652cc Inline-Twin Four-Speed Manual Transaxle Repainted Red Half-Length Black Fabric Sunroof Beige & Ivory Vinyl Upholstery Ivory-Finished 12" Steel Wheels "Frog Eye" Headlights Rear-Hinged Doors AM Radio & Alpine Stereo This 1958 Fiat Nuova 500 America was acquired by the seller’s father in the late 1950s while working as a mechanic for an import dealership in Millbrae, California, before founding his own Fiat repair business, Joe’s Fiat Service, in Redwood City.

Affectionately dubbed “Chicken” by the seller and their siblings, who struggled to pronounce the Italian as children, the 500 sat parked for a time before being refurbished at the family shop in the early 2000s.

Work involved a repaint and an interior re-trim as well as installation of a Fiat 126 652cc inline-twin and synchronized four-speed manual gearbox sourced from a relative outside of Budapest, Hungary.

The car was later sold to an author around 2006 and appeared in the 2011 book before being sold back to the sel...