At my mechanic’s recently, I saw a really sweet old car, just seven years older (and way more interesting) than my first car — a 1965 Fiat. He allowed me to take a photo or two, and I ended up making a painting of it against an abstracted version of his shop.
What’s special about this car? It was the first Fiat Nuova 500 Coupe to be exported to America. In Italy, they had a different standard for placement of the headlights, so to comply with U.S. standards, they moved them to the right height without re-tooling the body. Result: the Frog-eyed Fiat!
This painting is now a part of the family of art and music at the Argonaut Garage! Thank you Jason!
my fiat looked like this
Not nearly as much fun, but it got great gas mileage when it ran! (Even better when it didn’t!)
Micaela Marsden 