Premier Padmini: 1969 Fiat 1100 Delight

Italian Week on Daily Turismo continues with this next beast: Nothing says Italian like a Fiat that was built somewhere near Bombay, India…whoops…I guess it is called Mumbai now and the car was called the Premier Padmini, but would a Fiat 1100 by another other name be as slow?  Sure.  Find this 1969 Fiat 1100 Delight offered for something from $5000 to $7500 in Houston, TX via craigslist. Tip from Zach.

From the seller:

1969 1969 FIAT 1100 

VIN: 03GXPA017020 

condition: fair 

fuel: gas 

odometer: 48000 

title status: rebuilt 

transmission: manual 

1969 FIAT 1100 (INDIAN VERSION)

– BIN: $7500 OR BEST OFFER

START BIDS FROM $2500

RESERVE MAKE IT $5000

– THIS IS MADE IN INDIA

– RIGHT HAND DRIVE

– HAS ENTIRE ENGINE (ONLY THING MISSING IS ALTERNATOR BRACKET)

– MADE BY PREMIER PADMINI MOTORS OF INDIA IN COLLABORATION WITH FIAT ITALY

– CONVERTED TO LOOK LIKE AN INDIAN TAXI

– I PUT IN NEW UPHOLSTERY. MY MECHANIC WAS PUTTING IN NEW WIRING HARNESS BUT IT WAS TOO COMPLEX FOR HIM AND HE LEFT IT HALF WAY.

– NEEDED AN ALTERNATOR BRACKET FOR THE ENGINE TO WORK.

– LAST TIME IT RAN WAS 2 YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED THE WORK AND SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN SITTING.

** GOOD BUY FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN SPEND SOME TIME ON IT & GET IT RUNNING AGAIN **

COMES WITH A CLEAR TITLE. CAR IS IN HOUSTON. IF YOU’D LIKE TO COME SEE IT PLEASE TXT ME

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