Description
This is one of the few original 124 Spider Stradales that were manufactured in Abarth’s plant between September 1972 and September 1974 in order to homologate the 124 Spider Rally version. Interestingly, it was produced in November of 1972, the very month that Abarth successfully achieved that homologation.
Apart from the rare and most desirable Weber option (obsolete in 1974 Stradales), this vehicle bears the even rarer Abarth-installed performance kit option providing for an increased power to 124 Rally specs of 178bhp@6000rpm.
This 48th Stradale was owned by a factory employee prior to being sold in 2000 to a Greek, world-renowned professional rally driver and journalist. In 2002 it was acquired by another rally driver who in turn sold it to its current one, a distinguished rally champion of Greece. Even though it was owned by professional rally drivers, the car was never raced, rather maintained with utmost respect for it being an icon of the Fiat-Abarth collaboration.
Specifications
Year: 1973
Make: Fiat
Model: 124 Spider Abarth Rally
Version: Stradale
Date of Manufacture: November 1972
Homologation: DSM 11190 OM
Chassis number: 124CSA* 0062048
Engine code: 132 AC4000
Engine number: 031806
Engine inlet manifold code: 132 AC. AC. 0 / 4300917
Color: red
Factory installed options:
Stradale-specified:
Body: black fiberglass engine hood and trunk lid, Perspex-windowed hardtop, alloy doors, rear roll bar and 970kg dry weight
Engine: 1, 756 cc, in-line 4, DOHC, Weber 44 IDF carbureted
Transmission: 5 sp by Colotti, single dry plate clutch
Differential: Abarth, 10/ 43
Suspension: strut type (F: coil springs, upper wishbone lower arm, R: fully independent), McPherson
Brakes: discs all around
Interior: bucket seats by Recaro, revised dashboard
Specially ordered:
Engine: Abarth performance kit providing for 9. 8:1 comp., 178bhp@6000rpm
Registration: Greek FIVA (Federation Internationale Vehicules Anciens)
Owners: 4
Recent repairs:
- Radiator lines rerouted correctly through the bay for better coolant flow
- Coolant replenished
- Brakes fully serviced with new custom made hoses, new seals, rear required more work than the front ones, upper lines rerouted correctly to ensure brake unhindered fluid flow to calipers
- Handbrake line adjusted correctly
- Left strut mount corrected, realigned and resprayed
- Prop shaft was greased
- Exhaust mid section was secured in place with new holder and rear silencer received new suspender
- All rear trailing arm bushings were replaced
- Small underside areas that displayed some weathering were sanded down and re-coated with sealant tar-based paint
- Right rocker panel plastic cover was fitted better in place
- Rear plastic guard caps fitted bilaterally
- Timing gear original cover fitted and secured in place
- Carburetor free air flow meshes were cleansed and fitted correctly with new gaskets
- Carburetors were fine tuned
- Engine hood holder was installed and release cable was adjusted
- Oil vapor line correctly rerouted to face up
- New battery tray fitted
- New fuel pump installed with new hoses properly arranged for free flow of fuel
- Gas tank floater checked and cleaned
