Class: Cars, Hatchback — Model origin:
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◊ 2019-08-22 00:46 |
Custom-made cargo van |
◊ 2020-08-25 22:32 |
Or is it a rare Uno CS Van? Can't see if has the clamshell hood.. |
◊ 2022-08-12 00:08 |
For now I'm listing it as Van to split from the others. In early range we didn't get a Van version of the Uno (which came later with the CS, and then with the second series) but I know some other countries did. This could be either a foreign market version, possibly requested by some company, or a custom one. |
◊ 2023-11-12 19:42 |
Update on this, it seems that Moretti did some semi-official van conversion on first series Uno: |
◊ 2023-11-12 20:08 |
The Moretti conversion is based on the S. This one has got amber repeaters (could be replaced, anyway ). Not a CS by the fuel cap on the right (Brazilian Unos have it on the left) In some markets, an official (or maybe not?) Van model has been marketed https://www.flickr.com/photos/121263512@N04/18659243632 |
◊ 2023-11-12 20:52 |
Yes, I know, anyway was not unusual to outsorce low-volume or particular versions to coachbuilders or such the vans sold abroad could be prepared by the importer, too. Anyway, usually Moretti converted any requested version, so there could have been also a standard model This one looks a road agency car, so unlikely they sourced an export model, and maybe also a coachbuild one |
◊ 2023-11-14 00:39 |
Then maybe they ordered a conversion directly to Fiat, who could have in turn commissioned it to some external coachbuilder Something similar should have happened with the first panel van conversion of the Panda, ordered by the state-owned phone company and commissioned by Fiat to Maggiora, before becoming a regularly sold model -- Last edit: 2023-11-14 08:43:03 |
◊ 2024-01-03 22:58 |
Indeed finally I've found an image of the Maggiora conversion and it seems to match: https://giurally.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/c-uno-maggiora.png Like the Panda, it seems that the "official" Van conversion was indeed realized by Maggiora, and there were at least another one by Moretti. |