FIAT GATHERING IN GALWAY

124 man

There was a gathering of classic fiats in Galway over the weekend very good turnout of cars inc 127s 128s 131s 132s 125 argenta 124sports uno turbo and a flagship 130 saloon makes a change from the usual ford gatherings havent got pics but im sure blue 850 will do the bizz Great weekend had by all that attended

Blue850

I've posted my pics here. Fiat gathering photos

carchaeologist

Blue850 wrote: »

I've posted my pics here. Fiat gathering photos

Some nice original cars there. Irish 131s are practically extinct,as are 127s.

Rust or Weld

imagine all that rust in the one place!!!

124 man

Not a bit to be seen mate

Rust or Weld

id say there is plenty hidden in those cars especially the 131!

trad

No X19's ?

sam22

what'''''''''''''''''' a rusty fiat............. you must be joking.......:eek::D

124 man

Checked them all with my magnet couldnt get it off them

Anan1

* yawns *

quattro777

That 131 is very solid and has only 10k on the clock.

carchaeologist

Pops up head...'Fiats have more character than Fords!'...runs and hides....

G Luxel

hmm, no 500,600, 1100, 2300 etc,,, dino...any of these around?:)

124 man

there are 500 600 850 1100 1500 1800 2100s 1n the country plus 124s 126s x19s no 2300 that i know of , also some earlier fiats dating back to the 20s i believe

galwaytt

...wow, I had that exact 131, in that colour, back in.......1985 ? 422 DIM was the number.............sigh.........loved that car........

johnayo

124 man wrote: »

There was a gathering of classic fiats in Galway over the weekend very good turnout of cars inc 127s 128s 131s 132s 125 argenta 124sports uno turbo and a flagship 130 saloon makes a change from the usual ford gatherings havent got pics but im sure blue 850 will do the bizz Great weekend had by all that attended

All those Fiats and not a Rotmo in sight!

DrivingsCool

I grew up as a kid in the 80's and every car here was the basic model and cars from the UK always had a the most basic requirements...

On the assemby line did every where else in the world go on one line and then for ireland, we got all the Sh*t.

Did they have a seperate assemby line seriosly when assembling Fiats destined for Ireland...

I never saw a cabrio Sh1tmo in Ireland in the 80's brought in as an Irish car...

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124 man

Fiats were far ahead of ford in most departments if they only did something about the rust , what did ford have to compare to a 125 in 71 ,5 speed hand throttle disc brakes all round centre armrest cloth seats 100bhp , nothing i think:)

Rust or Weld

take off a wiper panel on any 131 & what do you find? lots of rust!
why because all thats there is bare steel with no protection under the large fist sized blob of sealer which allows the water to creep underneath & rot rot rot, dont care where the car came from lhd or rhd hot or cold climate its rotten under that panel, i know!
cool car the 131 sport i know a guy near me restoring one my god some work going into that car!

sam22

ah jaysus lads go easy on the poor fiats,sure all the cars that came to ireland in the 70s and 80s rusted like hell, datsuns,toyotas, fords the lot.........

124 man

Well said sam the japs were worse than the fiats but they did something about it and got away with it

124 man

Were ploughing a lonely furrow here seamus

carchaeologist

124 man wrote: »

Well said sam the japs were worse than the fiats but they did something about it and got away with it

Yea,changing the name from Datsun to Nissan helped alot!;)
Fiat sorted the rot,but then forgot to employ a decent electrician...:rolleyes:

aido 1976

Passing through Tullamore early morning, last Sunday 26th September and seen 3 yellow Fiats in convoy, they looked great to me, real classics, square and what I can make out where the model of each where the 124 a 128, and a 121.
But I can be corrected on this, no pics Doing 100km in the opposite direction (Sorry)

When pointed out to the missus she just glanced and said " I think my Dad had one of those" ??? And back to doing her nails (ERRRR)

They looked great there travelling in tandom along the Tullamore By-Pass, made my day.

They looked super, all the same shade of yellow and still standing out.

124 man

There was a 131 127 and 128 coming from Galway well spotted and if you want to see more log onto All Italia.net for all wheeled Italian machines

jacck1

124 man wrote: »

Were ploughing a lonely furrow here seamus

we cant have that now can we ,,ive checked and (rust and weld )is wecome to check under the panel of my 131 for the rust(none):),,as 124 man said it was a 131,128 and 127 in tullamore you seen all in yellow heading for rathangan to a show on route from galway from the gkmr w/end and a great w/end at that;)

124 man

Everyone with a fiat get to tipp bank holiday monday 11am dunnes carpark Limerick rd

Max_Damage

Any Regatta's amongst the herd?

kasper

the last time i drove a regatta the brakes failed hit a traffic light pole and wrote off the car , i was doing about 30 mph with three passengers when it happened , at least no one was hurt .

Max_Damage

Last time I saw a Regatta was in Mullingar around 2004. Haven't seen one since.

Begs the question, is their any Irish Regatta's left in the country?

carchaeologist

Last one i saw was mangled in a banger race in rosegreen around four years ago,cant remember the last one before that.
I guess there is an irish one or two around,theres always something out there.

kasper

it was sometime in the mid 90s i killed that one , dublin bridge mullingar

124 man

There are a few left but not many regattas or late ritmos left probaly the worst cars they made The regatta turbo diesel was a fast car for its time