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1976 #132 50,000 miles Not restored… more of a rolling restoration. Needed “nothing” when I bought it four years ago. That was my story… several thousand $$$ later it is quite sorted out. A previuos owner added some goodies to the engine. My contribution to the car was gently restoring the suspension. Replaced all rubber throughout and replaced the springs with Euro/Montecarlo springs which lowered the car 1.5 inches. The car handles fantastic and I have yet to see another on the road…
Added on April 29 by T_Rocco
Comments
- Coupefan wrote: Apr 29, 2008 9:46 p.m.
- Wish I still had mine.
- bravenrace wrote: Apr 30, 2008 6:29 a.m.
- A friend of mine had one in high school, circa 1977. Cool car!
- Leo Basile wrote: May 4, 2008 8:29 a.m.
- What kind of engine does it have? Is it RWD? Looks great. Leo
- T_Rocco wrote: May 5, 2008 7:15 p.m.
- Thanks, I think it would be a car you could miss as it is quite unique… The first one I had was owned by someone in high school when it was spun into a pole and left in a field for 15 years… just parts. Sorry, it is a 1.8L DOHC, single Weber 34, 5 speed. All transverse mounted, midships, driving the rear wheels. Rides very much like my friends 308…
- racerdave600 wrote: May 7, 2008 11:11 a.m.
- Very nice looking car! I've always liked them, and had a friend that bought one that was turbocharged by a place in Florida in the early '80's. It was a ballistic fast…until it had a major melt down. It sat in a locked fence area of an apartment complex until the management had it towed to a scrap yard. I wish I had been there to intercept it. Great looking car!
- T_Rocco wrote: Jun 14, 2008 3:06 p.m.
- Dave, I have yet to hear about a Fiat/Lancia with an aftermarket turbo set up that is anything but “melt down” they aren't built to run those levels of stress. A guy on the west coast has transplanted a Lancia turbo into his Scorpion and has dyno tested 284 bhp at the rear wheels… with that kind of power and a potential to get the car under 2000 pounds it should be wicked fast/quick!
