{"id":19741,"date":"2016-10-28T09:49:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T07:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/fiat-1929-509a\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:46:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T10:46:59","slug":"fiat-1929-509a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/fiat-1929-509a\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiat, 1929, 509 A spider"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fiat “509 A spider”, 1929, Italy<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The launch of the 509 in 1925 was supported by Fiat with the creation of a company (SAVA<\/strong>) which financed the payment by instalments. Finally the car could be declared\u00a0accessible to<\/em>\u00a0everyone,<\/em> even though the majority of the population was still using the bicycle or at most, the motorcycle.
\nThe car shown in the museum has the\u00a0retractable\u00a0seat in the tail, playfully called \u201cthe mother-in-law seat<\/strong>\u201d.
\nThe car, still in original condition, was bought in 1930 by the Counts Cavazzocca of Verona,<\/strong> and after several owners it came back to its mother town in 1979, when it was acquired by the museum.<\/p>\n

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Luciano Nicolis<\/strong>\u00a0used to say:\u00a0\u201cThis car comes from Verona and was bought brand new by\u00a0Counts<\/strong>\u00a0Cavazzocca<\/strong>, it had the family symbol on the doors. It was borrowed by the son of the prefect of Verona for a trip to Bosco Chiesanuova with Miss Adele Galvani who lost her identity car, a real tragedy at the time. In the 80s I found it inside the storage compartment and I wanted to give it back to her. She was surprised – WHO STOLE IT? – she said… aged 70 she was still shaken”<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThanks to\u00a0the far possibility it gave to everyone to afford it, the 509 was a fascinating object for many.
\nIn the spring of\u00a01925, the 509 production began in the Lingotto assembly lines<\/strong>, the brand new factory inaugurated by Fiat in 1923.
\nThe\u00a0509 was a compact car (3,70 m x 1,42 m<\/strong>) with a\u00a03-speed gearbox and a 990cc engine <\/strong>and was warmly welcomed by drivers and the press.
\nThe 509 launch marked the beginning of the Italian mass motorization.<\/strong>\u00a0To encourage the sales, Fiat ran a promotional tour that started on May, 12st in Milan. Ten cars drove through the main Italian cities, driven by Felice Nazzaro<\/strong> and a new hire-purchase method from Sava<\/strong>”
\nTaken from\u00a0Storia Sociale dell\u2019Automobile in Italia<\/em>, Federico Paolini<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Shooting, I Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli, anni \u201980, Fiat 509<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<\/strong>Jerry Cal\u00e0, Umberto Smaila, Nini Salerno e Franco Oppini,\u00a0 phot taken near the Arena of Verona<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n