Fiat 500 Lizard 6×4 - The lizard – 1969
She is also knowned under the name of Fiat 500 Lizard or Ferrario Lizard 500.
It’s an Italian ATV, “beach vehicle” category, like Diane Méhari.
The prototype was built as a personal vehicle for recreational purposes by brothers Carlo Ferrario and Giuseppe Ferrario (born in 1916), former blacksmiths and owners of a petrol station in Albavilla (CO), and designed with the collaboration of Giuseppe Mauri. The prototype quickly proved to be a particularly interesting vehicle for original technical solutions and for extreme adaptability to alpine mule tracks, yes well 24 copies were built (from 1969 to 1974), all made to order.
The originality of this all terrain comes from the fact that many technical solutions come from other vehicles.
The bodies were manufactured by the body shop “Introzzi” de Lipomo (CO) and by that “Bodywork Alta Brianza”.
Fiat engine 500 F (500 cm3).
Fiat transmission 600 + specific transfer case.
4 rear-wheel, chain drive on the central hub, without protective cover, like on motorcycles.
Double hand brake system that allows turning on the spot with chains.
Total weight of 1 160 kg at full load
Curb weight of 800 kg
Length 300cm
Width 135cm
Note the 3 hand brakes of the Lizard !
the “Lizard” can also carry 4 people and 50 kg of luggage, at a maximum speed of 80 km / h on normal roads.
A version is kept at the Lan Motor Museum in Nashville, and a copy was for sale at the Retromobile show in Paris in February 2019 at the price of 22.500 €
Thanks to Virginie Maneval, Harry Cover, Vincent Chéroux and Eric Iglésias for their photos (and myself !).
An Italian version of 1974 with a front spare tire.
An Italian version with headlights of another type
The tracked version of the Retromobile show 2019
