My dad had a Fiat Strada in London, the late 80s. Faded green. I remember the round headlights, unique wheels, cool door handles, offset hood scoop and the pyramid shaped shifter boot. He blew it up on the motorway when he was late for an appointment. Rest in Peace Radko Popov, miss you dad.
@johnplatt8369
2 жыл бұрын
I had a few Stradas back in the 80s but never one like yours it's amazing.... I started with a two door 70cl W reg light blue cracking car then a 75 cl then of course the face lift 75 with twin head lights wow happy days wish I could own one now....
@mikeyd5486
3 жыл бұрын
Miss mine. D717 SSU. Gunmetal grey. Chased one for ages back in day, got it and loved it. Great memories.
@zakelwe
2 жыл бұрын
Just so lovely ... rose tinted glasses on ..
@nichallam174
4 жыл бұрын
Miss mine, C170 GKW about the only reg I can remember from all the cars I've owned. Most fun to drive of any car I had, only front drive car that I have driven that you could steer with the throttle. All my friends with GTis and GTes and Escorts were always trying to beg a drive. So nice to see one in such good order
@USNVA11
5 жыл бұрын
I had a 1979 Strada that I purchased used in December of 1981 from a dealership. By late 1983 it was rusting out around the A pillars pretty badly and water was leaking into the interior. I sold it not long after that. Not factoring the rust, it was a fun to drive little car while I had it.
@darrengraves5230
4 жыл бұрын
Out of all the cars I have had I still miss my 130tc’s C748JHD D241VRM
@pentagrammotorsport
5 жыл бұрын
My lasting memory of the Strada Abarth is the wonderful noise they make.
@DUCato-ed3fw
4 жыл бұрын
Pentagram Motorsport Agreed, mine (B515 VBX) had the Solex carbs which I fitted some nice shiny K&N filters to, coughed & spluttered if you prodded the throttle before it took off - great memories 😎
@angelaford2989
3 жыл бұрын
@@DUCato-ed3fw Haha, mine had the Solex too. I had the best times in that thing.
@Jademyheart
5 жыл бұрын
Blimey, that's unbelievable!! Beautiful Car, So nice.
@jo05dk
5 жыл бұрын
Such a shame there aren't many left of the Strada/Ritmo as it was called where i live. Always liked this shape. To me it's SO a car of the age. Brings back good memories.
@bbs_rs
5 жыл бұрын
JohnnyNr5 because they rusted to heavy
@c7uk
5 жыл бұрын
I preferred the shape of the mark 1 Ritmo :)
@jo05dk
5 жыл бұрын
@@c7uk I was a occupied with other stuff when i wrote my comment. I meant i like the shape of the Ritmos in generel. I like both of them. If i were to choose a version for a fast Ritmo, or a very well equipped one, i would go for the one in the video. ..but when i talk about them being a car of that age, i think of the mk1. It's an icon, nothing less.
@c7uk
5 жыл бұрын
JohnnyNr5 - don’t worry, I understood. I was just stating my preference as I always felt the mk2s looked a little ‘generic’ compared to the mk1. I never liked the Strada moniker either - Ritmo was how I first came to know it in Italy 🇮🇹
@jo05dk
5 жыл бұрын
@@c7uk Here in Denmark it was sold as the Ritmo too. From what i understood it was called Strada in english speaking countries, for some damn reason. A Seat version, the Seat Ronda, makes the Ritmo mk2 look pretty good, even to those of you who don't really care for it i think. It has a very Renault 18 looking front. Weird combination :)
@avanigrace7038
5 жыл бұрын
So good to see this & going stong!
@michaelpegasiou4531
5 жыл бұрын
I had one in red,sold it in 93 for 1600 quid,the guy opened the boot and pulled up the mat and it had rotted out but he didn’t care after he had driven it.
@notmanynamesleft
5 жыл бұрын
Those seats! ❤️
@zakelwe
2 жыл бұрын
Still love the netting ... proper days
@woznaldo
2 жыл бұрын
My Uncle got a black 130TC from new. He used to drive it pretty hard, which was enormous fun when I was the passenger! My cousin bought it off him after a few years but it was written off while being towed! Anyway, I bought those seats off my cousin and still have them to this day!
@mistral55
5 жыл бұрын
Had a Super Strada 85 Mk2 and it was actually one of the most fun cars to drive I've ever owned. Her nickname was Fifi Fybogel as you were never constipated driving it... ;)
@PaulMappud
3 жыл бұрын
Did the plastic clip that held the choke knob in keep breaking ? I got through 4 😀
@pereldh5741
Ай бұрын
One of those grand greats
@basithph8958
5 жыл бұрын
I miss old hot hatches
@mattbod
4 жыл бұрын
Lovely and proper Italian can't get in back.
@Quietshepherd
5 жыл бұрын
Delightful car! I'm still wishing for a well cared for Dodge Omni GLH-S.
@Luckyjo21
5 жыл бұрын
amazing!!! id buy it
@LR_84
5 жыл бұрын
Proper car 😍
@keepcalm5026
3 жыл бұрын
Lovely design. Character and style. Pity not made to modern standards.
@mattwatkins7333
4 жыл бұрын
There was one of these in a guys garden when I was a kid,,it was mint,,,but he left it to rot,it was a red one,,we used to sit in it as kids,,,I would love to sit in one again
@christophersmith7120
9 ай бұрын
FIAT should do to this magic car what Mini did to the Cooper S. Try to keep the magic of the original tied together with new design, shocks, etc. If they did it well, it would sell like hot cakes. LOVE IT.
@gt197
3 жыл бұрын
Should have kept mine - B366 RLM. Loved it sooooo much..
@speakfreeley4473
3 жыл бұрын
Wonder how many pre-facelift (1979-83) examples are there left? You know, the ones like those shown on that legendary two-minute launch ad. The one here is a face-lift, where they were a little less rust prone.
@Ralph2
5 жыл бұрын
Great cars.
@abuRady
3 жыл бұрын
I have one like this in good condition
@marioracer811
5 жыл бұрын
Love at first sight 😍
@germans1
4 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to have one 496 of 500 was mint car as well.
@fredrich99
2 жыл бұрын
My Fiat Strada Abarth 130tc is registered on the 28th January 1988 on E reg ?
@S7EVE_P
5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant car and torquey af.
@salvoquarantino1785
5 жыл бұрын
Bellissima!
@rosolinotv3690
5 жыл бұрын
ABARTH
@mistral55
5 жыл бұрын
Oddly enough had a 1986 Mk2 Super Strada 85 in a dark blue metallic. One of the most fun cars I ever owned. Until a lady driver T-Boned it .. ... :(
@WymiataczPlays
4 жыл бұрын
Dumb b*tch... what a shame. Old Fiats had so much spicy character, and now they are so scarce. Give me a Croma 2.0 turbo anyday...
@nikhpe
4 жыл бұрын
BELLISSIMA !
@cardaft110
5 жыл бұрын
haha, I own one on sorn - probably one of the best left in the country and certainly not a basket case Nick
@Nick-Nick-Nick
5 жыл бұрын
I'm pleased you have an excellent 130TC currently SORN. Ours was SORN for 6 months a couple of years ago to wait out the winter and like yours is not/was not a basket case. However excluding those that drop in and out of SORN the vast majority of SORN 130TCs are in really poor condition. From a documentary point of view, and actually being interviewed and videoed cold footed so to speak, I was only trying to portray the sad state of affairs for these cars. We need to get our 130TCs together some time :)
@geeess2513
3 жыл бұрын
So NOT surprised to hear the guy say body trim is a nightmare to get. FIAT never really gave a stuff about looking after owners of it's older cars. Had a 124 Coupe back in the day & couldn't get any new sheet-metal to repair car in 1983, < 8 years after production ended. Ex Fiat USA marketing guy I met back in 1990 told me that after they pulled out of USA in "81 they turfed ~ 150 tonnes worth of 124, 850, X/19 etc parts overboard off east coast of US as Turin didn't want to pay the inventory costs. Best in class technical dept back in the day but their arrogant & cynical management really sucked balls. #1 in Europe in 1970, # nowhere now. .....Says it all....
@gabpan1422
5 жыл бұрын
Do you know that in Italy it is called Fiat Ritmo? What's the wrong with 'Ritmo'?
@jo05dk
5 жыл бұрын
It's a Ritmo in Denmark too. Apparently Strada was used in most english speaking countries, for some reason.
@HMoyn215
5 жыл бұрын
Both of my neighbours had a 75 and a Ritmo II 90 in Ireland
@Konformation07
5 жыл бұрын
In the USA it was a Strada
@angelaford2989
3 жыл бұрын
Can confirm in NZ it was a Strada. Mine was a beautiful metallic charcoal. Man I miss that thing.
@203fitz6
13 күн бұрын
@@angelaford2989 and yet my NZ car (LS157) is badged as a Ritmo. Charcoal one as well. Cannot think of any reason to sell it, and would certainly be difficult to replace.
@Tsenngu
3 жыл бұрын
This is the one called Ritmo in the rest of Europe?
@ianmangham4570
4 жыл бұрын
Statutory Off-Road Notification aka SORN
@bigteddy66
Жыл бұрын
Arbath oh dear.
@philrichardson5542
2 жыл бұрын
I've got one
@gtisid
3 жыл бұрын
had a B reg one the start of debt in my life began with this car. quafe box made of cheese
@darrengraves5230
2 жыл бұрын
Zf box
@dontpanicblink
3 жыл бұрын
great looking car, but it always gets to me why some cars this age have no rust but today some 10 year old cars have rust
@iamyourfuture808
Жыл бұрын
because they are garged , off road in winter and not driven in the rain.
@basithph8958
5 жыл бұрын
How about the CRX Si?
@tanglewood777
3 жыл бұрын
I HAVE COMPETIZONE ABARTH 180 HP 0 T 60 6 .7 SECONDS NO WAY WOULD A 130 BHP STRADA B 7.6 SECONDS MORE LIKE 10 SECONDS
@darrengraves5230
3 жыл бұрын
I have 595 180 and owned 2 130tc and the 130s could not live with the 596 in anything other than joy to drive
@fredrich99
2 жыл бұрын
It was tested by many magazines back in the day and yes it did 0 to 60 in &.6 seconds . These cars are under geared and have ZF close ratio boxes
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