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Unusual Vintage Auto Design: The 1959 Fiat 600 Multipla Microvan
You know it's a quirky design when you can't immediately tell where the front of the car is
Something I love: Cars that look as if the designer has never seen a car before. That's praise, not an insult. If your brain wasn't clogged with 10,000 Instagram images of what a car is supposed to look like, what would you draw?
Enter a caption (optional)Designing something fresh was undoubtedly easier in the 1950s, prior to globalization and the internet. Take a look at this car that could only have come from mid-century Italy, the 1959 Fiat 600 Multipla:
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Enter a caption (optional)You know it's a quirky design when you can't immediately tell where the front of the car is.
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Enter a caption (optional)Note how the front bench seat is notched to provide room for/access to the shifter and parking brake.
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Enter a caption (optional)Incredibly, this car has a six-passenger capacity, with three rows of seating.
Enter a caption (optional)I'm really digging the upholstery, which I assume has been restored. Whether they have been replaced or not, the fabric patterns suit the car perfectly.
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Enter a caption (optional)Check this out: The spare tire is stored in the front passenger footwell!
Enter a caption (optional)With all of that passenger room, you may be wondering: Where's the engine?
Enter a caption (optional)It's in the back, of course.
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Enter a caption (optional)This car currently resides in California and is being sold for $42,000.
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Multipla is Klingon for more Gachkt.
The 1999-2004 Fiat Multipla is also weird. Perhaps even more so than this one.
"Baby, why are you sitting backwards in this car?"
- I love the roofrack; looks like wood slats arched which I imagine must cushion the load.
I think it's just an aftermarket rack from an air-cooled VW Beetle.