Fiat X1/9

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
02/16/2019 at 00:30 • Filed to: Craigslist

This car is entirely new to me, but reminds me quite a bit of my beloved del Sol. I know better than to open Craigslist after midnight, but here we are.

Not a big fan of this color scheme, but it certainly sounds like the current owner has gone to great lengths to take proper care of it. Intriguing.

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Update : Speaking of, this is for s ale locally too. Oh man oh man oh man.

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DISCUSSION (19)

Just Jeepin' > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 00:42

And then I remember I have a bad back and probably can no longer wrangle that del Sol hard top. Sad.

WilliamsSW > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 00:47

That Fiat is tiny. Saw one last year, weaving in and out of traffic on the Kennedy near OHare at rush hour. Pretty sure the driver had a death wish.

ttyymmnn > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 00:48

There was a bright green one that parked across from my house in the late 70s. I was obsessed with it. I thought it looked like something out of Star Wars. Much later , I learned that it basically had a sewing machine for a motor. But it’s still a sharp car.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 00:51

That sounds like a hell of a lot of fun per dollar if it’s really rust free. These things handle like you wouldn’t believe, and the engine mods will make a big difference.

facw > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 00:52

Oppo has an X1/9! Oppo Meet Wales was a bit unkind to it :

Kinja'd!!!

Though it did earn a sticker:

Kinja'd!!!

And it got fixed !

Kinja'd!!!

Just Jeepin' > facw
02/16/2019 at 01:00

Oof. Glad it recovered.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 01:04

There is one that color in a junk yard near me. Well about 30 percent of it. I’ve thought about going and getting it’s Bertone badges.

Just Jeepin' > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/16/2019 at 01:09

Was it manufactured by Fiat or Bertone?

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 01:14

Wiki says it was manufactured by FiST until 81 and then by Bertone 82 on. Weird

Just Jeepin' > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/16/2019 at 01:16

Sorry, I meant the one in the junkyard.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 01:17

Oh I have know idea.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 05:19

I would have that idiot Fiat over the Honda anyway. Back in the day every good eccentric uncle had an X19 and swore blind that it was brilliant...and I so wanted to be an eccentric uncle.

InFierority Complex > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/16/2019 at 05:23

Fiat ceased production of both the X1/9 and 124 Sport Spider in 81. Malcolm Bricklin (of Subaru of America, the Bricklin SV-1, and Yugos) made a deal with Bertone to keep up production for several more years but under the Bertone brand. He did similar with the now Pininfarina Spider Azzur a.

It means for a brief period in the mid-80s you had a choice of three affordable mid-engine cars at once, the MR2, Fiero, and the X1/9!

InFierority Complex > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 05:28

My dad bought one new in 1974 and still has it. Mid engine and by all accounts you would be hard pressed to find a better handling and fun to drive car. No horsepower but it’s not like it needed much.

AT the very least that gold is very of its time.

InFierority Complex > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 05:54

Wonder if someone has a kit for the Del Sol power roof option available in other markets? I guess you could just never bother with and and just have a coupe?

I would note that the X1/9 is also a targa.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 07:20

I quite like that X1/9! Would make a fun little car...lots of stories of them being unreliable, but they don’t seem that bad and wouldn’t be too hard to work on! Parts aren’t too hard to find either!

Cé hé sin > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 07:29

Both, over the years.

Cé hé sin > Just Jeepin'
02/16/2019 at 07:30

Ooooh, I remember those. Sadly they didn't like a damp climate because Fiat.

Just Jeepin' > InFierority Complex
02/16/2019 at 08:20

Yeah, I’d have to try the Fiat to see how heavy it is.

I’m not particularly interested in anything I can’t remoce the top on, although the power rear window on the del Sol is a great feature independently of the top.