Sand Lots
25 May - 1 June 2022
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Salerno, Italy
Chassis No.
312089
- The perfect beach runabout, based on the Fiat 500 Giardiniera; converted in 2021 to Ghia’s Jolly specification
- Presented with an Italian libretto, showing first registration in Rome, Italy, on 11 November 1975, where it was used by a Fiat dealership as a courtesy car
- Underwent a nut-and-bolt refurbishment and conversion in 2021, along with an engine rebuild, amounting to 880 hours’ worth of labour
- Great care was taken to use the correct Carrozzeria Ghia techniques and materials
- Finished in red, featuring a detachable red and white canopy, a Venetian Midollino woven wood interior, with red and white seat cushions, and a matching woven trunk
- Powered by a 499.5-cc, twin-cylinder engine mated to a four-speed manual transmission
- Offered with a Certificato Di Revisione valid until 31 May 2024
- Equipped with an ashtray, matching woven bag, electric wipers, grab handle, indicators, jack, front and rear lights, spare wheel, speedometer, and colour-matched steel wheels wrapped in white wall tires
- Accompanied by a history file, including detailed photographs of the refurbishment and conversion, and the period-correct black and white Rome registration plates
