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| Sport Coupe 1968 Fiat 124 Original 4 Restoration |
Ad Number: 502885 | Printer Version |
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$2,995.00 obo |
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Carnation , Washington US |
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68FIATCP01 |
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October 29, 2009 |
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November 28, 2009 |
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| Vehicle Specifics |
| Year: 1968 |
Make / Model: Fiat 124 |
| Mileage: -- |
Title Status: Clear |
| Engine: 4 cyl. Transmission: Manual |
Exterior Color: Original YellowTan |
| Doors: 2 |
Interior Color: Original Black |
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| Vehicle Description |
Sport Coupe! 1968 Fiat 124 -Original, Complete for Restoration - $2995
A vew solid, very low mileage original single headlight sport coupe. Original paint and interior. Barn-find, ready to restore. Straight body, rust in places but very workable body. Engine and trans out of car. SOme spares. Rare car. $2995/. Clear title. Located in Carnation, WA1968 (Titled as a 1969) Fiat 124 Sports coupe. View photos at this website: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31392838@N04/sets/72157621229447966/Just in! A vew solid, very low mileage original single headlight sport coupe. Original paint and interior. Barn-find, ready to restore. Straight body, rust in places but very workable body. Engine and trans out of car. Some spares. Rare car. $2995/. Clear title. Located in Carnation, WA. Call Jim at 425-985-4259. Can help ship anywhere at low cost.
Located in Carnation, WA at Giordano's Vintage Motors. We Buy, Sell, Consign and Trade Sports, Muscle, Collector Cars and Rods, and older Motorcycles, Parts, Memorabilia and collectables. Come visit our indoor showroom or view our inventory online at www.giocars.com. We buy and consign cars with very competitive consignment rates, and we can help value your collector car if you are wondering what your gem is worth. We are located at 4501 Tolt Avenue, Carnation, WA 98014. You can email or call us at 425-333-5600. We hope to hear from you! This advertised price is available for one week from posting date. VIN posted at dealership
History and Magazine Article about the Early Sport Coupes: Fiat 124 Coupé was an Italian car produced from 1967 in three models: the AC, BC, and CC. Some popular accounts put the AC as the prettiest and most sought after by collectors. The AC were the lightest cars with the best handling. The BC series actually came with softer suspensions. This was remedied with the CC series in 1973. Engine wise, the AC started with the 1,438 cc, then grew to 1,608 in the BC. The CC was first officially offered with the 1,592 cc and then 1,756 cc (some early CC left the factory with left over 1,608 cc engines). The four cylinder, twin overhead cam engine was designed by ex-Ferrari engineer Aurelio Lampredi. Other mechanical tidbits include a 5 speed gearbox and disc brakes all round. When it was released many of these features were only found on exotic sports cars with much higher prices.
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mExtracts from July, 1969 issue of Car and Driver magazine review of the 1969 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe.
(See: http://jbwebsalbum4.home.mindspring.com/fiat/fiatcd.htm)
GT cars are meant to have something out of the ordinary in the engine room and the Fiat is right in step with the image.
The Coupe has the same engine as the Spider, a double overhead cam 4-cylinder with a miserly-by-current-standards
1438cc displacement.
From the outside it's a ninth magnitude piece of Italian workmanship with voluptuous cast aluminum cam covers, an
artistically streamlined cast iron exhaust header that breathes into two pipes, and an externally mounted rubber cam
drive belt that can be fun to watch if that is your pleasure. A Weber 2-bbl with a vacuum-operated secondary lets the fuel
in - premium in this case to satisfy the 8.9-to-one compression ratio. According to the directions, 96 horsepower await
you at 6500 rpm, and the Italians, with their fun-while-it-lasts attitude, hold off on the redline until 6800 rpm.
The little engine is smooth and willing from idle right on up, but it is a little short on muscle below three grand. At the high
end of the scale the Fiat is right peppy and the newly available 5-speed transmission makes it easy to stay up there in
the power range if you want to.
Fiat first introduced its 124 Sports cars, the 5-speed was reserved for the Spider. Now it's optional in the coupe and a
very worthwhile device it is. First gear in the 5-speed is higher numerically than in the 4-speed for slightly improved
acceleration. Since the rear axle ratio remains 4.10 with either transmission, the 0.91 fifth gear is effectively an overdrive
which no doubt improves fuel economy - but its chief virtue is quieter cruising. Our only major complaint when we tested
the 124 Spider (C/D, August, 1968) was the vague operation of the shifter, but that is a thing of the past. The basic shift
pattern now feels very much like a good 4-speed. To get into fifth requires a long throw against a noticeably stiff spring to
your right and forward. Reverse, located just to the rear of fifth, is virtually impossible to engage accidentally because you
have to lift the lever before you can get into that slot.
As the drive train is carried over from the Spider so is the suspension. |
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