Advertising Last completed movie pages 1952 Fiat 500 C 'Topolino'Class: Cars, Supermini — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2022-11-14 22:07 |
Nothing found for SCD 62 (Brighton, March-June 56) or SCO (Plymouth Sept-Nov 59). And either the plate looks too big or the Topolino was a very small car  |
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◊ 2022-11-14 22:20 |
The Topolino was a very small car. One or two in my home town, a mechanic friend said they were horrible to work on due to being so small, and access difficulties. |
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◊ 2022-11-14 22:31 |
You may also recall that there was a reduction in the size of the digits on the plates in preparation for the 7 digit system. The font on that Fiat looks anachronistic, in that it looks like the 1960s plates. -- Last edit: 2022-11-14 22:33:59 |
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◊ 2022-11-14 23:13 |
![[Image: sinttulo4.31.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/12783/sinttulo4.31.jpg) |
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◊ 2022-11-15 12:34 |
I am very surprised such cars were imported in UK due to the fact that at the era it was very difficukt for a British customer even to purchase a domestic car since the largest majority was built for export in order to achieve dollars and other valued currencies. Even in the late 30s I can recall the tiny Fiat 500 Topolino as the lone foreign car in photos of UK traffic. And this even with economic sanctions to Italy due to the crude behaviour of the Italian army in Lybia and Ethiopia. |
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◊ 2022-11-15 13:26 |
In the 1960s I had a VW1200, they were so unusual on the roads that the drivers always waved at each other. My next car was a Lancia, we used to stop and ask each other when it last broke down! If you look at 1930s/1940s British films, you will see that more American cars appear. I cannot give a credible reason for this, excepting some imports via Canada, and some local production (assembly?) of rhd cars in American owned plant. Also the Ford V8 maybe provided an introduction to the American cars. There were also relatively many Opels from the 30s because they were heavily subsidised by the German government and very cheap to buy. Lancias appealed to the more sporting drivers, Citroëns to the seekers of something different. My dad had a traction avant in 1952. -- Last edit: 2022-11-15 14:06:34 |
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◊ 2022-11-15 15:00 |
Maybe Italy was also trying the same export strategy as UK to bring in foreign revenue. Also I think I've read that a British customer for a British car would be faced with a long waiting list (several months??) before delivery, while maybe a canny importer could supply orders much more quickly - ship a batch over and sell them off the showroom floor?? |
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◊ 2022-11-15 15:31 |
I agree about US cars assembled in UK or imported from Canada in the 30s and Citroën had got as assembly plant in Slouth in Berkshire after the war unntill the mid 60s I think. Lancias had a good market in UK for a long whyle, untill the disappointing qualities of the Betas convinced many owners to choose something different the next time. |
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◊ 2022-11-15 16:56 |
dsl, my father ordered a new Morris Cowley at the beginning of 1955 to replace the 1940 Traction Avant, it arrived in October 1955, about the same length of time as the gestation of a child. |
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◊ 2022-11-15 17:14 |
I've now thought of a different idea - instead of Turin producing a RHD batch, maybe they came from Dublin as a bit of opportunism?? Fiat had restarted Irish builds in 1948, including the 500 C. |
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