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Originally Posted by moralfibre  1100D,
AFAIK, there are only cosmetic differences separating all models. They ran the same engines all through. Some minor cosmetic differences that I can point out after seeing your garage and Karl's President are:
1) The side trim (side patti) is different.
2) The front windscreen has a rubber frame in the president. Your car has a metal piping.
3) The side indicators on both cars were same but now after seeing your garage its different  . The original side indicators are here - President
4) The front grills are noticeably different in your car and the President.
5) I guess you altered the direction in which your wipers move? They should always move as if designed for a Left hand drive.
Phew thats what I learnt from Karl. He takes classes filled with gaalis to teach very often! |
Dont hold my car as standard!! I did not see any point in keeping the original trimmings as is. So
- Side Patti is the same on the 1100d and the president (I have it sitting at home!! its made of antimony).
- 1100d did not have the metal garnish on the windscreen rubber (that garnish serves no other purpose than being cosmetic!)
- corner markers , the same story, Original ones were round. However changed that to clear lens units from Zen.
- The Grille too in our car is not original (in a sense that it did not come with the car), it had a different 1100d grill which someone stole and it has the Aluminium 1100d grill. This grill is different from the President's. So the Grille alone is a differentiator. (The Fiat Logo is original, so is the 1100d moniker)
- The Wiper was retrofitted to operate the other way as I used to face a lot of problem driving in our Kolkata Monsoon.
Karl had pointed me to fit the originals on earlier, but I am in no mood for doing that, However, I am NOT parting with the original trim bits either, including the Bumper protectors and the Hubcaps!
Anyway did you forget the Quarter glass? Such a horrible thing it was, used to cause a lot of blind spots while cornering.
One more important thing, Does anyone know Maxwell toys?