Styling Two coloured Abarth

[AndrewHarvey]

Hi
I saw some images of wide arch Abarths (maybe German?) that showed Navy blue bodies with the Fiat Mustard yellow wheel arches.

This is the colour scheme I'm considering - has anyone got / know of these images please?

Andrew

 

[stevehg]

Unfortunately not, the only one in your blue I could find in the Abarth 595/695 book was all blue.

cheers, Steve

 

[AndrewHarvey]

I'm certain that some one to gave a link to a site that had blue and yellow 500's recently on someone else's thread
Research tells me that navy blue with mustard yellow wheelarches was used on 131's and 124's as well as 500's
Just would like to review the images before plunging into a mad paint scheme
A navy blue car with navy blue extended wheelarches seems to miss a trick - if you know what I mean,.............

 

[Paolo66]

Could you not photoshop an image of the all blue one to show mustard arches? Bit of a faff but...

 

[AndrewHarvey]

Ahhh - here's the rub
My wife thinks I've spoilt the sweet little 500 - and I was hoping to show genuine images of the colour scheme to convince her

 

[the hobbler]

Morning Andrew;
The colours you are describing are the works 'OLIOFIAT' colours which the 'factory' 124 and 131 rally cars were painted in. If you look at 'classic fiat 500 in oliofiat colours' you will see a large selection of different colour schemes for Fiat/Fiat-Abarth. Sadly, the only 500s in the 'oliofiat' colours are modern 500s. I think that this is where your images may have come from, but I will keep on looking.

 

[Pete145]

Ahhh - here's the rub

My wife thinks I've spoilt the sweet little 500 - and I was hoping to show genuine images of the colour scheme to convince her

I feel your pain. I've just undertaken an authentic Abarth 595SS conversion, re-badged her, but my wife has vetoed the red stripes for the same reason!

Shame, I think they look very nice!

 

[stevehg]

Your wife is just being period correct, the side stripes only came in on the later cars where all the badges were transfers. So to be authentic, you shouldn't mix chrome and vinyl.

 

[AndrewHarvey]

I'm blinkin' positive I've seen the classic 500 in the blue and yellow recently
It was a site for a tuning company....
I don't care if it's not authentic - I just fancy a mad looking race 500
Flames from exhaust - check
Loud - check
Period mud flaps - check
Rally clocks - check
Period bucket seats - check
Stickers - check
Top fun - check!

 

[1500500]

Can you photoshop this and swap the colours??

 

[Eklipze3k]

I found a model that matches, so there must be an original as well:

http://www.carmodel.com/carpin/cp03...nato-italiano-1972-mugello-corse-fuochi/20605

 

[AndrewHarvey]

Getting closer!

 

[fiat500]

I found a model that matches, so there must be an original as well:

http://www.carmodel.com/carpin/cp03...nato-italiano-1972-mugello-corse-fuochi/20605

Do you really want a car that looks like a toy??

 

[fiat500]

Ahhh - here's the rub
My wife thinks I've spoilt the sweet little 500 - and I was hoping to show genuine images of the colour scheme to convince her

Wives are occasionally right;I won't tell her though.