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H&H Classic Auction @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
9th October, 2024 13:00
1978 Fiat 124 Spider
No Reserve
Registration No: NFC 658S
Chassis No: 124CS10141000
MOT: Exempt
Imported from American ‘dry state’ Nevada in 2021
Subject to a renovation upon arrival by the vendor between 2021 and 2023
Benefitting from an estimated £15, 000 expenditure
Starting readily and running well during our recent photography session
Introduced at the November 1966 Turin Salon, the Fiat 124 Sport Spider boasted a handsome two-door monocoque bodyshell that was not only styled but built by Pininfarina (though, Fiat assumed responsibility for final assembly). Incorporating such thoughtful features as intermittent wipers and a hood that could be raised in under twenty seconds, the Sport Spider proved a great sales success. A staple part of Fiat's model range until 1982 just under 200, 000 are thought to have been made, although the majority of these were shipped to North America (an estimated over eighty percent of those produced).
Manufactured in 1978, the 124 Spider was supplied new to the United States of America, residing there until being imported to the United Kingdom in 2021 from the American ‘dry state’ Nevada. Noted by the vendor as a very solid example, likely helped by Nevada’s climate, the vendor embarked upon a two-year renovation of the Fiat. Mechanically the 124 received a full engine overhaul including new rings, shells, oil pump and starting equipment, new differential seals, new wheel bearings, renewed suspension bushes and powder-coated suspension parts, a new clutch, and refreshed brakes with new calipers and lines.
Cosmetically, the interior was refreshed with retrimmed seats and door cards and new carpets, a new hood was supplied, a new windscreen, and the wheels were powder-coated and shod with new tyres. Benefitting from an estimated £15, 000 worth of expenditure, the Fiat starting readily and ran well during our recent photography session. Offered with a collection of invoices, documents relating to the UK registration, a copy of the Nevada state title, sales literature, and current V5C document.
