Hello Fiat Lovers!
My Dad bought this 1987 Premier Padmini from my Chemistry teacher in 1996, who in turn had bought it 4 years earlier from the original owner, an advocate who is also known to us. The advocate's son, (I call him VS) runs an auto workshop in Nagpur and he suggested the car to my Dad when he wanted a Fiat. VS told me that he had himself driven the car from a showroom in Daman & Diu to Nagpur, as it was cheaper to buy it there in 1987.
After having learnt to drive in this car and taken my girlfriend (and now my wife) to countless dates and long drives, I decided that the Fiat's body need some serious TLC as it had started to show signs of rust. Mechanically the car is perfect having clocked 62,000 kms in the last 22 years.
I had the car's paint and upholstery stripped and gave her a complete new paint job and interiors. Fiat veterans, please post your criticism on the originality of the tail lamps, indicator lights etc. I do not know what came as original in 1987 and will be most happy to change anything that does not look original.
Mods: I had posted these pics when I joined Team BHP, but they had disappeared since the server they were on went down, so I am posting them again.
Click on the thumbnail to see the Padmini Pics page:
Please post your comments.
Cheers,
Rohit