For a long time, Belgian comic legend Gomer Goof drove all kinds of ridiculous vehicles until he came across an old, yellow/black 1925 Fiat 509 in 1964. Gomer ‘pimped’ his new acquisition with a sporty, chequered flag motif that he cut out of crossword puzzles.

The Fiat immediately plays an important supporting role in the many bumbling adventures of anti-hero Gomer. He was nicknamed ‘rheumatic tortoise’ because he is slow to get going, breaks down time and again and becomes a thorn in the side of the neighbourhoods overzealous traffic cop.

Even though the ever absent-minded Gomer drives his car at very slow speeds, he only has to drive over a turtle to end up on his roof, or over a banana peel to spin uncontrollably. When he is parked on a sloping street, the brakes fail. Every time Gomer gets into his Fiat, the consequences are incalculable.

Gomer, an early environmental activist, will transform his Fiat with various alternative energy systems in the course of his adventures. By converting it to gas, Gomer unwittingly creates a rocket launcher with which he torpedoes a police vehicle. Then he reinvents the coal gasifier, but when he arrives it has turned into a barbecue. Then he has an innovative hybrid idea: a propeller on the roof produces electricity that is stored in a battery, which then drives the propeller, which turns in the opposite direction to propel the Fiat, but that is without taking into account the strength of the Fiat's roof.

In the entire history of the automobile, no other car has ever caused such hilarious fear among passengers, colleagues, bystanders, the arm of the law and of course fans of Gomer Goof.