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1972' Fiat 500
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£30,000Published 28 September 2024ID: 7ZYPBx
- Cambridgeshire
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Age: 52 years
Exterior color: Red
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H&H Classic Auction @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
9th October, 2024 13:00
1972 FIAT 500 Jolly
Estimate
£30, 000 - £40, 000
Registration No: HWD 978L
Chassis No: 3083717
MOT: September 2025
Subject to a comprehensive overhaul between 2017 to 2019
On offer from a significant private collection
Offered with a fresh MOT and service in preparation for sale
The Fiat Jolly was the brainchild of playboy industrialist Gianni Agnelli. According to legend, he wanted a car that would serve as a land tender but also fit on the back of his 82ft ketch, the Agneta, as he cruised the Mediterranean Sea, and the first public sighting came on Ghia's stand at the 1957 Turin Motor Show. Notably expensive considering its lack of luxury, it cost around double that of a standard 500 and was bought by the rich and famous (Aristotle Onassis, Yul Brynner, President Tito, Grace Kelly, Mae West, Lyndon B Johnson) as yacht tenders, golf carts and estate runabouts.
Italy’s innumerable beachfront cities and resorts quickly resulted in a brisk trade in beach buggy conversions of regular cars by the many specialist coachbuilders throughout Italy at the time. The specialist synonymous with these conversions was Carrozzeria Ghia, who gained notoriety for their Jolly conversions on Fiat’s 500, 600, Multipla and Giardiniera platforms.
First registered on 4th August 1972, little is known about the early history of ‘HWD 978L’; however it is known to have been subjected to a comprehensive overhaul by the previous owner, Mr P E Styles between 2017 and 2019 which involved the enlistment of several Fiat specialists’ services to ensure its correctness. The vendor, who has accumulated a significant private collection and unsurprisingly is known for his fabulous sense of humour felt that it was an extremely necessary purchase in 2019 and has used the Jolly sparingly around his local area of Suffolk whilst living the life of the international jet set as unforgivably as possible. As a car for ‘high days and dry days’ in the truest sense, the little open-topper had only covered very few miles since the restoration before being stabled in dehumidified storage and the vendor rates its condition as 'excellent’ all around, noting that the twin-cylinder power unit is yet to be fully run in.
Now offered to market due to a major thinning down of the vendor’s collection, the cute little Fiat is offered with a UK V5C and is said to be ready for any beachside adventure.
9th October, 2024 13:00
1972 FIAT 500 Jolly
Estimate
£30, 000 - £40, 000
Registration No: HWD 978L
Chassis No: 3083717
MOT: September 2025
Subject to a comprehensive overhaul between 2017 to 2019
On offer from a significant private collection
Offered with a fresh MOT and service in preparation for sale
The Fiat Jolly was the brainchild of playboy industrialist Gianni Agnelli. According to legend, he wanted a car that would serve as a land tender but also fit on the back of his 82ft ketch, the Agneta, as he cruised the Mediterranean Sea, and the first public sighting came on Ghia's stand at the 1957 Turin Motor Show. Notably expensive considering its lack of luxury, it cost around double that of a standard 500 and was bought by the rich and famous (Aristotle Onassis, Yul Brynner, President Tito, Grace Kelly, Mae West, Lyndon B Johnson) as yacht tenders, golf carts and estate runabouts.
Italy’s innumerable beachfront cities and resorts quickly resulted in a brisk trade in beach buggy conversions of regular cars by the many specialist coachbuilders throughout Italy at the time. The specialist synonymous with these conversions was Carrozzeria Ghia, who gained notoriety for their Jolly conversions on Fiat’s 500, 600, Multipla and Giardiniera platforms.
First registered on 4th August 1972, little is known about the early history of ‘HWD 978L’; however it is known to have been subjected to a comprehensive overhaul by the previous owner, Mr P E Styles between 2017 and 2019 which involved the enlistment of several Fiat specialists’ services to ensure its correctness. The vendor, who has accumulated a significant private collection and unsurprisingly is known for his fabulous sense of humour felt that it was an extremely necessary purchase in 2019 and has used the Jolly sparingly around his local area of Suffolk whilst living the life of the international jet set as unforgivably as possible. As a car for ‘high days and dry days’ in the truest sense, the little open-topper had only covered very few miles since the restoration before being stabled in dehumidified storage and the vendor rates its condition as 'excellent’ all around, noting that the twin-cylinder power unit is yet to be fully run in.
Now offered to market due to a major thinning down of the vendor’s collection, the cute little Fiat is offered with a UK V5C and is said to be ready for any beachside adventure.
