yesterday in Chichester. Imported in '87 but a 1970 car. Early local number plate too.

 

[zagatoes30]

V is for Vallelunga

 

[zagatoes30]

W is for Weekend, always struggle with this one

Fiats fallback name for estate cars

 

[2b1ask1]

I had the saloon variant of the Regatta, it was a laugh to drive.

 

[zagatoes30]

I had the saloon variant of the Regatta, it was a laugh to drive.

Are you sure people were not just laughing at you?

 

[CatmanV2]

W is for Weekend, always struggle with this one

Fiats fallback name for estate cars

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Wankel engine?

C

 

[Tallman]

W is for Weekend, always struggle with this one

Fiats fallback name for estate cars

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Here’s a Wartburg 353 to match the Weekend - it’s a tough choice!

 

[philw696]

Here’s a Wartburg 353 to match the Weekend - it’s a tough choice!

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Ooh the two stroke

 

[philw696]

W is for Wilkinson and shameful promotion

 

[Tallman]

W is for Wilkinson and shameful promotion
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Zut alors!

 

[2b1ask1]

Are you sure people were not just laughing at you?

Only on the regular walk back up the road to collect the mangled remanence of exhaust pipe that would fall off every few months! It was a bargain at £5k new! it was a post-production, parts bin vehicle, so had all sorts of weird things either missing or added, like no fuel cut off on the carb so from the get go it popped and crackled on over-run. It was such a revvy engine and got thrashed daily but yes it would raise a titter from those that knew...

 

[2b1ask1]

Ah yes, there was a stupid so called brake balancer fitted on the rear axle, I'm sure it worked on a panda or other short wheelbase car but on a longer wheelbase it was hopeless, basically it was a spring onto a valve, if the ar$e lifted it took the rear brakes off!

 

[philw696]

Only on the regular walk back up the road to collect the mangled remanence of exhaust pipe that would fall off every few months! It was a bargain at £5k new! it was a post-production, parts bin vehicle, so had all sorts of weird things either missing or added, like no fuel cut off on the carb so from the get go it popped and crackled on over-run. It was such a revvy engine and got thrashed daily but yes it would raise a titter from those that knew...

Take a look through the old glossy magazine's back then and see what used luxury you could have had for 5 bags of sand.
Just incase any of you are in Government I don't mean Fiesta or Razzle

 

[midlifecrisis]

My dad had a regatta in the 80's/90's and wondered why it was so cheap. He said it was gutless engine-wise.
As for FIAT Weekends, excellent second-hand buys as they'd deprecated so much after 3 years. Would have been a good workhorse for my dad as he always bought estates. Joiner by day, family man at weekends.

 

[Tallman]

Ooh the two stroke

Yes you can literally see it smoke. That sound though when it revs.

 

[2b1ask1]

They did it with lots of engine variants, they even put a 1 litre in it! They went on to make them under several other badges for a few years, I think it was Lada and SEAT, all the taxis in Turkey were basically Regatta's re-badged.

 

[zagatoes30]

Wankel engine?

C

Not Italian

 

[P5Nij]

Clay and Nikki lead the pack at Monza in '75....

 

[MarkMas]

Perhaps not the right thread for this, but here is a view of Windsor Castle this morning, as we popped in to see Prince Charles, and collect a 'gong' for MrsMarkMas.