Modded Premier Padminis (Fiat 1100)

moralfibre · 2nd April 2007, 10:32

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Originally Posted by triggercool

The most similar looking Fiat to the above examples in recent times is the one seen at Mumbai Speed Run 2007

I saw this car on Saturday. Its nicely done and the owner is soon planning to plonk a diesel engine into it.

zakaaaaasss · 2nd April 2007, 11:37

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Originally Posted by 300 KMPH

I saw Padmini with different wheels and the exhaust pipe was at left side not at right side. Has anybody saw like this Padmini??

,forgot to take a pic.

yep it featured in AC or OD few years back. the guy was studying in Pune then. its a nicely done up car with alloys, stickering all over, loud exhaust with 2 pipes coming out sideways, no bumpers, hella fogs, etc etc

madan80 · 2nd April 2007, 13:58

i saw a padmini with a cut up back, and a soft top. will see if i can find it again.

moralfibre · 2nd April 2007, 14:39

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Originally Posted by zakaaaaasss

yep it featured in AC or OD few years back. the guy was studying in Pune then. its a nicely done up car with alloys, stickering all over, loud exhaust with 2 pipes coming out sideways, no bumpers, hella fogs, etc etc

This is not the same car. The car you are talking about was made by Ajay Gandhi, the owner of Bike Clinic in Kothrud. The silver one is owned by a Bombay based guy named Kaizaad Engineer.

iraghava · 2nd April 2007, 14:55

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Originally Posted by moralfibre

I saw this car on Saturday. Its nicely done and the owner is soon planning to plonk a diesel engine into it.

Hmmm.... heard the current block is not strong enough or something, right?

zakaaaaasss · 2nd April 2007, 14:58

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Originally Posted by moralfibre

This is not the same car. The car you are talking about was made by Ajay Gandhi, the owner of Bike Clinic in Kothrud. The silver one is owned by a Bombay based guy named Kaizaad Engineer.

hmmmmmmm.....
btw, moral, do u have that AC/OD link by any chance?

moralfibre · 2nd April 2007, 15:08

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Originally Posted by iraghava

Hmmm.... heard the current block is not strong enough or something, right?

Thats right and I rephrase my statement "the owner is soon planning to plonk a Diesel block into it"

Ishan, you should try to be the official editor for Team-bhp or something

. News reaches you faster than anything.

scooby05 · 2nd April 2007, 16:14

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Originally Posted by Rtech

I remember Starline very well. I live just a few doors down from where it used to be. And now that you mention it, the car did have the starline plate riveted on the rear. Let me see if I can dig up an old photo of it. I'm sure i have one somewhere.

Starline Motors were Fiat dealers and they had come out with the Fiat Safari. they had 2 variants-- the normal and the 6 inches stretch!! they would buy the cars from Premier with the body shell seperate, rebuild the shell into a station wagon and then mount on. were built at their Belgaum bus body building factory. sold 100s of them in the '70s. not a bad job, BUT, youve seen how all the bodies crack at weld joints in b.e.s.t. buses and various bodies built on jeep chasis.
also had a catalogue of it, since one of my customers was using 5 of them at the same time!!! for the 5 brothers.
Not a collectors item though.

moralfibre · 2nd April 2007, 16:31

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Originally Posted by zakaaaaasss

hmmmmmmm.....
btw, moral, do u have that AC/OD link by any chance?

No sorry, I do not have the link.

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Originally Posted by scooby05

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Starline Motors were Fiat dealers and they had come out with the Fiat Safari.

Is it the same Starline which currently builds Bus coaches for BEST and other pvt. bus operators?

karlosdeville · 2nd April 2007, 22:28

saw this contraption at goa yesterday...belongs to an italian chappie running a restaurant...for sale at 20k...! Owner claims its a 54, which it obviously isnt, shes between 58 and 62...

iraghava · 3rd April 2007, 00:31

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Originally Posted by moralfibre

Ishan, you should try to be the official editor for Team-bhp or something

. News reaches you faster than anything.

Arrey I have been after the mods to give me editing rights, but alas!!!

moralfibre · 3rd April 2007, 07:54

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Originally Posted by karlosdeville

saw this contraption at goa yesterday...belongs to an italian chappie running a restaurant...for sale at 20k...! Owner claims its a 54, which it obviously isnt, shes between 58 and 62...

I had seen something similar done to a Padmini in Goa. I guess Goa is the place to be for chopped roof Fiats!

Modded Padmini in Goa

njrm2006 · 3rd April 2007, 14:42

The spit of calcutta was driven by a dude named niaz ali and prepared by a guy in bangalore called a d jayaram who was a racer as well

planet_rocker · 3rd April 2007, 16:33

yup it was driven by Mr Niaz Ali (brother of Nafisa Ali) ...but the car was prepared by Adi Irani.

secondly, its not spit of calcutta...

salilpawar1 · 4th April 2007, 22:09

Check these out...

Posing with the Stilo...

2nd April 2007, 13:58	#93
madan80 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 1,360 Thanked: 80 Times View My Garage	i saw a padmini with a cut up back, and a soft top. will see if i can find it again.
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2nd April 2007, 22:28	#100
karlosdeville Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 11,976 Thanked: 18,277 Times View My Garage	saw this contraption at goa yesterday...belongs to an italian chappie running a restaurant...for sale at 20k...! Owner claims its a 54, which it obviously isnt, shes between 58 and 62...
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njrm2006 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: bangalore Posts: 2 Thanked: 0 Times	The spit of calcutta was driven by a dude named niaz ali and prepared by a guy in bangalore called a d jayaram who was a racer as well
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3rd April 2007, 16:33	#104
planet_rocker Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bong-land Posts: 2,323 Thanked: 426 Times	yup it was driven by Mr Niaz Ali (brother of Nafisa Ali) ...but the car was prepared by Adi Irani. secondly, its not spit of calcutta... Last edited by planet_rocker : 3rd April 2007 at 16:34.
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4th April 2007, 22:09	#105
salilpawar1 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mumbai (MH-01) Posts: 852 Thanked: 247 Times View My Garage	Some more pics Check these out... Posing with the Stilo...
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