• This 1980 Zastava 750 SE is today’s Bring a Trailer auction pick.
• The diminutive, no-frills car is based on the Fiat 600 and was produced in Yugoslavia from the mid-1950s to the mid-1980s.
• The car is located in California, and the auction ends on Monday, July 18.
The classic Fiat 500 and the related Fiat 600 radiate a certain La Dolce Vita Mediterranean summer cool, but if they’ve grown common in the resort city where you keep your megayacht, you might consider this Zastava 750 instead.
Up for sale right now on Bring a Trailer—which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos—this Zastava looks adorable in its resprayed powder blue with a white interior. It’s also charmingly simple: Note the crank windows, two-spoke steering wheel, and painted metal dash.
The Zastava is essentially a rebadged Fiat 600. It could also be considered the proto-Yugo, as it was built in the former Yugoslavia for three decades starting in 1955—first as the 600, then the 750, and lastly as the 850. This later model features front-hinged doors and, as an SE, wrings 30 rather than 25 horsepower from its rear-mounted 767-cc four-cylinder engine, which is paired with a four-speed manual transaxle.
This example is said to have undergone some restoration work prior to the current owner’s purchase of the car in Croatia. It’s now located in California, where the engine was rebuilt and the water pump replaced. It would appear this Zastava is ready to turn heads, whether at the next Yugoslavian imports meetup or puttering around the harbor at your next port of call.
Bidding is currently at $4200 with five days to go before the auction ends on Monday, July 18.
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