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"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer) 08/09/2016 at 06:49 • Filed to: None

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I saw this Abarth inspired 1969 Fiat 500 at my uncle’s place last weekend, it’s his brother’s and it sounded amazing.

My dad’s 308 SW as a bonus.

SVTyler > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 08/09/2016 at 07:09

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I love old 500's so much

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > SVTyler 08/09/2016 at 07:14

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Yeah, they are great. Simple to work on too, he told me the previous italian owner lowered the front effectively by just mounting a block between the front transverse leafspring and its cover.

SVTyler > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 08/09/2016 at 07:45

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Gotta love that kind of old school tuning lol, looks fantastic sitting that low. Anything else mechanical done to it?

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > SVTyler 08/09/2016 at 07:50

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He took the engine and gearbox apart after buying it, though they are stock as far as I know, they are likely close to how they were when new. The only performance thing I know of is a double exhaust.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 08/09/2016 at 08:04

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LOVE these things! :D

The cool thing is, it doesn’t take much to make a big hp gain on these things...relatively, anyway...if the engine were stock, it’d only be putting out like 18hp, so even if that exhaust gave a 2hp boost, you would probably even feel it going down the road! :D

Jobjoris > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 08/09/2016 at 08:05

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These are so great...

Especially if they’re real Abarths, still see ‘m around a lot near Torino!

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Jobjoris 08/09/2016 at 08:15

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Yes, this had the badges, but only had 18hp, unless the badges add something.

Have you seen this by the way:

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/europpomeet-an…

A Europpo meet is in the works!

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 08/09/2016 at 08:17

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Yes, true. And the sound is amazing as an added bonus. My dad said he couldn’t remember the 500 being this loud, he did get nostalgic about it since my grandfather had a Neckar-Fiat 600 with a 0.75 engine when my father was a kid.

Jobjoris > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 08/09/2016 at 08:24

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Not sure if mine was a real one, it sounded great and the guy got it to speeds a normal one only could dream of!

Hadn’t seen that, keep me posted!

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Jobjoris 08/09/2016 at 08:28

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Will do!

TysMagic > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer 08/09/2016 at 08:59

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welp, my day has been made and it’s 8:00 am. I guess it’s all downhill from here