Gumball Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) One day, while looking for reference pictures of Gasser engines i stumbled across a 3D image model thing (prob from some kind of game)of a late 70's Fiat 147. The cool part about the image was that the back end of the Fiat was cut out so that the transverse mounted 4cyl dragster engine can stick out the back. being someone who likes weird and cool hot rods, seeing this picture made me want to build it or at least something like it. Im curious if theirs any kits with a car body along those lines. I already found a few 1/24-26th scale 1st gen VW Golfs, a few Fiats, Renaults etc, although they were priced in the $150-$650 range (which is kinda insane considering what im looking to do). Im guessing that would have something to do with the rarity of the kits, which makes me wonder if theirs any "less rare" (cheaper) kits made by some more common manufacturers. All I would really need is the body to do what i want to do, Ill put the reference picture below. Edited May 11, 2020 by Gumball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Gumball said: which makes me wonder if theirs any "less rare" (cheaper) kits made by some more common manufacturers. All I would really need is the body to do what i want to do, Ill put the reference picture below. Yes, there are plenty. Post a Wanted ad here on the forum or search for bodies or body shells on eBay. Revell VW Golf/Rabbit, MPC Chevette (though likely not as cheap), AMT AMC Gremlin, etc are all options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 3 hours ago, Casey said: Yes, there are plenty. Post a Wanted ad here on the forum or search for bodies or body shells on eBay. Revell VW Golf/Rabbit, MPC Chevette (though likely not as cheap), AMT AMC Gremlin, etc are all options. Alright, goint to have to do a little more searching then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Fujimi recently reissued the Autobianchi. Will take a bit to ship as it seems not many stateside, but relatively cheap. There is also AMT and MPC Pacer models, released not too long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Growing up in Poland I seen plenty of Fiat 126s and 127s, but never heard of a Fiat 147. Both 126 and 127 have similar appearance, with 127 being a larger car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 1 hour ago, peteski said: Growing up in Poland I seen plenty of Fiat 126s and 127s, but never heard of a Fiat 147. Both 126 and 127 have similar appearance, with 127 being a larger car. The Fiat 147 was the Brazilian version of the 127, I passed my driving test in a 127 (Many years ago) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 12 hours ago, GeeBee said: The Fiat 147 was the Brazilian version of the 127, I passed my driving test in a 127 (Many years ago) I learned something new! Back in the day Fiat licensed production of their cars to many countries all over the world. Polish versions had a "p" suffix in their model number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted May 13, 2020 Author Share Posted May 13, 2020 Lol this is mostly all new to me, as I really only know the 127, and 147, I had to actually search up "small European cars" on google images to find out what make and model they were. I'm obviously familiar with the shape of a 127 and 147 for the most part from movies and tv shows. But up in till I made this post I had no idea they were fiat. Here in Canada the only fiats we got are the little smart car looking fiats, the SUV sooking thing and there Honda S2000 looking fiat. Otherwise it's all Chrysler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 5 hours ago, Gumball said: Lol this is mostly all new to me, as I really only know the 127, and 147, I had to actually search up "small European cars" on google images to find out what make and model they were. I'm obviously familiar with the shape of a 127 and 147 for the most part from movies and tv shows. But up in till I made this post I had no idea they were fiat. Here in Canada the only fiats we got are the little smart car looking fiats, the SUV sooking thing and there Honda S2000 looking fiat. Otherwise it's all Chrysler. I wouldn't expect to find any of those model Fiats anywhere in North America, unless someone imported one as a vintage curiosity. These were produced 40-50 years ago. At least the 126 and 127. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 5/11/2020 at 1:18 PM, Gumball said: i stumbled across a 3D image model thing (prob from some kind of game)of a late 70's Fiat 147. The cool part about the image was that the back end of the Fiat was cut out so that the transverse mounted 4cyl dragster engine can stick out the back. I don't know if this is from a game or just a computer rendering, but there are cars just like this running in Argentina these days. While there are mid/rear engine variations like pictured, many of them are front wheel drive with literally nothing past the drivers seat other than the shell and just enough tubing to support motorcycle wheels. Check it out: https://www.dragzine.com/news/video-hey-whered-the-rest-of-that-car-go-all-motor-goes-extreme/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumball Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share Posted May 16, 2020 Looks like I need to move there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 21 hours ago, Gumball said: Looks like I need to move there. Lol! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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