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<b>FLOWER POWER: </b>Dave Fall (pictured here) and his classic Fiat Nuova. All motoring scribblers have to start somewhere, don’t they! <i>Image: SUE FALL</i>
<b>FLOWER POWER: </b>Dave Fall (pictured here) and his classic Fiat Nuova. All motoring scribblers have to start somewhere, don’t they! <i>Image: SUE FALL</i>

My column earlier in March 2015 on the Citroen 2CV elicited quite a response from knowledgeable pals at my local watering hole because I'd overlooked Fiat (with its more successful Nuova 500D), a car that out-sold the bargain-priced Citroen by a fair margin – and in less time.

In Europe and Britain the original Fiat 500 was extremely popular in the 1950s and 60s – I have a photograph of my very own Nuova with yours truly alongside to prove it!

Back then, being paid measly printing-apprentice wages, I still managed to run a Triumph 500 Speed Twin motorcycle. A grumpy but soon-to-be father-in-law said: "...but if you want to continue taking out my daughter buy a conventional car and lose the bike."

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