•DELIVERED NEW IN GERMANY + •FULLY MODIFIED TO 'TR II' SPECIFICATIONS + •660 CC ENGINE + •PORSCHE SEATS AND INSTRUMENTS + •REGISTERED IN GERMANY + THIS RARE STEYR-PUCH 500D, A LICENSED VERSION OF FIAT'S UNIVERSAL NUOVA 500, WAS ORIGINALLY REGISTERED ON JUNE 14TH 1960 BY ITS FIRST OWNER IN FRANKFURT, WHO OWNED IT FOR FOUR YEARS. THE SUBSEQUENT OWNER KEEP IT UNTIL 1968 WHEN IT WAS REGISTERED IN BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY. OVER THE PAST YEARS THE CAR HAS BEEN RESTORED AND SIGNIFICANTLY MODIFIED TO GIVE IT THE FEATURES OF THE TR II SPORTS VERSION. THE ENGINE HAS BEEN UPGRADED FROM THE ORIGINAL 499CC TO 660CC AND FITTED WITH A PORSCHE HKZ IGNITION SYSTEM AND A WEBER 36 CARBURETTOR, WHILE THE SUSPENSION IS NOW OF THE STEYR-PUCH MONTE-CARLO TWIN TYPE. IN ADDITION, FIAT 126 SUSPENSION AND STEERING WERE INSTALLED, THE BRAKES CHANGED TO DUAL CIRCUIT, A STEYR-PUCH 700E ESTATE GEARBOX FITTED AND THE BATTERY MOVED FORWARD FOR BETTER WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION. PORSCHE SEATS (THOSE FROM A 914) WERE FITTED, AS WELL AS A GERSTL-SPORTS STEERING WHEEL AND PORSCHE INSTRUMENTS. ALL OF THESE UPGRADES WERE DULY REGISTERED ON THE GERMAN REGISTRATION PAPERS. PAINTED IN A SPICY RED WITH A BLACK INTERIOR, YET UNDESCRIBED, THIS CHARMING 'POCKET ROCKET' WILL SURELY GIVE ITS DRIVER A LOT OF PLEASURE. THIS UNIQUE CAR IS BEING SOLD WITH ITS OLD ORIGINAL (EXPIRED) KRAFTFAHRZEUSBRIEF AND GERMAN REGISTRATION PAPERS.
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