These inexpensive European cars from the 60s and 70s are my all time favorites. I'm from the United States, but where I grew up these were more suited to our narrow, curvy roads in New England. Yes, I did have one it was so much fun! I love Fiats, and it was perfectly reliable as well.
My grandad's favourite car ever owned, and he owned a few... He bought it (series II) in 1970, upgraded it (or was standard I can't recall) with double Weber carburettors. He bought it specifically because for over a year he had a daily 500 mile drive to work and needed a fast, reliable and affordable car. He was a custom's solicitor and about 6 months after he bought it, the dealer asked him to help them with importing a Fiat 131 Dino (blue) for the purpose of exhibiting it in a motor show in Thessaloniki, and as an incentive, besides the fee he was offered a considerable discount on the car that brought the price down to double what he had paid for the 124 Coupe. It was originally a little less than three times the price. He didn't go for it and he always wondered but never regretted keeping the 124... He always said it was the most secure he ever felt in a car, very friendly to learn and get 80-90% out of it, never had a serious fault or damage. Fitted a family of four comfortably. Subjectively, the most classy looking sporty Italian coupe of the 70's.
Thessaloniki is one of my favourite places. Great history and great culture. This car is really good and very reliable Your grandfather had great taste Thank you 👍
I had a '73 almost identical to this car - even the color. Just loved driving it. The biggest downfall...rust. The second biggest downfall...in very cold weather the carb. would freeze up and you were done. I had to put cardboard in the grill to try to keep the cold out of the engine compartment. Great 3 season car though!
Very nice car with the typical front design of the early 70s. Loving it! Although I personally like more the old design from the series I that looked more like the 124 Spider which was another legendary FIAT car in terms of design,
I’m very happy that you took the decision to buy this incredible piece of art better than many “more famous “ cars 👍. And yes the ally pally is amazing piece to visit with vehicle like this 😊👍. Thank you 😊
I tried to buy a Series 1 of these, but ended up with a 124 Spider. I had returned from a one year US Air Force duty tour overseas and had limited time to buy a car and drive to my next base. I wanted a sports coupe and found an Alfa 1750 GTV but it had almost 40,000 miles and the dealer was asking $2,600. (Imagine, that much money for a used car! I can still buy one today, but they average around $50,000 for a nice one) A Lincoln dealer in Beverly Hills advertised a 124 Sport Coupe with 11,000 miles and asking only $2,000. I went to the dealer and discovered he didn’t know much about sports cars; the car was actually a Spider not a Coupe. I test drove it anyway, decided as a bachelor with no family, I didn’t need much room, so I bought it. Far from the fastest car I have ever owned, but absolutely the most charming!
Brings back good memories. I had a 1974 the same color. I called it a poor mans Ferrari. It had a very special transmission and was very fast. This was confirmed by the CHP officer how said he was doing 125mph and I was leaving him behind. i was doing about 140mph. The fastest I ever went was 170mph while racing a Porsche. The dealer said it was a Super Sport Coupe. Didn't realize it was special until years after i gave it to a friend. I'm still wondering what the deal was. Was it a Omologated car?
I have owned my ‘69 AC 124 sport for 43 years and having driven all 3 variants of the 124 coupe from my perspective the AC is the one to have. All versions today are rarer than their competition, eg Alfa Romeo’s 105 series GT/GTV and even the Lancia Fulvia coupe. Having owned also a 1750 GTV S1 for 12 years and having driven a fulvia coupe, from my experience the Fiat is just as good as them, though seriously under valued.
Ciao come stai quanto tempo volevo sapere come è andata questa estate ☺️ ho caricato un video dimmi se ti può piacere se vuoj se no ci mancherebbe buona giornata☺️☺️☺️
Ciao come stai quanto tempo volevo sapere come è andata questa estate ☺️ ho caricato un video dimmi se ti può piacere se vuoj se no ci mancherebbe buona giornata☺️☺️☺️
