Introducing my Fiat 128 Project Car
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 พ.ย. 2022
- Yet another project getting started. This time it is a Fiat 128 that has been sitting in the corner of my shop for quite some time. In this video I give a quick tour of the car and discuss some high level plans I have for it.
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Nice to be a part of your channel..awesome to see these videos and looking forward to more..I live in an area that was known as Little Italy, with a Fiat dealer right in the neighborhood, and grew up seeing these here and there..specifically an italian TV repair man that had two of them, a yellow 4 door and a red 2 door, possibly Rally...i remember being at his house wanting the red one, but my mother wouldnt hear of it..i was about 13 or so...ive wanted one since those days..
" I arrive in Germany. Volkswagen Research Centre. It was January 1970. In the center of a huge room was a 128 completely disassembled and sectioned, piece by piece. I ask for explanations and they candidly answer that they will never be able to make a car with such refined mechanics at such a low price. For this the Golf will have to be smaller. "
In short, the 128 was their reference car.
Great car
I love it. I had a 128 sport coupe in Australia in the 90’s, such a fun car to drive
I love it man! I grew up in the states never saw on of these. I now live in Argentina and theres more here, and i recently bought one and am working on restoring it! 💪
Thanks for sharing!
My first car was a 1976 Fiat 128, turquoise blue in 1980. Not a lot of power but man could it bust a snowdrift! Mitch Banner Linville NC
Back in the 1980's-90's I was a Service Manager at a "Fiat-Lancia Factory Authorized Parts And Service Center". I owned a 1974 128 Wagon, '75 X1/9 and a 1972 850 Spyder (AGahh!) . I liked the 128 Series vehicles. Nice to see this video, by a knowledgeable Fiat owner. "New timing belt every 30,000 miles!
thank you
Excellent introduction, I read your brief thread in the Grassroots Motorsports forum about the Rally. I just found a 128 Familiare Panorama after missing out on others over the years. Going up to drag her home on Monday! Subbed!
Very cool!
Owned a 74' 2 dr Green. Great ride bought used and rebuilt the engine and drove until the the wheels literally fell off(Got home from a trip and the left rear wheel well had rusted around the shock and the wheel was drifting out. the body was swiss cheese but sold the engine! Road great; narrow front wheel drove through the snow with ease. Comfortable seats and room for trips, friends and luggage. 😀👍
My family had a 4 door 128 for my older sisters to drive in the 80s. I see that this is an older video, but my only advice is to buy 2 or 3 clutch cables ASAP, put them in the trunk and forget about them. 😉
Thanks for the tips!
hope to follow your project , I drove a 1975 one in Egypt . great memories . was a top seller back then 1100CC 4 doors - the rally version I think was made in Germany..
Very cool!
Has to be a 75 model. My dads first car that became my first car. 1100cc in pistachio green colour. We repainted it in a dark green colour and put on a ritmo 1500cc engine around 1985
Nice!
Great find! Like you said, you don't see these in the U.S. anymore.
I've had two of them. A '71 and a '74, which I turned into a European Rally clone and own currently.
I got a 1500 from a Strada and stroked it to a 1600.
That's what I'm hoping to do.
Transverse inline not horizontally opposed. Owned 2 and slalom raced them, even a bit of frozen lake ice racing!
correct.....I misspoke
Fiat raised the 128 in 74 to meet bumper regs, you can cut the front springs to lower it 1.5-2 inches and use washers on the leaf spring ends to drop the rear. the FAZA book from MWB is a hot mess of word vomit, but has a lot of good info nuggets.
will be doing it soon
My first car was a yellow Fiat 128 4-door in 1973. Paid $2,648.89 new. We used to wave at each other whenever we saw another one on the road. Loved the manual choke, the spare wheel in the engine compartment, and flat floor. Threw a rod once and the front wheel support rusted away in 1982 at the 66,508 mile mark.
the flat floor in really interesting. For such a small car the interior feel huge
My first car in 1982 was a 1976 128 3p. It started its U.S. residency in New Jersey and suffered from road salt before it made its way to California. By 1988 the undercarriage succumbed to structural rust and went to the dismantlers. Fun at times but a total money pit 💸💸💸
I’ve owned two Corvettes and currently drive a 500 hp S Class Benz. Most fun car I ever had was a 131 and my best friends 128
Awesome!
@@ShinyFastLoud my buddy, and I are both subscribed and very much hoping for more videos about this car. Enjoy! We are jealous.
Interesting fact. Fiat sold license for hatchback version to Yugoslavian Zastava. That Zastava 101 was first hatchback car with that kind engine configuration.
I had that model in that colour in NZ in the early 80s. Great little driver. You’ll be fine without bumpers from a safety point of view. Lucky to find one so rust free. I like the wheels you’ve got it on.
Good to know!
In the mid to late 80's I used to race a 1971 2 door 128 sedan in club races.
The car was also legal on the street , and my daily driver.
The original 1100 engine made 55HP , after my modifications it made a genuine 100HP at the wheels.
It's top speed was over 120MPH.
It was never beaten on the track by any other road registered car that came up against it.
These are astoundingly good and strong engines , able to regularly spin to 8500RPM using stock bottom end parts.
Be careful of weak bodies. (common)
With one hand on the steering wheel , and the other hand on the corner of the front fender , corner of hood , and windscreen air vent , over the gaps in these panels -- rock the steering back and forth.
Likely you will be able to detect the front end moving side to side. (not good)
Also put a floor jack under the front jacking point and lift the front wheel off the ground , very likely you will no longer able to open the door. (not good)
great info
I owned two of these Fiat 128s in my life. My first one was a very good running car. The 2nd one, not so much. I think it got 31 mpg in the city. It was an olive green color.
'Horizontally opposed'? I don't think that's what you meant. It's an inline (L)-4 mounted transversely.
You are correct!
Had one in college. i think it was a 1974 coupe.. navy blue, buckskin interior, bought it with low miles from Goodwill ( yeah they tried selling cars a bit in the 80's) in about 1982-3 for 35 bucks because the trans didnt work ( a shift linkage bolt was missing, I walked down to the hardware store and bought a bolt and drove it home. It was fine until I was rear ended by a drunk at a stop light, but it would not start below 35 degrees F, AT ALL. I put a Weber kit on it, but it didnt help. Also, the steering rack develop about a 15 degree slip at the steering wheel, which scared the crap out my then-girlfriend. If I could find a nice clean one for anything reasonable I would buy it just for fun. Really fun to drive in the snow ( if you can start it)
I had a 1976 and it looked exactly like that! My first car and I think it was $3150 off the showroom floor.
Imagine that!
I'm a purist when it comes to classic vehicles and believe if one is restored it should ONLY be back to the condition of when it came off the assembly line down to the rims.
That's what is great about our hobby.
It's not horizontally opposed . Its an in line 4 transverse mounted. A beetle engine is horizontally opposed
Correct......I misspoke
Looking in Argentina this people are the best for fiat 128 love
I've been searching vendors in Argentina for parts!
Two doors aside, this doesn't look that much different than the 74 special. That was my parents first car. Lasted a good 20 years. Theirs was an Egyptian version though, called Nasr.
Thank you for sharing.
I had this car since 1973 to 1993.
Awesome
I can send some fotos of my Fiat 128 for inspiration? 😁 I made it alot cooler than the factory did 😅
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YO. The Engine and rear struts bolt in. Raise the Engine 4". Spank the BMW2002.
I have been looking for a 128 fiat for a very long time. You don't happen to know where to find another one? I am in Georgia.
There's a very nice Yugo for sale on Bringatrailer and it's in Georgia. Check it out! Auction ends on 1/12 so you better hurry!
there's a red one near me sitting behind a house
@@ShinyFastLoud If it's a 2 door, Id love to have it. I bid on the 12K mile one on Bring A Trailer all the way to $25K two weeks ago, but someone else wanted it more.
Please help me find a 2 door "pre '76" model before I fly to Italy and buy one.
What size tires are on the car?
195/50/r15
Same engine like Yugo
yes
@@ShinyFastLoud and its very reliable
I think zastava would be much more common rather than a real fiat
Yes, but definetly not in the US
What model name fiat? Just tell me numbers?
128
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Brace the frame.
Family had one in the late-'70s/early-'80s lasted maybe a half-dozen years. Was either hit by a snowplow (or more likely hit a tree) having been driven by mum's loser boyfriend.
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