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    1969 Fiat 500L: From Italy, with love

    Apr 25, 2022 5 minutes
    WITH BRIAN EARNEST

    Wayne Hayward loved his little 1969 Fiat 500L so much that he couldn’t leave it behind. He just had to bring it home with him — all the way across the Atlantic Ocean.

    Hayward drove the wheels off the tiny sedan while he lived and worked in Italy. He didn’t mind using a 50-year-old microcar as his daily transportation — even in the hills and snow of northern Italy. He had so much fun being squeezed behind the wheel that he brought it home to Plainwell, Mich., with the rest of his belongings.

    “I’ve had it since 2017. I bought it over in Italy … and I drove it back and forth every day for about 2-1/2 years,” Hayward notes. “I had it repainted over

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