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2024 Kingston Neighbourhood House Car Show

The organisers of 2024's Kingston Neighbourhood House Car Show must be really chuffed with the way the event turned out!  Not only was it very, very well attended with a wide variety of beautiful vehicles on display, the weather was unseasonably lovely for late April, too.    This stylish Fiat 124 CC proudly waved the flag for the Italian car industry alongside the Upper Middle Petrol Head X1/9.  They weren't the only Fiats present, though; there was another example, albeit heavily disguised ... . Admittedly, it was hard to pick it.  There was only one - four, in fairness - external clues to the mystery fourth Fiat’s identity.  Cromodora CD3s on a Morrie? Ok.  To actually call it a Fiat might be a stretch.  However, this gorgeous old Morris 1000 ute is arguably as much a Fiat as it is a product of the Nuffield Organisation - later Leyland - as it's running a 1600 cc twin cam engine, five-speed gearbox and the four wheel disc set-up from a Fiat 125.  And although it wasn’t e
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