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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart
First time I saw one of these was baxk in 1967 on trip to Acapulco. Thought it was something the hotel cobbled together. |
----Hey,,,I have one of these. Well, technically, I'm just the caretaker as it's my wife's Jolly. Original owner was Dr. Sam Shepard of "The Fugitive" fame. In a sense, Lee, they are cobbled together except by Ghia (note the Ghia emblem on the front fender). The CEO of Fiat (Agnelli) wanted a car to carry around the Mediterranean on his yacht so he would be able to get around wherever he was on land. His wealthy friends saw his and requested duplicates. In the end there were app. 600 Fiat Jolly 500's and 600's built. By looking at this one I can tell it's a US version, as is ours, as the US version had to have legal US lighting. Jolly fanatics call US versions "Frog Eye Jollys" for their googly eye appearance. I believe ours is somewhere in members rides, kindly done by our own Bruce Blythe. Jan would gladly have me locked up rather than sell it,,,LOL!....Bill S