My 75 Fiat 124 sport spider
Discussion
It’s a car I’ve admired since a friends Dad had one in the late ‘80s. Being a Fiat and Abarth addict led me to buy my 75 1800 a year ago. It joins my 130TC Strada that’s nearing completion.
It’d always been part of my long term plan to get a Spider, to the extent that I bought an original set of mag CD30s four years before I bought the car, then found one that already had them.
It’s running twin 40s and the plan is squeeze a bit more out of it with hi comp pistons and a 130TC head.
It’d always been part of my long term plan to get a Spider, to the extent that I bought an original set of mag CD30s four years before I bought the car, then found one that already had them.
It’s running twin 40s and the plan is squeeze a bit more out of it with hi comp pistons and a 130TC head.
Wow, that looks fantastic. 
Those 70s Lampredi Fiat twin-cam engines are great!
My 2nd car was a 125 with a 1600, then I had a 132 1800ES.
I looked at a 1600 Spyder in the late 70s that was up for sale by a bomb-site trader in SW London, but it wasn't exactly as described!
Then I looked at a BC 1800cc Coupe, which was presented as a bin! So being 20 I bought a Rover V8 instead.
It just seems a shame I didn't find a good Fiat 124 twin-cam.
Those 70s Lampredi Fiat twin-cam engines are great!
My 2nd car was a 125 with a 1600, then I had a 132 1800ES.
I looked at a 1600 Spyder in the late 70s that was up for sale by a bomb-site trader in SW London, but it wasn't exactly as described!
Then I looked at a BC 1800cc Coupe, which was presented as a bin! So being 20 I bought a Rover V8 instead.
It just seems a shame I didn't find a good Fiat 124 twin-cam.
Always liked these ever since they came out.
I have had 2 Alfa 156s, but now have a Volvo.....!!
I still take an interest in Italian cars though !
Just an observation, but is the car on standard springs ?
It just seems to sit a bit high in the photos......or is it that we are used to seeing modern cars that are 'lower'
Lovely Fiat...more pics of the engine and interior please !
I have had 2 Alfa 156s, but now have a Volvo.....!!
I still take an interest in Italian cars though !
Just an observation, but is the car on standard springs ?
It just seems to sit a bit high in the photos......or is it that we are used to seeing modern cars that are 'lower'
Lovely Fiat...more pics of the engine and interior please !
It could def do with being an inch or two lower to close the gap on the arch. Another one for the improvement list, together with a bit more power and more urgently a distributor oil seal as it drips occasionally onto exhaust manifold. (Might change it to Castrol R so at least the oily aroma smells nice)
Pics of the dash, filled with Veglia goodness:
And Lampredi and Dellorto’s finest:
Pics of the dash, filled with Veglia goodness:
And Lampredi and Dellorto’s finest:
Thanks for the comments, the alloys are Cromodora CD30. They’re alloy repos of the original Mag rims. I’ve a set of original mags I bought before getting the Spider, knowing at some point I wanted to build a 124 Abarth replica, before I nabbed this one.
With hindsight I think running 45yr old mags is prob not a wise move.
With hindsight I think running 45yr old mags is prob not a wise move.
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