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This Fiat 850 Sport Was A Concours Adventure
Bravo Loic pour cette restauration de cette fiat 850 que je connais bien puisque je suis l’heureux propriétaire d’un des derniers modèles fabriqués en 1972 ! Cette voiture est vraiment sympa et facile à vivre. N’hésitez pas à me contacter pour échanger, cela sera avec plaisir
cordialement
Lionel
Great story and so similar to mine including the pressure from parents although I go help and guidance from father who had owned fiat 500 when young. I was 19 in 1981 and it was an easy restore compared to the wrecks I have now left in weather the last 5 yrs. That car caught fire but I had it restored right back to the replacing all the glass rubber and window winder guides, painted bright yellow it looked faster than it was. the 3 days I had on the road I attracted much attention from rev heads and the police who drove past it. Over heated and possibly the main jet to carb which I have since worked out do vibrate free. Leaving fuel to spill on hot manifolds I got out and watched it turn into 30 feet of flame. Owned one also approximately 1992 and drove for a year. I sold that one to guy who made into off road Rhino buggy. In time I bought up cars and have 4 and the 5th in the parts to restore including a 905 motor. I have just got too old hands crippling with rheumatism and will be looking to sell soon.
Passion and perseverance!
Great story – it reminds me of all the setbacks I had with my Commodore A, and how, despite everything you just have to keep mooving forward, because that’s the way to go!
It’s unfortunate to see that some “mechanics” just like to profit on classic car owner’s ingenuity… Again, something I’m familiar with…
Lois, all the best to you and your 850!
PS
It’s not common to see 850´s anymore, but besides Petrolicious, the Portuguese classic car magazine I subscribe – Motor Clássico – , had this for this month’s cover!
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Que c’est rafraichissant de voir un jeune homme qui n’est pas collé sur des jeux vidéos ou en train de passer ses journées à texter!!!|
Bravo Loic pour ton projet. Tes parents ont de quoi être fiers !!!Ils ont un fils vraiment unique, tout comme mes enfants d’ailleurs. Il y a encore de l’espoir pour la relève d’après ce que je vois!!! Et…ne la vend JAMAIS.
Hi all !
Thanks you all for your messages and your support ! It was kind of an event for me to work with Maxence Massaro during the realisation of this short film.
I am glad to know that it pleases you and I’ll keep my passion for cars to live in my heart because of people like you. It is simply amazing to see how large the motorcar world could be in terms of people, origins, styles and so on !
Keep your oldies rolling and keep working on ! And never forgot to drive tastefully !
I’m glad to see you guys do a humble story on a regular car like this again, I was starting to worry that with all the high-end ultra rare concours cars you have been doing lately, you were only gonna go up from that and never do a story like this again (that said, nothing against the big stories, my biggest congrats on your success!). But this is the kind of story from you that I like the most, I absolutely loved this video, it’s already one of my favorites! You just got everything right, I’m still staggered on how you can always do a story on a regular car like this and make it sound as passionate and look as gorgeous as the rarest Ferrari or Jaguar! I also loved it because I’m having a very similar story with my Mini I bought recently – a dream I had for some 10 years, never really wanted or needed anything else, and finally had the means to fulfill it, and I’m now doing my best with the resources I have to give it the treatment it deserves and make it MY car. Maybe one day I’ll tell you a bit more of our story.
But, most of all: please, carry on with these humble stories of real love and passion for our humble tasteful classics, those are the best.
And you guys are the best.
Well said Francisco and thank you once again Petrolicious for another amazing video and for telling the owners story so well whilst capturing the absolute essence that makes us all love and drive classic cars. I am also going through my own restoration of sorts of a classic BMW E28 M535i and this story has spurred me on no end. Awesome.
