Description
Is this not the cutest little car you have ever seen? This is a 1971 Fiat 500 Vignale Gamine, Mint Green with Cream Interior, UK supplied, Right Hand Drive, Fully Restored with a huge recent expenditure and available now for a really great price! Our car was purchased from Hexagon Classics in 7 years ago for £35, 000 and then the fastidious owner spent a further £15, 000 on the car including a 650cc engine upgrade with all Synchro Gearbox and Front Disc Brake Conversion! So here is the most beautiful little gamine in the most beautiful colour scheme and she has only covered 12k Miles from new!
Frixos Demetriou was a successful casino owner in Cyprus and the owner of the Olympic Gaming Club in London. While in Milan his flight to Athens was diverted, he spotted an unusual looking car by the airport and on enquiry discovered that it was a Fiat 500 Gamine Vignale. The Gamine was a small two-seater roadster produced by Carozzeria Vignale from 1967 to 1971, based on the Fiat 500 platform using the two-cylinder air-cooled engine from the 500 Sport. Demetriou was looking to diversify his business interests and sensing an opportunity he returned via Turin, securing the rights to sell Vignale products in the UK. He bought 200 cars upfront, paying with cash and committed to buy the next six months production if Vignale would manufacture the car in right hand drive form. The Gamine two-seater was well received, becoming trendy with the Chelsea set, even nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow owned one
Our car has been immaculately restored throughout and completely re-trimmed, this is possible the nicest Gamine ever offered for sale! We have historic MOT's going back to the mid seventies showing the mileage creeping up to the current 12k from new, which may well be the original mileage covered from new! So here we have the loveliest Gamine, a real jewel, in the nicest colours, with a fortune spent, with invoices on file, she goes like a rocket and is ready for her next proud owner!
