{"id":93558,"date":"2022-03-08T13:46:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T13:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/tom-hanks-and-his-polski-fiat-126p\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T09:04:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T09:04:16","slug":"tom-hanks-and-his-polski-fiat-126p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/tom-hanks-and-his-polski-fiat-126p\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks and his Polski Fiat 126p"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Run, Forrest, run!” Few film sentences are as closely associated with their corresponding actor as this one. Tom Hanks embodied Forrest Gump, a man with limited intelligence, in 1994. A second sentence is also familiar to every film fan: “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.” This quote can also be found on a metal plaque in a small car that is currently being auctioned. It still belongs to Tom Hanks and was a gift from the Polish town of Bielsko-Bia\u0142a, where the car came off the production line. Hanks has a weakness for Eastern European small cars like the Trabant or the “Maluch”. Maluch is Polish and means “little one”. It is synonymous with what is probably the most frequently built automobile in Poland, the Fiat 126p. Originally, the history of this model series began as the 126 in Italy. There, the newly developed vehicle replaced the classic Nuova 500 from 1972, retaining the rear-engine design and two cylinders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23 hp rear-engined small car<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Italian and Polish Fiat employees worked together on the design. They created a very angular body. The Nuova 500’s wheelbase of 1.84 meters was retained. On the other hand, the car offered more space inside due to its greater exterior length. In addition, the fuel tank was now located under the rear seat instead of in the front luggage compartment. A two-cylinder, four-stroke engine with 17 kW\/23 hp from a displacement of 595 cc worked in the rear. Power was transmitted to the rear axle via a four-speed gearbox with an unsynchronised first gear. From the end of the 1970s, Fiat Germany marketed the 126 as the Bambino. Steyr-Puch in Austria built the 126 under license until 1975 and in Italy it was produced until 1987, when the 126 BIS, a further development with a horizontally mounted, water-cooled engine and an additional boot above it, made its debut. The 126 BIS was produced parallel to the normal 126 in Poland. Production began there in 1973 and continued until 22 September 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n

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