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How would a vw powered fiat 126 be looked upon at the european drags?

Therre should be a great smart-ass comment out there somewhere LOL

I've been up since 3am and it's after 9:30pm --so I won't be any help

About as racy as a Fiat Jolly  :D    Just kidding!    Well accepted as long as it's fast and reliable  ;)

nostalgia styling would be in order, non of that tuning stuff they do in poland.
It gives you the weight of a buggy and the safety of being in a car.
Design of the car is the same style as the fiat x1/9 and that has been used to.
cars can be found very very cheap to, certainly without an engine and gearbox.

there's seevral fiiat vw powered in  europe like peter englesoz chooped 600  the x1/9 ex jack sachette , also sugar daddy it's 500 , the sting  850 , the raceshop 850  the lil wooper 500 etc...

 ;)

Hi,

There are some V8 versions around, could look good with some late 70s early 80s gasser decoration.

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/198/506337284_dd2e7ca753.jpg)

Doe's anyone remember bug jam 89 or 90 with the little ratty fiat 500 with a basic 1600 racing the audi quattro ? got some pics of it some place .
It seamed to get drawn against the quattro time after time , flew off the line & left the audi standing , but always just beaten at the top end .

yes,and it had a huge 1641cc engine,quality to see it beat the Audi over and over :D  every time it came round the crowd would get quite exited :D  Not sure about a 126 though,sometimes being different for the sake of it isnt good

cheers richie

Was it a 1641 , sorry just remember that bog standard ratty lookin engine  8) the crowd stood up and cheered every run me amongst em

bought the thing allready so it's gonna happen, 2011
probably running the 1300 oxy turbo we're building

just found this photo of a VW powered fiat taken at long marston (avon park) in 1985

(http://www.timetraveldvds.co.uk/gallery/LONG%20MARSTON%20MAY%20'85/images/long_marston_may__85_029.jpg)

anyone know anything about it?

It was built by Bob Wick, who then built a rail which I think Became Paul Venners Air Express. It was before my time - I only got into VWs in '95, but KS might know a bit more. :)

nice one Neil

I do remember the Airexpress rail from the early shows I went to my first VW drag meeting was the GCC sumer nationals in 88 and that rail ran there I wonder what happened to the fiat?

That looks pretty cool , not too sure bout the sissy bars  :-\ suppose you would need them on such a short wheel base car ?

I used to have one of these

(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h40/russlolly/Fiat_850T_001.jpg)

I'm very tempted to put my current 1914 engine in one when I retire it and build the stroker

This be the wee beastie  8)

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff84/49-rag/sc00105f17.jpg)

Now Ive sussed out how to use my scanner there's no place to hide  :D

bought some narrowed axles on the lounge. Idea is to make the wheels fit inside the body.

In the rear view mirror!!! :P :P :P

sugar daddy ???? Never have seen it again !? Comes from germany i think... Does anyone know was happened ?
Carsten

I just watched a video from mid 80s with this fiat on it,

23 minutes in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZCWEzcJpbQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUAp0xiKUbA

Lil Bug was Bob Wicke's car - his VWDRC dragster (built by Bernie Smith pre-VWDRC) was given the same name.

We built and race a vw powered fiat 126 here in Poland. If you type " maluch 2332 " into youtube, you'll find it. We run it in the N/A RWD class where my pro stock bug is in no1 position followed by a 911 gt3rs and then a tenth behind is our fiat on street tyres. The engine install is easier and looks better than the standard 2 cylinder and it's easier to work on than the same engine in a bug. Only problem is that the car cost us about $80 and the project cost me about  $15,000 even though we did almost all the work ourselves.

I see Mark H. & Jeff Denham along the fence, Ken Ries Manx is in the foreground,  I was there too somewhere, great times, great car