Cars of Coolhaven

An exploration of extraordinary cars in an ordinary neighborhood

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Bertone Fiat Ritmo 85 S Cabrio

November 7th, 2007 · 4 Comments

To my surprise, I spot yet another Bertone on the Coolhaven! This Fiat Ritmo isn’t build by Bertone like the X1/9, but merely restyled. The car looks nice, especially considering you are looking at a 1978 Fiat… I would have loved to tell you more about Bertone and its styling company. Having already posted ‘the’ [...]

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Tags: Bertone · Cabriolet/Convertible · Fiat

Fiat 600/Seicento Multipla (1960′s)

November 1st, 2007 · 6 Comments

Now with cars like these parked in my neighborhood, I have no problems moving! Will you look at this car! Isn’t this a brilliant people mover?! Confound Fiat to hell for reusing the Multipla name on one of the most agonizing eye-sores ever designed by the car manufacturing industry, the modern Fiat Multipla! Will you [...]

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Tags: Fiat · Nice cars · Oldies

Fiat 500L (1968-1972)

October 18th, 2007 · No Comments

To my surprise, this tiny little dinky-toy is parked right next to my front door. Should it have been a 1957 Fiat 500 Nuova, it would have been remarkable. Now, it is not a very special car at all. But I don’t care! I like this tiny little bugger. And all of you, ask you [...]

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Tags: Fiat · Nice cars

fiat 126 (abarth)

September 12th, 2007 · 7 Comments

while driving i spotted this little car. its a Fiat 126 from 1974, and this owner made it look like an Abarth version. Fiat used to call their fastest cars Abarth. Carlo Abarth was a famous Italian/Austrian racing driver. Inside this tiny monster are 2 racing seats with a racing harnass. the mirrors look like [...]

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Tags: Fiat · Oldies

Fiat 127 Cabrio

August 29th, 2007 · 8 Comments

Okay here i go for the first time. Walking through Oujda, Morocco i spotted this Fiat 127 cabrio. I immediately thought, “Did they ever make those?!” I have been searching the Internet for data but couldn’t find any. Therefor i think its custom made. If you look closely you might even see where they cut [...]

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Tags: Cabriolet/Convertible · Fiat

Fiat Bertone X1/9 … AGAIN!

August 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment

What are the odds… I reposted the Fiat Bertone from the ‘old’ site a couple of days ago. These pictures were taken some months ago, but imagine my surprise today: in exactly the same spot sits another Bertone! First you think of a respray, but these two cars are definitely different cars! Just compare the [...]

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Tags: Bertone · Fiat

Fiat (?) Bertone X 1/9

July 30th, 2007 · No Comments

At first, I failed to notice this car, but suddenly it occurred to me: this is a fairly rare car. I don’t particularly like it, this is not the type of car that gets my juices flowing, but still, you got to appreciate a more or less unique vehicle. The Fiat Bertone is built between [...]

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Tags: Bertone · Fiat