Late 70s Fiat Convertibles

"hedbutter" (hedbutter) 02/16/2016 at 21:21 • Filed to: None

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Oppo- Does anyone have any tips on late 70s fiats? Theres one locally that appears to have most of the body work finished, but still needs mechanical, electric, and put back together for a decent price.

Update to my stable below (removed BRZ and 98 Cherokee for a 15 Sierra and a 15 RZR 1000 (the white one))

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > hedbutter 02/16/2016 at 21:48

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Are the RZR’s worth the cost?

Birddog > hedbutter 02/16/2016 at 21:53

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Most restorations for that type of car requires more money than they’re worth.

Nice RZR, I hope to have one one day.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > hedbutter 02/17/2016 at 10:05

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Buy, buy, buy! Malaise Fiat 124's are great cars, fairly simple to maintain and look great.

hedbutter > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/17/2016 at 13:13

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I’m on the fence with it right now. I love riding it and its a ton of fun, but I’ve barely had any time to do it so far. If you have the time to ride it, definitely worth it, I’ve just started traveling a ton more, and lost time to ride it. I’m hoping to change that this summer.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > hedbutter 02/17/2016 at 14:38

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I’d love one for Tennessee. Hard to justify owning a nice off road vehicle because everything is brush.

hedbutter > Birddog 02/17/2016 at 16:02

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Yeah, I figured I may not get out what i put into it, but it ticks a lot of boxes for a fun car (convertible, manual, easy to work on, etc) that could be a fun and relatively easy project.

hedbutter > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 02/17/2016 at 16:02

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I’m going to be giving him a call today/tomorrow. Thanks for being a good (bad) influence, hahaha.

hedbutter > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/17/2016 at 16:07

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Yeah, it’ll definitely get scratches and everything, but that’ll happen to anything. My brother has had his for almost a year doing mostly woods/trail riding, and he’s had 0 issues that werent caused by the driver, haha.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > hedbutter 02/17/2016 at 20:26

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If you can find one with little to no rust, they are pretty easy cars to maintain...don’t own one, but they are fairly simple, mechanically. Parts are easily available as well!

hedbutter > hedbutter 02/19/2016 at 09:29

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I called about it Wednesday but haven’t heard anything back yet. I’ll try again early next week.

hedbutter > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 02/19/2016 at 09:30

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Yeah, it doesnt appear to have anything major from the handful of craigslist pictures. I’m not close enough to it until next week to take a look, but i’ll most likely try and see it (if they answer the phone).