1982 FIAT 124 Spider Reviews, Pricing & Specs

This car will be for sale as soon as I finish getting it cleaned up and inspected for a customer and friend. The leather seats are almost perfect. Very unusual for these cars. The top has been replaced with the better quality cloth top. Those are $600 plus installation. I pulled the transmission pan to inspect the gears. Very clean, and no bad metal on the magnet. Also no gear noise at speed. More to do and review.Jul 21, 2013

The Fiat Spider 2000/124 Spider was one of the top three most successful sports cars ever made. (MGB being another, then maybe the Corvette.) Comfortable and roomy seats, a smooth shifting 5sp, a Black and Tan classic. Still, this car should only be a daily driver in the Summer in Seattle. Parts are easy to come by from places like International Auto Parts or Fiat Plus. I used Mahle pistons for the rebuild. They are the best. It ups the compression from 8.5 to 1, to about 10.5 to 1. The increase in power is quite evident even though I'm still breaking in the engine and haven't taken it over 3500 rpm. I'm rebuilding the front brake calipers and replacing the flex hoses now. Not a difficult job on this car. Four wheel disc brakes makes it a good stopper.Jun 01, 2013