tortron Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Genuinely from that first picture i assumed the van was in eastern Europe somewhere 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 13 minutes ago, tortron said: Genuinely from that first picture i assumed the van was in eastern Europe somewhere Thats just the kind of grim socialist aesthetic that initially drew me in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzstato Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 8 hours ago, azzurro said: Thats just the kind of grim socialist aesthetic that initially drew me in. Milton.... former small industrial town... yep You said it would be yours.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Glad you finally got it! It's been a long time coming since it first showed itself. RE: information, I found that when I was reserving my black plates for the Prince Skyline that they had all the information available there that matched the original owners papers but until that point that they confirmed the plate nonsense they had previously said they didn't have any information. Government agencies, I guess? I dare say that they do still have something, mine was A reg and went dead in the 80s and they still had it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Yeah, i was thinking first step will be to get the black plates approved for reuse - hopefully that process might throw up some old paperwork. My understanding is that if its not in carjam then it probably wasn't registered in 1986 or perhaps fell off between then and 1995/6 when the whole rego system went into LANDATA, so my only hope really is flushing out some paper records that are still in some dusty store somewhere - just need to luck into that one person who can think outside of the computer box (so rolling into VINZ or whatever is proably a bust to start with), and i hear the plates lady is pretty good with that Just looking forward to getting hold of it and starting to pick away at it and make brumbrum noises tbh, it was cheap enough that it will be a fun toy either way 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Yeah, mine doesn't come on carjam either. I did however have a stack of paperwork including the post shop form that showed it was registered but they bumble fucked it after that and canceled it and despite many arguments by the owner back in the day they wouldn't reinstate it so it just got parked up and has been ever since. Hah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzstato Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Carjam only shows 1x other 1100 for '61 and nothing else for 60-64 (unless they screwed up the model). Be an interesting story how it ever came into the country.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 13 minutes ago, nzstato said: Carjam only shows 1x other 1100 for '61 and nothing else for 60-64 (unless they screwed up the model). Be an interesting story how it ever came into the country.... probably comes up under fiat 'van' or LLOO, the data entry is pretty garbage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 There were quite a few(?) of them apparently but they didn't last that long in service - good for italian cities, but not NZ conditions? Check the rose tinted reminiscing in the reply: http://www.roadranger.co.nz/2013/05/fiat-1100t.html 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Mate, what a score ! I love quirky looking old vans. I must have been about 5 years old when I started becoming "van aware". I can still remember the first van that made an impression on me. It was an old late 50s early 60s DKW van sporting pretty much the same patina as your new van is. All the best with this project. I can't wait to see your updates. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Cheers man, pleased to be adding to my small collection of quirky patinavans with a 1:1 scale model 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Wow, not one, but two Thames 400e vans in your collection. You sir have impeccable taste. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbeam Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 So pleased this has gone to a worthy home. I’ve pined every time this thing has come up for sale, but no approval from the finance and acquisitions committee chairwoman. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi808 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Oh man, this is so rad. Are you going to make it into a camper surf mobile? I have a chat to dad about getting paperwork sorted. He manages to get all his old bikes back in the system, so there is hope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 4 hours ago, kiwi808 said: Oh man, this is so rad. Are you going to make it into a camper surf mobile? I have a chat to dad about getting paperwork sorted. He manages to get all his old bikes back in the system, so there is hope. Cheers bro, not sure on the final plan yet, but whatever happens a camp and a surf is on the list. Love to know any hints your old man has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Neat project! Looks pretty solid for its age I had a valiant that was dereg since the 90s, nothing came up on carjam but it was on NZTAs database 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi808 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Nice work so far mate! I love that the Speedo goes up to 80mph! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Still room! Factory quoted 95kph top speed. With a 6.17 diff, it would be screaming. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Thought of you when I watched this the other day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 I love following along on your Fiat revivals. Thanks for sharing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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