Topic: Solved - NEH 3499: Moretti 500 Coupé - 1961

[Carnut]

What's this, from when - for 1 point?:

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[58_spyder]

Fiat 500 Moretti coupé, you forgot to blank out the badge on the wing.


This one is offered for sale:
Vendo Fiat 500 Moretti coupé; colore rosso, targhe e libretto originali, in ottime condizioni di meccanica e carrozzeria, autovettura molto bella e introvabile- Trattative riservate

[Carnut]

It is of course.
I can't remember noticing the badge on the wing; or maybe I thought nobody could read it!
Locked for you to answer the other question for your point.

[58_spyder]

Thanks, I allways seem to miss the second part as I am pleased to find the car. It was build from 1961 untill 1967 according to Wiki, more than 25.000 were build


Wiki Fr..

La Moretti 500 Coupé est un petit coupé produit par la Carrozzeria Moretti SpA sur la base de la Fiat 500 entre 1961 et 1967, après une présentation au Salon de l'automobile de Turin de 1960.

En effet, une première interprétation de la « 500 » en version sportive par Moretti avait déjà eu lieu en 1957, toujours au Salon de Turin, mais n'avait pas eu de suite commerciale

[Carnut]

1 point for you.
Pretty little car.

[als15]

Thanks, I allways seem to miss the second part as I am pleased to find the car. It was build from 1961 untill 1967 according to Wiki, more than 25.000 were build

25.000 looks absolutely unrealistic. I'm not even sure Moretti made 25.000 cars in its whole history. I think it was built in a few hundred units, or even less.
And this was made only until late 1964.
A second series (totally new body) was launched already in early 1965.

[Carnut]

Yes, I didn't pay enough attention to that figure.
I think the decimal point is in the wrong place; they probably sold 25....!

[als15]

Not to be borng... but this is actually a 2nd series. The first was made in 1957 already.

[Carnut]

Not to be borng... but this is actually a 2nd series. The first was made in 1957 already.

OK!  The caption to the photo called it a first series and you yourself said a 2nd series was launched in 1965, so I took it as correct!

[als15]

  Yes, I contributed in making confusion. So, to recap:

- first 500 Coupé - 1957 - styling by Michelotti - based on New 500 - only a few units made, also as station-wagon
- second 500 Coupé - 1961 - styling by Michelotti - based on 500 D - regular production, also with spider body
- third 500 Coupé - 1965 - styling by Brawand - prototype based on 500 D and production run on 500 F - coupé only, but also with 590 SS engine (Giannini)
- fourth Coupé - 1967 - styling by Frua - based on 500 F - originally intended with Giannini 700 4C engine (never really completed) but a few units made with stock Fiat engine

[grobmotorix]

A rare 1962 Geneva photo from my collection: