Registration No: HWD 978L
Chassis No: 3083717
MOT: September 2025

• Subject to a comprehensive overhaul between 2017 to 2019
• On offer from a significant private collection
• Offered with a fresh MOT and service in preparation for sale

The Fiat Jolly was the brainchild of playboy industrialist Gianni Agnelli. According to legend, he wanted a car that would serve as a land tender but also fit on the back of his 82ft ketch, the Agneta, as he cruised the Mediterranean Sea, and the first public sighting came on Ghia's stand at the 1957 Turin Motor Show. Notably expensive considering its lack of luxury, it cost around double that of a standard 500 and was bought by the rich and famous (Aristotle Onassis, Yul Brynner, President Tito, Grace Kelly, Mae West, Lyndon B Johnson) as yacht tenders, golf carts and estate runabouts.

Italy’s innumerable beachfront cities and resorts quickly resulted in a brisk trade in 'beach buggy' conversions of regular cars by the many specialist coachbuilders throughout Italy at the time. The specialist synonymous with these conversions was Carrozzeria Ghia, who gained notoriety for their Jolly conversions on Fiat’s 500, 600, Multipla and Giardiniera platforms.

First registered on 4^th August 1972, little is known about the early history of ‘HWD 978L’; however, it is known to have been subjected to a comprehensive overhaul by the previous owner between 2017 and 2019 which involved the enlistment of several Fiat specialists’ services. The vendor, who has accumulated a significant private collection and is unsurprisingly known for his fabulous sense of humour, purchased the Jolly in 2019 and has used it sparingly around his local area of Suffolk whilst living the life of the international jet-set as unforgivably as possible. As a car for ‘high days and dry days’ in the truest sense, the little Fiat had only covered very few miles since the restoration before dehumidified storage. The vendor rates its condition as 'excellent’ all around, noting that the twin-cylinder power unit is yet to be fully 'run-in'. Now offered to market due to a major thinning down of the vendor’s collection, the cute little Fiat is offered with a UK V5C and is said to be ready for any beach-side adventure.

For more information, please contact:
Lucas Gomersall
lucas.gomersall@handh.co.uk
07484 082430