Barrett's #275 - Solved - Premier Padmini SAB-25 by Starline Auto Builders

barrett · March 28, 2012, 04:05:13 PM

What is the full name of this car, and which company built it for a point

foxawy · April 01, 2012, 06:42:23 AM

fiat ??

barrett · April 01, 2012, 09:17:51 AM

There is a connection, but this isn't actually a Fiat

foxawy · April 02, 2012, 05:15:13 PM

is it like a SW concept of fiat priemeir 118 NE or fiat 128 , coz they look alike.

barrett · April 03, 2012, 07:23:16 AM

Not quite, but you're getting a bit closer. Like I said before, not a Fiat...

foxawy · April 08, 2012, 04:29:37 AM

is it some Russian or Chinese rebuilt of a fiat??

barrett · April 08, 2012, 07:47:32 AM

Not Russian or Chinese

foxawy · April 08, 2012, 03:32:30 PM

it looks like some 3rd world country cheap builds , it not Egyptian is it ?? thought i would have noticed it

barrett · April 09, 2012, 09:55:47 AM

It does come from a developing country yes, but not Egypt.

Let's see if the Experts know

als15 · April 09, 2012, 10:47:08 AM

I'm quite sure that the base is an Indian Premier Padmini (local version of Fiat 1100 D), but I don't know this estate conversion.

barrett · April 09, 2012, 03:16:47 PM

Quite right, it is based on a Premier Padmini!

I'm feeling generous so I'll lock this for your next answer as it shouldn't be too hard to dig up the facts about this now

als15 · April 09, 2012, 03:26:47 PM

Thanks. And actually it was not so hard to find inormation on the web indeed.

It's built by SAB (Starline Auto Builders) and it should be a sort of prototype with 118NE parts (like the headlamps) to look a little bit more modern.

barrett · April 09, 2012, 05:07:04 PM

Exactly right, but you are missing one tiny piece of the puzzle

Premier Padmini SAB-XXXXXX by Starline Auto Builders

(The number of Xs is not the number of letters/numbers you are looking for!)

Still locked for you

als15 · April 09, 2012, 05:15:09 PM

It's noted somewhere as SAB-25, but I'm not sure this is the actual model name...

barrett · April 10, 2012, 01:34:42 PM

Yes, that's correct. This is a special long wheelbase version of SAB's more common estate car conversion on the Padmini base. I believe the '25' part relates to how much extra length has been added (in Centimetres, presumably). Like you said the headlights are from the later style 118NE but this isn't so much a prototype as a commercially available coachbuilt model - though built in very tiny numbers.

als15 · April 10, 2012, 01:41:51 PM

Interesting story.
Perhaps do you know if they ever made similar conversions (or anything else) on the base of the 118NE?

Carnut · December 08, 2015, 09:33:17 AM

Pictures have all gone; was this it?:

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Barrett's #275 - Solved - Premier Padmini SAB-25 by Starline Auto Builders