The Fiat Nuova 500 was built from 1957 to 1975. The Fiat 500 Giardiniera estate was built from 1960 and later produced by Autobianchi until 1977.
The gardener = la Giardiniera was one of the FIAT Group's Nuova 500 models and had just 13.5 hp under the bonnet, later models had 18 hp. The kerb weight was only 555 kg, but with a length of just 3.18 metres, it was still possible to load over 300 kg!
I have been practicing vintage car photography for more than 35 years and here I mainly photograph normal everyday vehicles which were still on the road en masse over 30 years ago. But also cars with extraordinary, beautiful design. From time to time I take pictures of cars, .. Read more…