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danvockins

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Hello everyone.
I bought a bright orange 1998 126 elx in Poland on Sunday. Drove him straight back to England.
What a great little car!
This is my first non-German car. I'm susprised and amazed by how good it is.
I have a VW and Porsche import business.
But I'm now in love with the Polish Fiat 126!

I'll post a pic and info once I've worked out how.
Cheers  :)

danvockins

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2013, 04:33:03 PM »
47,000km, one owner, always garaged, zero rust!
Better condition than the one we saw in Krakow transport museum the day before  :)
I'm a happy man. Great, fun little car.

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2013, 07:36:55 AM »
Look on you tube for the Fiat 126 Porsche drag race.  :D

Welcome to the club

danvockins

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2013, 08:44:43 AM »
Thanks. I'll look as soon as I'm at a computer.

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2013, 08:52:25 AM »
Welcome to the club, and the strange persons rear engined car of choice :D
Both club and cars are brilliant.

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2013, 09:11:22 AM »
 Welcome to the forum.
 It`s great to hear the car drove all the way from Poland without any problems. How long did the journey take you?
 Any more photos of the car?
1972 Fiat 500
1980 Fiat 126

danvockins

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2013, 11:21:45 AM »
Cheers. I agree. They are brilliant cars.
I'll post more pics ASAP. I can't work out how to re-size them on my phone... Images too large to upload.

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2013, 12:05:24 PM »
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R811nb9eEao[/youtube]

danvockins

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2013, 02:07:37 PM »
Great video. Do you know what engine the 126 was running?
We left Krakow on Monday am. Arrived Henley 6 am Wednesday. Stayed overnight in Leipzig.
Cruised at 85kph. No problems. 1650km.

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2013, 02:37:05 PM »
I think it was a Rover 3.5 :o

danvockins

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2013, 07:04:02 PM »
Excellent. I have a 1970 Vw camper with a 3.0 Ford V6.  Perhaps I could squeeze it in the Fiat!  :o

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2013, 08:20:42 PM »
 hi and welcome , glad to hear that you made that journey in a great little car gives us all a boost to keep them on the road . Lots of help , advice etc on here  cheers Pete

danvockins

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2013, 09:02:42 PM »
Cheers Pete, I'm hooked. Great little cars  :D

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2013, 09:21:28 PM »

Hello and welcome to the forum

We are all here to help

Does this mean you are now hooked on italien cars instead of German   :P
fiats forever

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Re: Hello :-) I bought a 126 in Poland. Drove it straight back to England.
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2013, 09:22:22 PM »
Or Polish?