My Fiat 126 Bis

[messerschmitt owner]

Well, as you know I have a Bis, this is Bis 4 - and is the wife's classic toy.

Bought in 2012, it sat for all of 2013 and a chunk of 2014 in the local garage in Gloucester with a dead carburettor.

 

Its all rebuilt now but on day four of use, the dizzie disinegrated!

 

Here she is being recovered!

 

IMG_0386 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

Now, went to work i it a couple of days and no one there believes it can do 70+ - third gear tops out at 58mph! But do they believe me!!

 

They did do this!

 

IMG_0377 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

It is handy in tight car parks with limited space!

 

IMG_0376 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

All in all, fun, fun, fun!

 

IMG_0378 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

Latest bill €235 for a new dizzie!

[Guest Breadvan72]

I is haz the LOVE for this yarmouth.

[M'coli]

EDIS/Megajolt?  IIRC, this may allow a vacuum advance facility too.

[messerschmitt owner]

brand new standard dizzie - would have gone for leccietronic ignition but these all seem to be for air-cooled Fiats. Old one is repairable so will take it of and keep it as a spare.

[theorganist]

Wow I like that a lot.

 

Definately would love one of these one day.

[messerschmitt owner]

Wow I like that a lot.

 

Definately would love one of these one day.

buy now while you can - there are about 150 Bis in the wild and some 100 126 air cooled (thanks to the feckers with 500s that engine raped them).

[Asimo]

Why have a distributor on a parallel twin? Is the crank 180 deg.? I didn't know the Bis was water cooled (boo).

[messerschmitt owner]

I don't know!

 

It's a flat twin, but in line!

 

Yes, it's a 704 cc and is watercooled - HGF is an issue on them but the job is easier than on a K-series!

[Inspector Morose]

Didn't the mk1 cinquecento come with that twin pot in Europe? I know we only got the four cylinder versions over here.

[messerschmitt owner]

unos had it too, I believe and so did some of the small Lancias.

[Inspector Morose]

Yum. I bet they were balls of fire. Hmm fly to Europeland, find and buy twin pot, misery spec lancia. Drive back. Enjoy! Sounds like a plan...

[messerschmitt owner]

Yum. I bet they were balls of fire. Hmm fly to Europeland, find and buy twin pot, misery spec lancia. Drive back. Enjoy! Sounds like a plan...

it's actually a pokey wee engine up to 60mph where it tails off a little until it nudges 75mph when it kind of stops...

[stuboy]

loved the 126 my ex had

[Asimo]

The first Pandas could be had with the air cooled 650 engine, Panda 30. not in UK though. We often missed out on the real poverty models, shame.

[320touring]

I have looked into these as a kinda 'shyter version'of the 500 the lady would like

 

Yours looks decent, and is white, which is the best colour for any car..

[lovejoy]

Aaah,  Bis to !

[The Moog]

Sugar sugar candy pop.... ( sad 90s band reference)

[AlabamaShrimp]

Tiny Fiat's are amazing to drive. Speed it nothing when you squeezing through tiny gaps and parking in odd places!

[brickwall]

....and filtering left and generally just squeezing by.

[messerschmitt owner]

Dizzie (Rascal) ordered and on its way from Germany.

[messerschmitt owner]

....and filtering left and generally just squeezing by.

small cars are good at this - the 126 is like many small cars, eminently chuckable!

[Mr Livered]

What a super little car. Good on ya

[stilo_active]

I love 126s, prefer them to 500s these days to be honest. Had quite a bit of fun hurtling around Cornwall in one of these.

 

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[red5]

They do have slightly chocolate gearboxes iirc. I 'drove' one from Leicester to Kidderminster with some 1st and no 3rd gear ...lovely.

[MrDuke]

I too have very fond memories of a friend's air-cooled 126, about 15 years ago. He lived in a less-then-classy area, and would occasionally go outside in the morning to find it resting peacefully on its roof, but otherwise undamaged. I can also confirm that despite their dimensions, you can easily fit two 6-foot leggy females in the back seat without upsetting them unduly.

[sheffcortinacentre]

Poland is the place for parts I beleave.

 

I have my late friends x reg 126 awaiting completion in his memory.

[garycox]

126s are great fun, my friend sold his BIS as it had HGF and he wanted something a bit more 'car-like', but I miss it. It has been fixed now though as was for sale on RR recently.

 

I might even like them more than Minis, as they're just as fun (although quite frustratingly slower) but have less of a twatty scene around them.

[The Moog]

Spotted in wilds of Blackburn

[Vin]

I have one of these in air cooled flavour. I have no experience of the BIS, but the whole hatchback and water cooled engine business put me off. Why make something simple, more complex...

[lovejoy]

Morning Vin !  long time no sea,

  I too have had a bunch of 500's some with "BIG BLOCK" 652 cc transplants,

transforms the performance ! 80 is do-able if you are brave, and a few 126's that I borrowed to thrash up to

Gatwick from dorset -  Grrreat Fun Indeed !!   the air- cooled ones are by far the best way to go  - Pity we never

got the twin Panda successor.....