The Nash 600 was the first mass produced American car with a unibody chassis instead of the typical body on frame design. The unitized chassis platform saved over 500 lbs from the curb weight of this big steel beast, at a time when cars were getting very heavy. In fact, the name 600 wasn’t just […]
This next car isn’t a Fiat 600. And the photographs aren’t in Brooklyn. Forgettaboutit. I’ve been to Brooklyn (my Pops grew up playing stickball in the streets of Red Hook) and while the graffiti in the background is not unusual, there is nary a patch of green grass nor a Connecticut style barn for miles around. Maybe the pictures were taken somewhere Upstate (or perhaps in New Jersey) because the seller was certain that the car would be stolen if he stepped far enough away to get a good full frame beauty shot. Anyway, with that out of the way, the car is a Zastava 750, which was a Fiat 600 built under license in Yugoslavia back from 1955 through 1985. Find this 1983 Zastava 750 offered for $14,000 in Brooklyn, NY via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
The Dodge 600 was yet another K-Car from those wacky Chrysler product planners who somehow thought that if you didn’t want an Aries or a Diplomat, you might accidentally buy one of these. How much drugs did people take in the 1980s anyway?!?! Find this 1987 Dodge 600 SE offered for $1750 located in Seattle, WA […]
Who doesn’t want a turbocharged car that is a few decades old and dirt cheap? Modern cars might get better fuel economy and last longer between rebuilds…but nothing beats a simple boosted 4-banger for cheap fun and today, tipper Matt C sent in the following trio of turbocharged terrors. Words by Matt: First up […]
When someone brings up rear-engine supermini built by Fiat in the 1960s, you instantly think about the Fiat 500, but there was another Fiat…the 600, which was first to production and the perfect car to modify into some kind of Ferrari badged abomination. Find this 1965 Fiat 600 offered for $4,500 in Lodi, CA via […]
The Spanish miracle (El Milagro Español) was the post Civil War economic boom that started in 1959 and ended roughly in 1974 with the global oil crisis. In this period of time Spain’s economy blossomed and it went from being a war torn hell hole into the ninth largest economy in the world (and second […]
In 1992 Mercedes-Benz shoved a 6 liter V12 into the front of the W140 chassis 2-door luxury coupe that tipped the scales at almost 5000 lbs (or 500 lbs MORE than the sedan version). It was a fast and strange vehicle that cost $150,000 in 1993 dollars, which adjusted for inflation would be $245,000 today. […]
It has been over a year since we featured a Fiat Seicento Multipla, which is a shame because the odd little people carriers are cool, useful and reasonably priced. The early 600 Multipla was an odd looking fastback vans (yeah, sorta need a picture to figure out what that looks like), but the 600T and […]
The A Man, A Can, A Plan books by David Joachim are a series of man-themed cookbooks that involve canned goods, minimal effort and quick results. We would like to think that you can approach car restoration with similar approach involving a man, a van and a plan…find your van here; This 1960 Fiat 600 […]
It is a few days late for the Mayan Carpocalypse, but any veteran of La Carrera Panamericana road race in Mexico deserves this badge. This 1957 Fiat 600 was a vintage racer given an Abarth tribute paintjob and raced in La Carrera Panamericana vintage road race in Mexico in 2007 is now for sale in […]