xkjagnz Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Fortunately it isa) too far away (Wellington) the wife has said I'm not allowed too Mrs6C, davehedgehog31, Lacquer Peel and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Simple solution. Get a new wife. You'll be beating them off with a shitty stick when you're rolling around in that bad muthafucka. pilninggas, The Old Bloke Next Door, Wingz123 and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty2006 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 That looks miserable. Get it bought Wingz123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 The back end looks like it should be the front. tooSavvy, The Old Bloke Next Door, Isaac Hunt and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkjagnz Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 Simple solution. Get a new wife. You'll be beating them off with a shitty stick when you're rolling around in that bad muthafucka.I'm on my third already, and I quite like the house! (And her obviously, sorry Mrs XK!!) HillmanImp, Rusty_Rocket and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Y Tho Mrs6C and Wingz123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Can you weld? Yes = GIBNo = run away! LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Mrs P is going to Wellington in November. Get it bought and I will ask her to drive it back! chaseracer and Wingz123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkjagnz Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 Can you weld? Yes = GIBNo = run away!Yes I can (ex nuclear welder)Do I want to ...eeeeerrrrrrmmm The Moog, Wingz123 and Kringle 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbaldy Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Yes I can (ex nuclear welder)Do I want to ...eeeeerrrrrrmmm Of course you do. eddyramrod, LightBulbFun, The Moog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercrocker Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I'd have one of those just for the steering column. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 You don't come round here waving stuff like that unless you want to buy it... So on behalf of the strange people on the internet - have you bought it yet? purplebargeken and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorRetro Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 How about now? The Moog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 The Fiat 600 Multipla makes me sad. It makes me sad for what we have lost. Just look at it. There is so little of it that it may as well not be there. There is virtually nothing by way of an engine and little cluttering up the interior yet this automotive breath of wind can shift six people. Or it can shift four people while the fifth one has a bit of a kip. Maybe you have some really big people to transport? Fold down the middle row of seats and you've got more legroom than a Maybach. I am told that cars need to be more sustainable. While the definition of what sustainable is seems to get a bit hazy you can't help but feel that a car that uses almost nothing in its construction must be somewhat more sustainable than anything else that can shift six people. Now imagine today's 600 Multipla. Imagine that turbo charged twin cylinder engine coupled to a CVT box. Imagine those seats designed with the last five decades of knowledge and imagine how much lighter that nearly not there body would be. Oh happy days. Now what do I hear? The wailing and gnashing of teeth. The cries of those driving themselves demented with fear. But but but look at it. What if I were to crash? We'd all be killed in our (surprisingly roomy) beds. This will never do. It must be bigger, heavier, safer. And the poor girl in her pastel summer dress is force fed until it turns into a Nissan Cashcow in dull metallic grey frump. I know that Pandora's box of ill-founded safety concerns was opened long ago and it isn't going to be shut again but you can still long for a slightly different world where anyone who whined that a car might be dangerous to crash had their licence taken off them because they were clearly incompetent. Oh the aluminium alloy Minis we would have. The carbon fibre S800s. What a wonderful world that would have been. Kringle, wuvvum, djimbob and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I'd not noticed this before. Look at the unbelievably neat way that the front and rear doors share a hinge. Aston Martin, purplebargeken, The Moog and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 These are ace. I chatted with an owner at the Revival. The shell could be dipped I guess to give a good start for a resto and 500 bits are plentiful. Trim might be hard to replace but there’s not much of it. I can see this going for £10k ish and someone doing a pro resto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kringle Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I shared your utopia in my minds eye for just a minute there JimH. It was a wonderful place, thanks. LightBulbFun, shedenvy, Amishtat and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 The Fiat 600 Multipla makes me sad. It makes me sad for what we have lost. Just look at it. There is so little of it that it may as well not be there. There is virtually nothing by way of an engine and little cluttering up the interior yet this automotive breath of wind can shift six people. Or it can shift four people while the fifth one has a bit of a kip. Maybe you have some really big people to transport? Fold down the middle row of seats and you've got more legroom than a Maybach. I am told that cars need to be more sustainable. While the definition of what sustainable is seems to get a bit hazy you can't help but feel that a car that uses almost nothing in its construction must be somewhat more sustainable than anything else that can shift six people. Now imagine today's 600 Multipla. Imagine that turbo charged twin cylinder engine coupled to a CVT box. Imagine those seats designed with the last five decades of knowledge and imagine how much lighter that nearly not there body would be. Oh happy days. Now what do I hear? The wailing and gnashing of teeth. The cries of those driving themselves demented with fear. But but but look at it. What if I were to crash? We'd all be killed in our (surprisingly roomy) beds. This will never do. It must be bigger, heavier, safer. And the poor girl in her pastel summer dress is force fed until it turns into a Nissan Cashcow in dull metallic grey frump. I know that Pandora's box of ill-founded safety concerns was opened long ago and it isn't going to be shut again but you can still long for a slightly different world where anyone who whined that a car might be dangerous to crash had their licence taken off them because they were clearly incompetent. Oh the aluminium alloy Minis we would have. The carbon fibre S800s. What a wonderful world that would have been. well said i too have often wondered what cars would look like today if they where not hampered by a million and one safety and emission regs (im not saying those regs are good or bad, but I do wonder how cars would be without them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 That Multipla was family transport, in an era when this was the future...Old as I now am, I still wasn't born when these were possible. Neither would be now, in the "Future" and that is a damned shame. Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingz123 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 These are ace. I chatted with an owner at the Revival. The shell could be dipped I guess to give a good start for a resto and 500 bits are plentiful. Trim might be hard to replace but there’s not much of it. I can see this going for £10k ish and someone doing a pro resto.I can recommend a very good place for dipping in Dudley. SPL they are called - taken many a car...well erm shell to them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 this is rusty compared to a jag? *runs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayMK Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 These are ace. I chatted with an owner at the Revival. The shell could be dipped I guess to give a good start for a resto and 500 bits are plentiful. Trim might be hard to replace but there’s not much of it. I can see this going for £10k ish and someone doing a pro resto. 500 bits are plentiful but the Multipla is based on the 600. Probably fairly easy to find bits in Europe. A rusty Fiat must be at least as challenging as a rusty Austin 1100. As you said, £10K+ will be the result if someone takes it on. I hope someone does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Interesting that such a low reserve was set. I’d honestly be tempted to have a punt at £2k-£3k and worry about collection and shipping later. I have a farmer friend in NZ who could probably help. I have a ‘72 Fiat 500 already at home and love the thing. I can honestly see it going for £5k-£10k though. eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkjagnz Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 I can recommend a very good place for dipping in Dudley. SPL they are called - taken many a car...well erm shell to them...Bit far from Wellington New Zealand though!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedenvy Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 JimH, Beautifully put. As someone who works for a major OEM, it becomes quite a conflict of conscience when your own desires/opinions are so far away from your employers products. As for this heap, buy it just to have, it looks handsome just as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kringle Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Yes! As a design piece, a work of art. It doesn't need to be restored to drive. GIB and do not paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I would love one of these. If you have the opportunity to buy it, do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkjagnz Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Sold for $9151 NZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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