I'm Back With a New Addition to my Desktop Fleet!

"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke) 12/07/2015 at 12:29 • Filed to: None

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Live and Let Diecast should like this post. It is my New Lupin III edition of the classic Fiat 500 Abarth! How do you know it was an Abarth? Because the engine cover is up!

Also just wondeering, are Tomika cars sold in the US? They’ve got all kind of cool toy cars you might want to add to your desktop fleet.

Seat Safety Switch > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 12/07/2015 at 12:39

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The engine cover being up may also indicate it was a regular Fiat 500 that was driven for over five minutes.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Seat Safety Switch 12/07/2015 at 12:57

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That....or it was to prevent it from overheating...which is what it was for. That is the reason the teams that chose to race them ended up welding the cover arms into an always up position and the reason that Abarth editions were eventually just made without an engine cover.

Seat Safety Switch > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 12/07/2015 at 13:12

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Oh, I knew that.

I was just making a joke that even the regular Fiat 500 would overheat, no additional power required. The propped-open-bootlid was probably on Carlo’s daily driver too.

Autohaus Derp > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 12/07/2015 at 13:12

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Ah man, I just got a Polizia di Stato 500 hotwheels! Would go great in your collection i’m sure (no you cannot has). Hold on while I find a pic...

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Autohaus Derp 12/07/2015 at 13:37

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Nice. I’ll have to look for one of those.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Seat Safety Switch 12/07/2015 at 13:38

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I don’t know what it is about Fiat, I just can’t resist them. New or old....They’ve just got a certain passion about them that I can’t explain.

AuthiCooper1300 > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 12/07/2015 at 13:40

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I suppose you realise that the white-and-yellow Fiat with the raised engine lid is a 600 and not a 500, right?

Incidentally - the propped-up lid effectively turned the rear into a sort of a Kamm-tail (obviously more by accident than by design). Considerable improvements in top speed ensued.

Seat Safety Switch > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 12/07/2015 at 15:09

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All of the Italian manufacturers have a strange hold on me, but Alfa Romeo is by far the strongest.

Fiats are a very close second, especially the 850 family. Would love to have an 850 Coupe or a 128 sedan before they’re all gone.