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Fiat 124 - FIRST DERIVATIVE AND FOREIGN SISTERS (part 1)
During the Spring 1966 an
urgent issue to replace the old Fiat "1800/2100"
was needed. This arduos task was felt due commercial strong demands. But
is it not possible to plan an entire brand new car so quickly, so Ing.
Dante Giacosa, Fiat engineering chief management's did that he
can using available components.
With
an admirable example of industrial sinergy he put together the stretched
already extant Fiat 124 body, the old "1500"
level ground and the 124 Sport Coupè 1808cc engine:
the result was the Fiat 125 Sedan model, what will become
one of the many Fiat's admiral, a fine car that, with all her variants,
will come to the end of 1972.
his successful stop-gap
will work so properly that will be very welcomed by people and, at the end
of her career and sales, Fiat's management will be covered by a heap of
complaints! She will be replaced by the same good Fiat 132. But, in our
matter, the Fiat 125 is very important because we can see that:
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she was a derivative
of the Fiat 124, NOT a version and/or a sister of her; she was
built utilizing many 124 components but she was sporting bigger dimensions
overall. Altogether she matched to the 124 itself.
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all foreign licence-built
124 "Special" sisters seem to be inspired to the 125.
Let's
go to see why. We just have seen that in 1968, in Spain, began the production
of the 124, identical in all respect to the Italian parent counterpart. Here
also, at the start, both 1200 and 1400cc versions were identical to those
Italian ones. The last was sporting the sole modify, in being fitted with
squared frontal lights than the rounded known ones.
When, at the end of 1970 there was the first and bigger restyling of the entire
124 range models, Spanish 1200 lasted virtually identical to Italian counterparts;
not so for the new 1400s, those being almost totally revised. They utilized
the same previous body but with many improvements and refinements.
The entire tail end
and lights were totally changed, the car being fitted with that of
the 1972 Fiat 125 model's one. So the bumpers, switched to those of the 124
"Special" (T), the wheels and the interiors, always arranged with
two rounded clocks including the very useful electronic rounds-counter ("cuentarevolucion
electronico"); the dashboard's wheel was that like the 125 model also
and, on the front side, the radiator grille was black.
Engines
were all TC manner (two slide-valves cam shaft), ranging by the original 1438cc
to even 
2000cc
races versions. Power were from 70 Bhp to 180. The so-called "1430E"
version ("E" standing for "Especiàl")
was exclusively Spanish-built and, along with another - more famous - draught
horse, the 124D "Pamplona, these were the favourite Spanish versions.
Spanish, altogether, preferred so much the "Special" version dashboard
with rounded clocks, often fitted even on the more cheap 1200 ("LS")
model.
Spanish were very skillful sporting racers and they performed
very well in so many rallies. The same way was followed by Russians. In 1972
began to come off the Togliatti's car plant production lines the (VAZ) Lada
1500 (Zhigulì 21-03), an original Zhigulì body with a total
new front radiator grille, fitted with four rounded light itself, very resembling
Fiat's family feeling and, on the rear, an entire new tail & lights encircled
by a chromate trimmer, like the 124 "Special T" one. The bumpers
were the same of the 124 "Special" first serie, fitted with (awful
and useless) beacks, the wheels were the same of the 21-01 model (and our
124), the interiors matched very much that of the 125 with race's 124 Sport
Coupè rounded clocks and identical 125 steering wheel.
The
Lada 1500 engine was the same of 21-01 model but growt to 1500cc and rating
70 Bhp. It had also the same upper single slide-valves cam shaft
arrangement driven by a metal chain (the same hybrid of the early 131s); the
cooling was provided by an electric fan. Suspensions are the same of the (modified)
Soviet models.
Both Seat 1430E and Lada 1500, in having the same 124 (Sedan) body
car, resembled very much their bigger derivative, the (Fiat) 125,
so much that they were often mistaked for her, specially the last by foreign
press, being called as "Russian-built Fiat 125".
The Lada 1500 is still in production at the Togliatti
factory plant, now re-designed AvtoVaz, with minimum changes. At
this stage, to avoid confusion, it must be known that the ONLY foreign 125
licence-built didn't were Spanish nor Russian: they were in fact Poland-built
(the famous Polsky-Fiat 125p) and Argentinian-built, this last by Fiat-Concord
(the local Fiat branch). Polsky-Fiat 125p & Fiat-Concord 125S
were "125" in all respects.
(continue)
FIRST
DERIVATIVE AND FOREIGN SISTERS Photo
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enlarge photos click on the miniatures
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1-Fiat
125 (1608cc, 90 Bhp, TC engine); |
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2-
Fiat 125 (1608cc, 90 Bhp, TC engine); |
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3-
Seat 1430E front view |
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4-
the new Seat 1430E secunda serie (Mk.II) |
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5-
racing Seat 1430E: noteworthy the lights & tail of the late 1972
Fiat 125 "special" model |
6:
Seat 1430E interiors, the same of the Italian 124 "Special T"
& Fiat 125 steering wheel |
7:
The Lada 1500: noteworthy both the 124 body & details and the 125's
look |
8:Lada
1500's tail, clearly resembling the Italian 124 "Special T" |
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9:
Lada 1500 dashboard & interiors: they are Fiat 125 inspired |
10:Side
view of a spinners' wheels lacking example: once more evident the 125
resemblance |
11:
Very fine front shot of a brand new Lada 1500, sporting an unmistakable
Fiat family feeling |
12:
lLada 1600/Zhigulì 21-06 today still in production at Togliatti's
AvtoVaz factory plant |
