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Fiat ad from 1976

Blue850 · 2011-07-09 21:08:40

In response to the Arab fuel crisis of the 70's Don't think they'd get away with it today:D

09-07-2011 9:08pm

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In response to the Arab fuel crisis of the 70's
Don't think they'd get away with it today:D

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#2 09-07-2011 9:39pm

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FIAT- Foil Idiotic Arabic Territory?

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#3 09-07-2011 9:43pm

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127 was my first car - FIAT definately stood for 'Fix It Again Tomorrow' in those days ...

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#4 09-07-2011 11:22pm

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they went well round the old grass track though when they started getting on a bit

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#5 09-07-2011 11:31pm

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_Conrad_ wrote: »

they went well round the old grass track though when they started getting on a bit

Yup, Many of them went round rosegreen back in the day, revved flat out.

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#6 10-07-2011 12:04am

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I caught the tail end of their hot rod popularity, they still held their own fairly well

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#7 10-07-2011 8:19am

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Had one with a ritmo 1500 engine in it what a rocket , any one know where i might get a sport should have held on to one

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#8 10-07-2011 12:13pm

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there was a 127 one donedeal the other day, don't know what version it was though just randomly saw it while looking for something else

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#9 10-07-2011 4:53pm

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The 127 was absolutely everywhere in the late 70s, early 80s in Ireland. Between them and the escort they must have had some market share.

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