Fiat 131 Diesel

500man

Just to put an idea to rest lol Does anyone know of a 131 diesel in the country

Capri

'Power bulge' and all :p

http://www.motorstown.com/32023-fiat-131-diesel.html

Never saw them here

500man

Thats the one have you got one for me lol

oceanman

i had the misfortune of owning one years ago, a real tractor of a thing!

Arthur Daley

They were certainly sold here. I was just thinking of the sound when you fire it up. You'd think you were in John Deere dealership. memories.

Capri

500man wrote: »

Thats the one have you got one for me lol

Off you go to Naples !

http://www.autoscout24.eu/Details.aspx?id=220534371&cd=634953139100000000&asrc=st

500man

Would prefer the 2.5 super there must be one around in some shed

kev1.3s

Capri wrote: »

Off you go to Naples !

http://www.autoscout24.eu/Details.aspx?id=220534371&cd=634953139100000000&asrc=st

Surely must be worth 10k by the time you'd get it home.

500man

Dont know if id go that far lol but would love to get my hands on an irish one

Grimreaper666

A friend of mine bought one new for taxiing, sold it years later with 300k miles on it, he reckoned it was one of the best cars he ever had. Was still going strong four or five years after he sold it.

Capri

Grimreaper666 wrote: »

A friend of mine bought one new for taxiing, sold it years later with 300k miles on it, he reckoned it was one of the best cars he ever had. Was still going strong four or five years after he sold it.

I think if you take proper care of anything, even a Fiat, it'll last years

Do-more

500man wrote: »

Dont know if id go that far lol but would love to get my hands on an irish one

You could head down there with a 40ft. car transporter, the same dealer has a great selection of all sorts of crud. I can see the ads on Done Deal now, you'll be rich I tell ya, rich!

mb1725

There used to be loads of Super Mirafiori 2500s around Cork city as taxis, at one stage in the 1980s I remember a suggestion that the design should be purchased on licence from Fiat to assemble them in the old Ford plant here as taxis!

Capri

Do-more wrote: »

You could head down there with a 40ft. car transporter, the same dealer has a great selection of all sorts of crud. I can see the ads on Done Deal now, you'll be rich I tell ya, rich!

http://www.autoscout24.eu/CustomerArticles.aspx?vis=1&state=A&page=1&cid=8586739&maxresults=30000&results=20&sort=price&aid=220534371

You may laugh up there in snow-land but I saw Arthor O'Daley getting on a Ryanair flight to Naples ( Tirana ) with a Ryanair approved moneybag :P:P

Next week's DD - 'RARE ITALIAN BARN FINDS' ......... :p:p

Do-more

Capri wrote: »

http://www.autoscout24.eu/CustomerArticles.aspx?vis=1&state=A&page=1&cid=8586739&maxresults=30000&results=20&sort=price&aid=220534371

You may laugh up there in snow-land but I saw Arthor O'Daley getting on a Ryanair flight to Naples ( Tirana ) with a Ryanair approved moneybag :P:P

Next week's DD - 'RARE ITALIAN BARN FINDS' ......... :p:p

I reckon you'd look the part flying round Dublin in this:



And an immaculate yoke like this would surely be worth €12,000 all day long....in DoneDealLand.



Apologies to the OP for the de-rail.

Capri

132 2500diesel do ya ??

http://www.autoscout24.eu/Details.aspx?id=220534350

Saab Ed

Talk about bringing back memories. A guy I worked for had one years ago. 2.5 diesel out of a daily van IIRC. Huge battery and two fuel filters. By jaybus she went like hell. Not exactly quick of the mark but I'd say if you gave it a long enough straight it would bust a land speed record

I remember the bonnet bulge too. His one had a slight hole in the exhaust and it actually made it sound kinda angry, sinister. Twin lamps and the fiat roundel in red on the grille. He replaced it with an Alfasud. Christ to have either of them now.

On a slightly different note, the same guy also used to own two Fiat 130 coupes (one for spares), cut the roof of an original scirroco to make a cabrio and, in one of his last moments of utter madness, welded two transits together (back to back) and drove it ... them... you know what i'm trying to say:p

greendragon3

god you've just reminded me of a great story , way back in 89' i was in ballyhaise agricultural college in cavan and a few of us used to stay up at the weekends because we couldn't be arsed thumbing home to sligo and surrounding areas ,

anyway Catriona mc Kiernan's ( the runner ) brother was in college with us and his old man had a very fresh fiat 132 diesel ,

2.5 with the big hump in the bonnet ,

it was a orangy fawn brown colour with a tan interior ,

we were only used to fiestas and the like and being 17 this thing was state of the art back then ,

well he used to live not far from the college so at the weekends he used to call around for a few of us and we would load up into the fiat and head for the carrick springs or the killmore hotel or some watering hole in cavan town ,

this night we hit the carrick springs and as usual drank it out mc kiernan included !!

anyway around kicking out time i had managed to pull some chick and i was heading out the door just as the boys were loading into the fiat for home ,

they shouted on me if i wanted a lift but i thought i was in with a chance and i told them to go ahead ,

needles to say i got blown out shortly after that and managed to thumb a lift from a few lads heading back into cavan ,

we rounded a bend up the road and here was the lovely fiat crumpled up on its roof about 50 yards up a muddy field ,

a few of the lads were thrown out of it but luckily they only had minor bruising and scratches ,

mc kiernan held onto her and he reckons she rolled three times before landing on its roof ,

all to avoid a wayward fox !!!!!!!!

i was very lucky not to have been in the back of it with them .

i think that was the end of his driving for a while and certainly the end of the big fiat .

greendragon3

swarlb

greendragon3 wrote: »

god you've just reminded me of a great story , way back in 89' i was in ballyhaise agricultural college in cavan and a few of us used to stay up at the weekends because we couldn't be arsed thumbing home to sligo and surrounding areas ,

anyway Catriona mc Kiernan's ( the runner ) brother was in college with us and his old man had a very fresh fiat 132 diesel ,

2.5 with the big hump in the bonnet ,

it was a orangy fawn brown colour with a tan interior ,

we were only used to fiestas and the like and being 17 this thing was state of the art back then ,

well he used to live not far from the college so at the weekends he used to call around for a few of us and we would load up into the fiat and head for the carrick springs or the killmore hotel or some watering hole in cavan town ,

this night we hit the carrick springs and as usual drank it out mc kiernan included !!

anyway around kicking out time i had managed to pull some chick and i was heading out the door just as the boys were loading into the fiat for home ,

they shouted on me if i wanted a lift but i thought i was in with a chance and i told them to go ahead ,

needles to say i got blown out shortly after that and managed to thumb a lift from a few lads heading back into cavan ,

we rounded a bend up the road and here was the lovely fiat crumpled up on its roof about 50 yards up a muddy field ,

a few of the lads were thrown out of it but luckily they only had minor bruising and scratches ,

mc kiernan held onto her and he reckons she rolled three times before landing on its roof ,

all to avoid a wayward fox !!!!!!!!

i was very lucky not to have been in the back of it with them .

i think that was the end of his driving for a while and certainly the end of the big fiat .

I dont think Fiat ever marketed a 132 Diesel in Ireland. It would be more likely to have been a 131.

VanhireBoys

We had one about in 1984.. Belonged to the principal of the VEC at a stage.. It was a real animal. When you revved it it used to rock ! My father fitted a pushbutton to operate the heater plugs.. It was chronically slow and the smoke in the morning....

It was brown with tan interior.. An original Irish car with a Dublin reg as far as I can remember .... Where she went I'll never know ! I havent seen one for at least 25 years

Father traded it for a '78 sharknose BMW 520 .. LZP 520 was the reg ! Nice car that one

OP thanks a mill for bringing this subject up and if you get hold of one Pictures please

galwaytt

I have a sales brochure for one at home, collected from Western Motors, Way Back When - i.e. 1984

ep71

here ya go!

Alfa Quadrifoglio

Bit of tlc and a polish up and it will be grand.....if the 131 hadnt rusted it would have been a great car.... i remember the superb gearchange and handling..... and Ford just couldnt match this one.....

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3726059 (from a VW enthusiasts website!!!)

500man

Where in mayo is that car its a 132 with the 131 engine is it still there

Capri

Seat 131 Diplomatic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnM1jfp_D7M&NR=1&feature=endscreen

Mirafiori 2000 Diesel (French/Italian market ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSZ0jlBNqu0

rotorhead

500man wrote: »

Dont know if id go that far lol but would love to get my hands on an irish one

What pat of the country are you in. PM me

bsaarmybike

I have an irish reg 131 mirafiori 2500 saloon .westmeath reg met silver. 1979. .. bought it 5 yrs ago.locally.. heater button on dash and smokes like a fog on start up ! I must root it out of shed again..

bsaarmybike

By the way mine hasnt the big bulge on bonnet. The front has 4 round lamps and a mk 1 like front.mk2 windscreen back... if that makes sense. Ill try to post a picture in a bit

braddun

fiat


fix it again tony

Patrick Mc

bsaarmybike wrote: »

I have an irish reg 131 mirafiori 2500 saloon .westmeath reg met silver. 1979. .. bought it 5 yrs ago.locally.. heater button on dash and smokes like a fog on start up ! I must root it out of shed again..

Fiat 131 diesel were not introduced into Ireland till April 1980 followed a few months later by the Supermirafiori 2.5 D The price of the Fiat 131 CL Diesel was IR£6,150 and the Fiat 131 Supermirafiori was IR£6,900 in January 1981

bsaarmybike

Patrick Mc wrote: »

Fiat 131 diesel were not introduced into Ireland till April 1980 Followed a few months later in the price of the Fiat 131 CL Diesel was IR£6,150 and the Fiat 131 Supermirafiori was IR£6,900 in January 1981

Just looked at tax book it was regd may 1980 ... 5xxxLI

Patrick Mc

bsaarmybike wrote: »

Just looked at tax book it was regd may 1980 ... 5xxxLI

Beautifull car l'm looking for one myself first one sold in Westmeath was a yellow 2.0 CL 47XXLI Diesel according to cartell, all the rest were 2.5 D Supermirafiori they were a real expensive car in the day another £400 would have got you a Mirafiori Sport back in 1980

500man

Mad for one myself would consider one in any condition

Nekarsulm

My neighbour had a blue 131 diesel back in the mid eighties. One day he was going to a funeral and was a bit late, all the proper parking places were gone. so he ran it in on a piece of waste ground, growing long grass, besidethe graveyard wall. When he came back, the battery seemed to have flattened, not a kick out of the starter. Jump leads no good. Swapped the battery, still no joy. Decided it needed a new starter, so llocal garage man towed it to the garage.after fitting a starter, he discovered the owner had ran into an esb pole lying hidden in the grass, and pushed the sump up against the crank, locking it up solid!

11wingnut

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/fiat-131-never-painted-welded-fiat126/8484067?offset=2

hi5

Was watching "Taken 2" set in Istanbul, the cop cars were Fiat 131's so parts shouldn't be a problem.

Patrick Mc

500man wrote: »

Just to put an idea to rest lol Does anyone know of a 131 diesel in the country

I have one a 1981 CL 2.0 Diesel original Westmeath Reg in Metallic Silver

The Big Red Fella

Fiat 131 was one of the best cars ever especially a 131 racing!