Can anyone identify these classic Italian rear lights??

[dave de roxby]

Hi Folks,

I bought these rather attractive 50's/60's? rear light clusters a couple of years back to go on an Italian styled roadster I had planned to build - another pipe-dream! The bloke I bought them from said they had been used on several Italian low volume classics including Alfa, Lancia, Maserati and Ferrari - but I've never been able to find out which - if any. Could be off a Fiat truck for all I know!

Anyway, I want to advertise them and would like to mention their true heritage.

They are marked Altissimo 334.01.81 (right) and .91 (left)

I know you guys are up for a challenge - does anybody know

[Hooli]

Google only gives this thread so I can't help

[dave de roxby]

Hooli said:

Google only gives this thread so I can't help

Bin googlin all afternoon but nothing definate yet. There's a guy on USA Ebay got something similar which relates to Ferrari 250's but, having looked at a few 250 pics, don't think mine are quite the same.

I've noticed there is a 'BS' mark on the brake lenses - a clue? Maybe were on a car supplied to UK market.

Similarly, have been told they may be off a Fiat 1200/1500 Cabriolet - but again, nope, no quite the same as far as I can see.

Thanks for looking! Someone must know. Does Altissimo still exist as a company?

[mxspyder]

Looks like a .91 was sold here, and it says Fiat 500 - but no year

http://fr.miracleshopper.com/eAO-360208868457-fiat...

Heres some on a Fiat 500 estate (who knew these existed?)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MHV_Fiat_500_Gia...

Another picture:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/89808526@N00/43753912...

And another..

http://www.autobelle.it/annunci/dettid.php?gb_id=7...

So that’s my lot, I think it’s a Fiat 500 Giardiniera circa 1963

Hope that helps!

[BenMk3]

Pistonheads, is there any question we can't answer?

[dave de roxby]

mxspyder said:

Looks like a .91 was sold here, and it says Fiat 500 - but no year

Thanks Mate! You're right! Fiat 500! And there's me thinking they're off a Ferrari!! I was done!

Truly grateful.

Now, does anyone need a couple of rear lights for a Fiat 500???

[mxspyder]

Try your luck here

http://500enthusiasts.proboards.com/index.cgi?

Good luck!

[dave de roxby]

Thanks mxspyder. You're a pal!

[Pistom]

Are you sure they are Fiat 500?

[mxspyder]

No, but if you look at the pictures of the Fiat 500 Giardiniera they look similar.

[RDMcG]

Here is another 500 pic from a car near me......

[RDMcG]

Here is another 500 pic from a car near me......

[FraserLFA]

dave de roxby said:

Could be off a Fiat truck for all I know!

mxspyder said:

You were right!

[dave de roxby]

FraserLFA said:

dave de roxby said:

Could be off a Fiat truck for all I know!

mxspyder said:

You were right!

Yep! I'm happy these are from the early Fiat 'Giardiniera'.

Just wondered what this Italian name meant. Did a bit of research and it seems it means either 'from the garden' or 'spicy vegetable soup'.

So I suppose in UK they could have been marketed as the Fiat Compost or the Fiat Scotch Broth!

[LordBretSinclair]

They are not hugely dissimilar to those from the good old MGB

[dave de roxby]

LordBretSinclair said:

They are not hugely dissimilar to those from the good old MGB

It's true - so much copying going on in those days. Can think of so many examples - grilles, wheel spats, fins, you name it! But has anything changed? Cars have developed into very different shapes - but how different is a modern Jag from a BMW from an Audi?

[mgtony]

Lights spotted on this thread page aswell.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[dave de roxby]

mgtony said:

Lights spotted on this thread page aswell.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Thanks Tony. I've just listed mine on ebay.

[AndrewW-G]

Similar to the lights used on some Ferari 250's, but a little too different to fit