Junkyard Find: 1980 Fiat 124 Sport Spider

In all my years of snouting around in junkyards, one thing has remained constant: a sprinkling of Fiat 124 Sport Spiders. They were fairly common in junkyards in 1983, and they’re just about as common now. Where do these Fiats come from? Will the supply of forgotten project 124 Spiders ever run out? Here’s the lastest example, a fuel-injected ’80 I found in a Denver self-service yard.

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  • VoGhost Most TTAC commenters won't have the guts to click the link and find out the truth. https://www.geotab.com/blog/ev-battery-health/
  • Ajla I bought a Cadillac DTS that should be good for it soon.
  • FreedMike Mercedes S-class.
  • Jalop1991 Ah gots me mah four wheel drive, I ain't need no sissy "winter" tahrs that are all just marketing gobbledygook anyways. Tahrs is tahrs, y'all need four wheel drive in the snow.
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