Fiat Topolino fuoriserei wanted!

[pnegyesi]

Unnamed Fiat Topolino-based racing special built in 1950-1951 by László Nagy in Budapest, Hungary

[Otto Puzzell]

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[Iluvatar]

Topo 2 should be Bertone
Topo 5 PininFarina Abarth 500 Record 1958
Topo 6 Zagato Zanzara 1969 (by Ercole Spada)

[Iluvatar]

Topo 8 Accossato

[als15]

Topo1 and Topo 3 are Siata 750, most likely with Zagato aluminum body.
Topo7 is a van converted by Tenconi, Topo9 the same, by Autoroma. I think I know the book they come from... 

[Otto Puzzell]

I don't have that book. I got 7 and 9 from a site about wooden-bodies cars.

[als15]

Yes, I've sent them those pictures some years ago. But they come indeed from my book, that I'm going to update.

[Iluvatar]

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=20102.msg207159;topicseen

[75america]

Resembles the 1950 Gutbrod-Superior with Wendler body very much, but according to the photo caption this one is based on a Fiat 500 C (and the wheel caps seems to confirm that it is Fiat based).  The caption also says it is an 'Eigenbau'  but I think it might have been a Wendler creation as well (and otherwise it's a serious rip-off).

[75america]

That "Milchwägeli" was apparently made by Langenthal, and 2 versions were made, one with and one without doors.

[als15]

Great! I know the car, but I've never seen period pictures. Thanks.

[thorax]

fantastic car !!!

[Iluvatar]

Interesting one... http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=11837.0

[thorax]

one off!

[thorax]

what about this one?

[thorax]

Munaretto- Santon were the drivers of this beauty at the Mille Miglia (1939): but who was the coachbuilder?

[Arunas]

Hello Alessandro,

will you include Fusi Ferro Aurora 8?

It used a twin engine combined of Fiat Topolino units.

[als15]

Great suggestion!  I was not aware of this odd car and for sure I'll feature it!

[75america]

=> http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=10265.0

[thorax]

one off made in Italy in the sixties:

[olavr]

Two brothers named Thoresen, from the small town of Hönefoss (near Oslo) in Norway, built their own car in 1958 – 59. They called it BRT after their initials. The body was built of GRP and steel panels, some of the rear was the hood from a Volvo PV. It was based on the chassis from a Fiat 500, 1939. Engine is a Simca 1200 ccm. The car was used for some years, and the front end was slightly changed. The car is still owned by the original builders, and it was exhibited this summer by the local car club.


Picture of the car in the early 60-ties


As shown in 2012

[olavr]

The Thoresen car, described in the above post, inspired the young Per Thorsrud, also from the same town in Norway.
In fact, he was employed in the Thoresen brothers car shop and gas station.
As the other car, this also was based on a Fiat 500, 1939. He used a Simca 1400 engine. He named it PT-40
He made the body all by himself, and he had no drawings. He only draw up the curves in scale 1:1.
The car has a removable targa-top. The rear screen is from a Saab V4, upside down.
The car was finished in 1968, and he used it for some years. It was later sold, but Per traced it and bought it back.
This car was also exhibited together with the above car.


The car when it was finished in 1968

The car exhibited in 2012

[thorax]

interesting cars!

[Paul Jaray]

interesting cars!

Indeed!
And what about the red one behind?

EDIT: I found it in my HD.

[olavr]

One more Fiat 500 based car in Norway



This car was built in 1962 by the young student Rune Aaslid of Orsta (Ørsta) in Norway. It is built on a 1952 Fiat chassis, and the body is home made from glassfibre and polyester. Windshield and rear lights are from a MG.
The car still exist in the same town, now owned by Oddvin Aasen.
The picture is from a feature in the norwegian car magazine "Norsk Motor Veteran" in 2002