Elvis Restores A Vintage Italian Fiat 600 To Its Former Glory! | Wheeler Dealers

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  • Mike picks out a rare vintage Fiat 600 from the 50s to revive and restore the car to its former glory.
    From Season 17 Episode 15
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 75

  • @WheelerDealersTV
    @WheelerDealersTV  Рік тому +2

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  • @Jim-ie6uf
    @Jim-ie6uf Рік тому +8

    I had a ‘57 as a project car when I was in high school in ‘72. Got it running, drove it once and parked in my grandmothers garage. Went off to college, came back in ‘79, it was gone.😮

    • @lordofrims
      @lordofrims Рік тому

      That's sad... did you at least get another one years later or managed to track whether your car went to a yard or got stolen?

  • @mystisith3984
    @mystisith3984 5 місяців тому +1

    Cute 🥜 is beautiful. Thanks for restoring one. 💙

  • @archiemcgirr6016
    @archiemcgirr6016 Рік тому +2

    This was my first car, a 1963, and an MOT failure for body work bought for £10 in 1969. Welded up and repainted. It was a great little runner.

  • @ersikillian
    @ersikillian 11 днів тому +1

    I kept wanting the cameraman to look down into the engine compartment. I want to see if the two sheet metal "shrouds" are still in place. One fits around the engine and has a rubber gasket which which fits snugly around the motor itself; the other, closes off the space between the radiator and the back valance. Together, they seal the engine compartment from the underside of the car, preventing the hot air from the vent from recirculating back through the radiator. Over the years, a lot of owners remove them, thinking it will make the car run cooler. It doesn't.

  • @pablomaranon774
    @pablomaranon774 Рік тому +6

    Este coche en España lo fabricó SEAT , SEAT 600, y es probablemente el mayor mito entre los coches clásicos españoles. Hace 20 años se empezaron a restaurar montones de ellos y ahora te lo puedes comprar desde 3000 euros en buen estado y por 5000 restaurado de 10, así que no sé qué margen le podrían sacar.
    Por otro lado, los recambios de este coche son abundantes y no caros
    Saludos

  • @silvierousso3995
    @silvierousso3995 Рік тому +2

    Bravo Elvis !

  • @allans7281
    @allans7281 Рік тому

    Fun episode I love these simplistic cars

  • @5150bwagner
    @5150bwagner Рік тому +1

    I really like Elvis. Pleasure to watch and reminds me of the Edd days.

  • @capitan280
    @capitan280 Рік тому

    I had got any model1961 during 6 years I run two rallys with this car AND was it fun.

  • @paulorth2251
    @paulorth2251 Рік тому +1

    Fun little car, looks really nice also.

  • @joeverywhere6927
    @joeverywhere6927 Рік тому +2

    Love is absolutely 💯

  • @bent540
    @bent540 Рік тому +19

    funfact: you can fit 4 of these in 1 american parkingspot

    • @bent540
      @bent540 Рік тому +3

      @@sweetsunnyvibes yes, but thats a "sadfact"

    • @nallo69
      @nallo69 Рік тому

      Or put 4 of them on a 1969 Cadillac de Ville

    • @TheTruth-dy8ze
      @TheTruth-dy8ze Рік тому

      Owned one of these. Worst car I ever owned. Had suicide doors on mine. Ever time you closed the door you’d deposit some item on the road. Would never buy another fiat. Fix It Again Tony. Absolute junk.

    • @epiccarguy892
      @epiccarguy892 Рік тому +3

      because parking spots in America are designed for F150s and RAMs gian ass trucks

    • @epiccarguy892
      @epiccarguy892 Рік тому +1

      @@TheTruth-dy8ze maybe you should have got a 72 Civic

  • @rorygallagher5316
    @rorygallagher5316 11 місяців тому +1

    Unbelievable ! complete restoration... under 9 minutes !

  • @moltedo37
    @moltedo37 Рік тому +2

    Let the flap always fully open. Saves you a lot of problems.

  • @Rolf2014
    @Rolf2014 9 місяців тому

    Schöne Arbeit , habe selbst ein Fiat 600 d Baujahr 63 .😊Top in Schuss 19000 km ,Neu Restauriert .

  • @keithbarclay528
    @keithbarclay528 Рік тому +1

    My Mum had one in the 60's and I remember it had a hand throttle ( in addition to the accelerator pedal). Unlike modern cars, it was wired to the accelerator like an old style choke so was pretty dangerous if you used it, as it did not default to off....! Add to that the suicide doors, I don't know how I survived!

    • @jaygoldstein5449
      @jaygoldstein5449 11 місяців тому

      I owned a 1961 600D. The absence of seatbelts and a gas tank that was almost in the driver’s lap didn’t help on the safety front.

  • @MIWESTI
    @MIWESTI Рік тому +2

    Es una pena no poder ver más de la restauración es muy poco explicita.

  • @uksupporter8867
    @uksupporter8867 Рік тому +4

    Worst thing about wheeler dealers is the presenter and it’s not the mechanic

  • @sorenandersen2159
    @sorenandersen2159 Рік тому +6

    The expense report is a bunch of BS.

  • @andrea.picard
    @andrea.picard Рік тому

    Lavoro meraviglioso.... A quando una NSU RO80???????

  • @natasastanojevic
    @natasastanojevic Рік тому +2

    Or Zastava 750 in former Yugoslavia, most iconic car in Balkans.

  • @JasonFrost-pm1lp
    @JasonFrost-pm1lp 8 місяців тому

    So, great car, but it looks like the back passenger “oh, shit!” Leatherette handle straps on the inside B pillar are missing… there are 3 mounting holes strategically hidden behind Mike and Elvis’s head. As I remember my parents 128 wagon and 124 sport coup had some sort of looped strap to aid the back seat occupants to extricate.

  • @mirkononnis7815
    @mirkononnis7815 2 місяці тому

    Non ho visto la prova su strada dopo il restauro. Il motore l'avete riparato?

  • @oliverpetroski4205
    @oliverpetroski4205 7 місяців тому

    The same car was also produced in Yugoslavia under license. It was called Zastava 750 "Fikjo". Later the car got few centimetres longer (there is actually funny story behind that) and the suicide doors were replaced with regular ones. Also other features were added and some removed on later models.

  • @palracz6179
    @palracz6179 8 місяців тому

    I have question to the cooling radiator. Which tool did you use to remove the the thermostatic valve? ( 2:15 )

  • @eliottsan4155
    @eliottsan4155 Місяць тому

    Me gustaría saber cuánto le lleva hacer una restauración como esta en tiempo real (calculo unos 2meses abocandose de lleno a eso🤔

  • @jokokosak2192
    @jokokosak2192 Рік тому

    why can't we see the full eoisode???

  • @Salomonevo
    @Salomonevo Рік тому

    Where can i buy the roof rack? been looking everywhere but found nothing.

  • @guzmangil5476
    @guzmangil5476 Рік тому +1

    I know it's a 500, older and more classic, but where I live, you can find lots of 600 with the 850 cc (70's) engine, in decent shape, for about 3500... dollars

    • @JodyOwen-we6oo
      @JodyOwen-we6oo Рік тому

      Yeah….
      Since I started driving 35 years ago I usually have a FIAT of some kind for fun and Ford truck for day to day use. (1972 128SL, 1985 X/19. 1980 Spider 2000 at present.)
      A cheap classic FIAT is almost always going to cost more than a well kept one at market pricing.
      The two important things are that they need to be driven occasionally to stay in good shape .So a really low mile example isn’t usually a good thing for anyone wanting to drive it regularly.
      And they were prone to rust so checking out the weak spots on that model is critical before purchase.

  • @andydawe6279
    @andydawe6279 4 місяці тому

    Hi my first car had it two years

  • @Debbyiliad
    @Debbyiliad 11 місяців тому

    Alla fine quanto ha speso per restaurarla e a quanto l' ha venduta???

  • @sumitdasjoy
    @sumitdasjoy Рік тому

    I need some parts for fiat 600

  • @Columbiastargazer
    @Columbiastargazer Рік тому +1

    a dynamo?
    spoiler alert: it's 2023

  • @zaedlo
    @zaedlo Рік тому

    About three rattle cans should do to paint that roller skate.

  • @bobstena576
    @bobstena576 9 місяців тому

    zastava 750(fiat 600) from serbia(ex yugoslavia)

    • @peterhandke3936
      @peterhandke3936 6 місяців тому

      it was also Zastava 600 in the beginning in Yugoslavia.

  • @trickyfocus
    @trickyfocus Рік тому +1

    Not be long before Mike gets you sacked Elvis

  • @Mladjasmilic
    @Mladjasmilic 5 місяців тому

    There was a Yugoslav beast with 903cc engine from Yugo.
    It could do 145km/h

  • @alfonsoortizavila4373
    @alfonsoortizavila4373 Рік тому +1

    5:51 cutting costs by not using proper breating mask for painting xD

    • @sunsetgarage755
      @sunsetgarage755 11 місяців тому +2

      You obviously don’t know much about automotive refinishing. This is a full face mask with its own clean air supply line & positive pressure which makes it impossible to breathe in fumes. It quite literally does not get any better than this.

  • @PicnicAtTheTesco
    @PicnicAtTheTesco Рік тому +1

    bring back ed china

  • @markpearson2406
    @markpearson2406 Рік тому +2

    Its not it's

  • @DasWauto
    @DasWauto Рік тому +1

    Its, not it’s. (Title).

  • @SuperDickiedavies
    @SuperDickiedavies Рік тому +4

    With Mikes maths I’d hate to be his accountant.

    • @peterhandke3936
      @peterhandke3936 6 місяців тому

      me, too. They've spent at least double of they claim they had.

  • @gilmargilrossafa4416
    @gilmargilrossafa4416 Рік тому

    China, Edi, F1

  • @johnnywillems
    @johnnywillems Рік тому

    👍👌

  • @dhd7327
    @dhd7327 Рік тому

    6:22, it got baked? Life must’ve took a turn for the worse for the Fiat😂

  • @brianyhsze1360
    @brianyhsze1360 Рік тому

    😊

  • @ziondanny7081
    @ziondanny7081 Рік тому +1

    Its

  • @lackodhr.5303
    @lackodhr.5303 Рік тому

    🤗👍👏

  • @miguelangelfernandezcortes2494

    FIAT not,SEAT.

  • @805gregg
    @805gregg Рік тому +3

    That car needs a Hayabusa engine transplant

    • @JodyOwen-we6oo
      @JodyOwen-we6oo Рік тому +2

      Blasphemer!
      There is literally no joy like a free revving small displacement Italian engine singing it’s song.
      Getting into any of the FIATs I’ve owned and hitting that accelerator makes me grin like a 13 year old boy with his first crush.

  • @calibrazxr750
    @calibrazxr750 Рік тому +1

    543rd

  • @1911Earthling
    @1911Earthling Рік тому

    It had no former glory! Get real.

  • @peterhandke3936
    @peterhandke3936 6 місяців тому +1

    Another wheeler dealer fairytale. For this kind of money you can't even start a restoration, not finish one.

  • @denniss770
    @denniss770 3 місяці тому

    And the Russians stole this model and called it ZAZ-965, there was a big scandal then.