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£90,459 (Est: £83,380 - £116,732)
Full history known from new 1960 FIAT 500 N Jolly
Belgium • 12 Oct 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1960 FIAT 500 N Jolly, with coachwork by Ghia, is a rare example with a known history, including being part of the L'Oréal family. Having undergone a preservation restoration and retaining many original features, it's a well-documented piece of Italian automotive history.
Condition
7
The car is described as being in very good condition, with only 30,000 kilometers driven. It had a preservation restoration, not a total reconstruction. There was a change of color and the canework seats were refurbished. The engine compartments and matte black boot remain in their original state.
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18,641 miles
LHD
Belgium
159442
1960
Auction
Description
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Delivered new in France • Ex-L'Oréal family • Rare, certified authenticity • Matching coachwork, engine and chassis numbers • Restoration file and presentation book available An object of pure luxury, created for the jet set, the Fiat 500 Jolly occupied a market segment all its own: beach cars.
This type of automobile, created by Ghia at Fiat's request with the 600 in 1958, found its best self in the Nuova 500.
Although it seems close to the standard version, in reality it was a real coachbuilder's car, the fruit of Gianni Agnelli's imagination, and handbuilt in the Carrozzeria Ghia atelier in Turin.
Elegantly converted into a cabriolet with neither doors nor roof, it was decked out with a canework interior, and adorned with a fine, canvas roof, with much more in common with a parasol than real protection from bad weather.
A luxury object, the Jolly was sold for a king's ransom and reserved to the jet set.
While Agnelli parked his on his yacht, the Agneta, others, like the US p...
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£20,215
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£54,434
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£133,240
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