My Fiat Topolino is a Flip Top now

I agree. It just suddenly came to life.

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Took the lil car for a ride on the trailer today after picking it up from the body shop. A great way to blow the sanding dust off the chassis. Also, stopped and seen a couple friends so they could check out the new paint and body work.

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It sure looks great !

 

Boy that's a nice one

 

Man that looks so good! When you gonna have it on the road?

 

Hopefully sooner than later. The next step is to pull the body back off and finish up some things on the chassis, have it powder coated and then hopefully assemble it for the last time. My goal is before the snow flies.

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Installed the windshield and back door glass this morning.

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A little car show fun today.

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I go away on vacation for a week and you got it in a car show!!! It's cool when you get to the point of some of the finishing touches. You can see the light at the end of the tunnel! You'll be driving it to the shows soon
Tom

 

Very nice indeed,great color choice

 

Thanks guys. It has been such a long process. It is very rewarding to be at this stage in the build. Have to finish up several things on the chassis and get it powdercoated or painted and then final assembly I hope.

 

Car looks great! What are you using for front turn signals? I used a couple of 3/4 inch led clearance lights but I'm not sure they are visible enough. Yours look good.
thanks, John

 

I see you updated your avatar.

 

They are truck or trailer marking lights. I had the holes in the fenders when I got them. Those lights fit the hole nicely.
Haven't tried them yet, hope they do the trick. Glad you like the Fiat. Still a long way to go on it, but I'm chipping away. Tom and Claudia really liked it too.

 

Have to keep up with the changing times. lol

 

Here's a good size comparison next to the 4 door. lol

 

Looks great Bob,!!color really works for me on yours....

Too many. hiccups in life for me to make much progress inn last year...now if the heat would chill down a bit, i might get back on. the road before summer ends...just to cooked at nite after working on trucks at the truck stop...

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Truly outstanding. Great color and body work.

 

Wow it still looks small and thats after you lengthened it, what, a foot?

 

Thanks Mark. I have a lot of life issues since I started my project also. That is mainly why I have been over 10 years trying to make it happen. Glad you like how it's turning out.

 

Thanks, Mikey!!

 

Eli, Added 10 inches to the wheelbase and 8 inches to the hood length.

 

So what that put you at??

90" hub to hub??

Give or take..


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Yes, 90" wheelbase. I wanted to make sure I could run the car at the dragstrip. NHRA rules had a 90" minimum
wheelbase rule. After I added the length they changed the rule to 85", so I guess I've got it covered now. But, I needed the extra room to fit in the car. It allowed me to move the engine ahead and down a couple inches and as you know in topolino's every inch counts.

 

Messing around with some lettering designs and thought this one captured the way I feel about the Fiat most of the time. Although I love the car it has turned into a Beast of Burden with the many years of work and money. So I Thought the name might fit. I have wrestled with names since I started the build so who knows what I will settle on. Just wanted to share thought you guys might get a kick out of it.

 

That looks really good, nice and clean.

 

I like it! Fit the car's personality.

 

My 2 cents....the hole in the hood is screammmmmminnnn


BLOWERRRRR!!!!!!!#

I like the lettering...but hey, I'm kinda partial to "THE BEAST"part lol

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I am partial to the Beast also. Lol
A supercharger would be cool but definitely not in the budget.