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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #16
Austinpowers1 Austinpowers1 UK Sign in to contact	May 30, 2015 11:13 AM Joined 12 years ago 282 Posts

I had a Fiat 126 for a while,I rescued it from being scrapped. Good fun to drive around town as they handle like a go kart. And to be honest they aren't much bigger. You can still see a lot of the polish built ones in Hungary in daily use. Over here in the UK they are becoming quite expensive as they are now considered a classic. The one to go for is the air cooled version. The latter liquid cooled engines suffered from over heating problems. Even when correctly serviced regularly.

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #17
DaveinOz DaveinOz Australia Sign in to contact	May 31, 2015 05:46 PM Joined 11 years ago 118 Posts

These are (or were) fairly common in Australia, they were sold new here from 1989-1993 as the FSM 'Niki' - a friend at school had one. I remember riding in the back seat and it was incredibly cramped - and this is coming from a classic Mini owner! They were the cheapest new car on the Australian market - the next cheapest car, a Daihatsu Mira was nearly double the price and the cheapest corolla cost nearly four times as much!!!!

You still see them every now and then - even a few up for sale right now including a convertible!
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/warrnambool-3280/cars-vans-utes/1989-fiat-126-fsm-niki-rare-collectible-mini-car/1078828519
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/miranda/cars-vans-utes/1991-fiat-650-niki/1073538761
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/thomastown/cars-vans-utes/fiat-niki-fiat-fsm-niki-1990-650-convertible-/1041100485

They are becoming scarce, but in Australia these are definitely more common than a Trabant!

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #18
Andrew1 Andrew Taylor Sydney, Australia Sign in to contact 1977 Trabant 601L	Jun 5, 2015 09:37 AM Joined 13 years ago 437 Posts

Dam... 4500 for a fsm (though it looks in fine shape in the photos)... thats like double its original price tongue sticking out smiley

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #19
Auta PRL Chicago Auta PRL Chicago USA Sign in to contact 1973 Other 125p	Jul 13, 2015 03:02 PM Joined 10 years ago 7 Posts

Facebook "Auta PRL Chicago" or http://autaprlchicago.wix.com/autaprlchicago

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #20
jseabolt James Seabolt Mount Carmel, TN, USA Sign in to contact 1968 Ford Fairlane 500 1971 Citroen 2CV6 1977 MG MGB 1977 MG MGB & more	Jul 13, 2015 03:27 PM Joined 7 years ago 2,650 Posts

Did you guys have anything to do with the Fiat Freakout that was held in Chicago from last year? I belonged to this club for ages but haven't been in about 5 years.

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #21
Auta PRL Chicago Auta PRL Chicago USA Sign in to contact 1973 Other 125p	Jul 13, 2015 04:18 PM Joined 10 years ago 7 Posts

:eek: Don't remind me. We're a new club. We didn't know about it and missed it :mad:

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #22
Aaron1 AAron SE Michigan, USA Sign in to contact 1982 Trabant 601	Topic Creator (OP) Jul 15, 2015 03:54 PM Joined 13 years ago 221 Posts

great group, but it needs to be in English :p

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #23
Auta PRL Chicago Auta PRL Chicago USA Sign in to contact 1973 Other 125p	Jul 15, 2015 04:02 PM Joined 10 years ago 7 Posts

If we get more interest I'll start doing all the posts in English. So far we have had little interest from within the US other than all the Polish people in Chicago.

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #24
bant Stan W Nome, Telemark, Norway Sign in to contact 1982 Trabant 601 1982 Trabant 601 LX	Sep 2, 2016 07:24 AM Joined 10 years ago 317 Posts

In reply to a post by turbofiat124, post: 7903, member: 777 I got a 1980 Fiat 131. Which is basically the same car as a Fiat 125 Polski.

I don't think it is.

If I understand correctly, the floor pan and mechanical parts used in the Polski Fiat 125 came from the Fiat 1500 whereas the bodywork was derived from the Fiat 125. The rear suspension used the leaf spring set up from the 1500. So it is a sort of Frankenstein car with the ride and handling characteristics of the older Fiat 1500 and the looks of the later 125s. Quite a different kettle of fish to both the 125s and 131s built in Italy.

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #25
Steve H1 Steve H1 Location not set Sign in to contact	Sep 2, 2016 04:39 PM Joined 10 years ago 106 Posts

One of my customers has 5 (yes, really!) 126p. He's a little 'eccentric' and loves my Trabi.

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #26
Steve H1 Steve H1 Location not set Sign in to contact	Sep 2, 2016 04:40 PM Joined 10 years ago 106 Posts

Those FSO 'hatchbacks' always amused me - ancient RWD platform, hatchback, but fixed rear seat backs!

Sold until relatively recently, too.

One of the Practical Classics writers (maybe Sam Glover - he has a thing for Eastern Bloc stuff) bought an FSO ambulance conversion recently.

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #27
bant Stan W Nome, Telemark, Norway Sign in to contact 1982 Trabant 601 1982 Trabant 601 LX	Sep 3, 2016 01:52 AM Joined 10 years ago 317 Posts

I'd quite like one of those newer Polski Fiat 126 models with the canted over 700cc engine and the rear hatchback. There was one at the Treff til Tusen that had been converted to a cabriolet. There was a short production run of a couple of thousand cars I can't remember if the owner said it was a Polish or a German company that did the conversion. The Norwegian owner said it took a while to get the documentation together to get the car approved for use in Norway. I might have a picture or two that I can put up.

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #28
kev the builder Kev Lowther Worksop, nottinghamshire, UK Sign in to contact 1977 Trabant 601 kombi 1977 Trabant 601 Standard Universal	Sep 4, 2016 01:01 PM Joined 9 years ago 611 Posts

I've had both a Polska 1300 and a fsm 126 the Polska was like driving a tank and rusted well it was as popular as a rattle snake in a looks dip it took some sellingthe fsm 126 was great fun I fitted bigger rims and tyres gas flowed the head and made a sports exhaust it did over 80 mph and was great fun the wife hated it and wouldn't go in it,tho she hates my trabi now

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #29
bbonow Bill Bonow Plainfield, IL, USA Sign in to contact 1988 Trabant 601 Universal 1989 Trabant 601 DeLuxe "Heike"	Nov 24, 2016 10:43 AM Joined 9 years ago 276 Posts

Here is two Polska Fiat 126P's on eBay (in Florida)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1983-Other-Makes-Polski-Fiat-126P-Florida-Clean-Title-in-hand-/252636153118?forcerrptr=true&hash=item3ad249c51e:g:OToAAOSwTA9X9UHL&item=252636153118

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-Other-Makes-Polski-Fiat-126P-Florida-Clean-Title-in-hand-/252644988035?forcerrptr=true&hash=item3ad2d09483:g:eiYAAOSw0UdXuove&item=252644988035

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Re: Anybody have a Polski Fiat? #30
DaveinOz DaveinOz Australia Sign in to contact	Nov 24, 2016 07:24 PM Joined 11 years ago 118 Posts

They are still around in Aus, here's 3 for sale in Victoria at the moment.
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/thomastown/cars-vans-utes/fiat-niki-fiat-fsm-niki-1990-650-convertible-/1041100485
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/paynesville/cars-vans-utes/1989-fiat-niki/1124022507
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/callignee/cars-vans-utes/fiat-niki-/1127405636

This seller also has a whole bunch of parts for sale:
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-seller/fab/1003924049

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