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The master's MEB is back in his garage

Name: Fiat Meister Spezial 1961
Brand: Fiat

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Created on August 5, 2015

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Daniel Reinhard

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Daniel Reinhard

Garage Meister

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Daniel Reinhard

Garage Meister

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - cleaned and provisionally brought up and running

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - beautifully fitted lights

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - successful appearance without doors

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - relatively long rear overhang

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - successful overall design

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - View into the cockpit

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - two windshield wipers

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - clearly laid out dashboard

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - Original Fiat

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - small water temperature display

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - unlabeled switches

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - which was more important, the speed or the tank capacity?

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - the windshield was probably a special production

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - Fittings

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - impressively large fuel gauge

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - the radiator is shifted far to the rear

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - the four-cylinder engine is installed longitudinally

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - powerful snout

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - air vents, as used in other racing cars of the time

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - clearly not plastic

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - a lot of work awaits the restorer here

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - hood hinges

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - similar indicators were also available from Volkswagen

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - the leather is still there

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - the hood is closed with leather straps

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - a reminiscence of Cisitalia?

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - Disc wheels

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - are the tires still from the fifties?

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - generous rear section

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - generous rear fins

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - narrow tires

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - tail fins were en vogue at the time

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - Tail fin

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - round rear lights

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Fiat Meister Special from 1961 - pictures from back then

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - how the car was found again

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - there's a lot to clean here

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - partially cleaned

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - Mrs. Meister is happy about the reunion

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - modern cleaning technology gets to grips with old dirt

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - the dirt of decades is washed away

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - cleaned and ready for new deeds

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Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - gelungene Erscheinung ohne Türen

Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - relativ langer Überhang hinten

Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - gelungenes Gesamtdesign

Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - Blick ins Cockpit

Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - zwei Scheibenwischer

Fiat Meister Spezial MEB (1961) - übersichtliches Armaturenbrett

Summary

Thanks to a "wanted ad" on Zwischengas, a prototype, built on a Fiat 1100 chassis, found its way back to the original owner family. The unique car will be completely restored over the next few years. This report portrays the barn find and tells the story up to the present day.

This article contains the following chapters

The Meister is back
Found thanks to the internet
Tears of joy
Appearance in the Corso
Restoration

Estimated reading time: 4min

Preview (beginning of the article)

On March 13, 2012, the following "wanted ad " was published on Zwischengas : "We are looking for the MEB (Meister-Eigenbau) from 1961. This Fiat-based sports car was built between 1959 and 1961 at the Meister garage in Lenzerheide. According to notes, it is assumed that the vehicle was (probably) presented with the new bodywork in Chur in April 1961. The "Meister" is based on a Fiat 1100 chassis built before 1953. The engine comes from the car crashed by Pastor Giulio Bondolfi in Lenzerheide. According to existing notes, this 1,200 cm3 engine had two carburetors (presumably retrofitted); originally it had been equipped with a Weber double downdraft carburetor.

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