He turned his Fiat 600 into a limousine – Notife

He turned his Fiat 600 into a limousine – Notife


Omar Sifuentes, a 44-year-old hairdresser from Neuquén, is about to fulfill one of his biggest dreams. Since he was young, when other children wanted a Family Sport or an all-terrain bike, he wanted to own a Fiat 600, one of the cars that revolutionized the Argentine car industry since 1960, although they often showed signs of rust and Wao. need to be pushed to the streets.

When he started working and managed to save money, he decided to return to his childhood dreams and bought one of his sons a Fiat 600. He also gave another Fiat 600 to his brother, who, like him, was very fond of these cars.

According to LM Neuquén, in 2019 he started working on his personal project, which had the support of his wife, Taty, and his children. Their goal was to build a limousine with two Fiat 600s, a crazy and risky project but with many challenges. He bought a Fiat 600 in Cipolletti, which would be the basis of the project and which also had a special history, as it was previously owned by the mother of the famous boxer Ringo Bonavena.

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“With the Fiat 600, which belonged to Ringo’s mother, and two helmets that were given to me by the builder of Roca, I started to work. I did everything myself, with the help of my family, my brother and builders and mechanics who guided me. I left some details visible to make it look like it was a project done by someone who was learning along the way”. Omar said.

In the workshop in Allen, where the owners gave him space, Omar takes advantage of every Monday without knives to work on what he loves most. “limofitina” has 4 doors, one of which opens like a seagull’s wing. Six people can travel inside and, due to the extra weight of the extended body, he plans to install a 1100 cm³ Fiat 128 engine in the future.

“At Fiat 600 meetings, I met very different people, with exciting stories. The human quality of those who drive Fiat 600 is unique. When I stopped on the road with my son’s Fiat 600 to talk on the phone, he always ” They stopped several to make sure that everything is fine. What the Fiat 600 makes is unmatched. It’s a very nice and unique little car,” added Omar, who is part of a group of Fiat 600 enthusiasts called “Renegados del 600.”

If everything goes as expected, in a few months Omar’s “limofitin” will be circulating on the streets and roads of the region.