My 1958 Fiat Millecento (1100) had the throttle control which could be
"locked into position".
MG content follows:
The Millecento was what I used to trade in for my new OEW 1962 MGA 1600
MKII. After signing the contract at the dealer's showroom I went
outside, hopped in the Fiat to leave, and ooops, the Italian cousin of
Prince Lucas, obviously miffed by my actions, displayed the family trait
often mentioned by members of the MGS group. Duke Marelli would not
allow the starter to work. I put it in neutral, coasted around the
corner, out of sight of the folks in the showroom and my friends got out
of the car and gave me a good push to get it going. The next week I had
my new car and in the next two weeks one of my "pushers" purchased a red
MKII and the other purchased a Midget from the same dealer. end of MG
content ;-)
palte@gmx.net wrote:
> Bill wrote:
>
>
>> Friend has a Fiat 600 like that once. You could hunch over the wheel,
>> gripping it for all you were worth, foot trying to push the accelerator
>> through the
>> floor, doing your most impassioned imitation of Nuvolari, and the best
>> thing
>> about it is that no one around you in traffic would ever notice.....
>>
>> Bill
>>
>
>
> IIRC the Fiat 600 had as standard a manual throttle control,
> sort of predecessor to the CC, apart from the accelerator.
> But then, I may be wrong. I was only small kid at the time they
> embellished our roads here in Europe.
>
> Bert
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