1925 Fiat 505 Coupe de Ville
Fiat 505 - 1925
Cylinder number / capacity - 4/2296 сс
Power - 33 bhp at 2600 rpm
Max speed - 80 kph
Period of production - 1919-1925
Numbers built - 17753
Type body - Coupe de Ville
Marque bodywork - Fiat
The Fiat 505 model was introduced in 1919, the same year of the 501, but it offered wider dimensions and higher cubic capacity. It fulfilled the requirements of more demanding clients looking for a more accurate bodywork. It was a royal car: it is proved by the images of the journey in Rome of the English Royal Family, carried by a Fiat 505. The coupè de ville was basically a saloon body with a division between the front and rear compartment; if necessary, the driver’s compartment could be protected by a rolling up top.
The car shown in the museum has some specifications which will become standard in the following 507 series, as the low-pressure tyres and the front brakes. This car was sold in Milan in 1925 to a count and was then bought in 1933 by someone living in Malavicina, in the Mantua province, who used it for his honeymoon. Then, as was typical in those days, due to economic problems, the car was cut and converted into a grain treatment appliance, maintaining, however, all its rear part. It entered the collection in 1972, following a scrupulous restoration to its original conditions.
Cylinder number / capacity - 4/2296 сс
Power - 33 bhp at 2600 rpm
Max speed - 80 kph
Period of production - 1919-1925
Numbers built - 17753
Type body - Coupe de Ville
Marque bodywork - Fiat
The Fiat 505 model was introduced in 1919, the same year of the 501, but it offered wider dimensions and higher cubic capacity. It fulfilled the requirements of more demanding clients looking for a more accurate bodywork. It was a royal car: it is proved by the images of the journey in Rome of the English Royal Family, carried by a Fiat 505. The coupè de ville was basically a saloon body with a division between the front and rear compartment; if necessary, the driver’s compartment could be protected by a rolling up top.
The car shown in the museum has some specifications which will become standard in the following 507 series, as the low-pressure tyres and the front brakes. This car was sold in Milan in 1925 to a count and was then bought in 1933 by someone living in Malavicina, in the Mantua province, who used it for his honeymoon. Then, as was typical in those days, due to economic problems, the car was cut and converted into a grain treatment appliance, maintaining, however, all its rear part. It entered the collection in 1972, following a scrupulous restoration to its original conditions.
