Sunday, June 10, 2012

Junkyard Find: 1980 Fiat 124 Sport Spider

In all my years of snouting around in junkyards, one thing has remained constant: a sprinkling of Fiat 124 Sport Spiders. They were fairly common in junkyards in 1983, and they're just about as common now. Where do these Fiats come from? Will the supply of forgotten project 124 Spiders ever run out? Here's the lastest example, a fuel-injected '80 I found in a Denver self-service yard.
Fiat switched from a carburetor to Bosch fuel injection in 1980. The 1995cc Fiat Twin Cam made 86 horsepower in 1980, which beat the hell out of the final-year MGB's 62.5 horsepower (I can't resist comparing all Malaise Era cars to the MGB, because of that hilarious half-horsepower).
This one has a not-so-terrible interior, which means it was stored indoors prior to its final tow-truck ride (the Colorado sun can obliterate a convertible's interior in a single summer).
I'm assuming these garish stripes were added on after the car's initial purchase, but you never know with Malaise Era machines.

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from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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