Just curious, did anyone on the XWEB forums see or even purchase the Fiat Abarth OT 1000 that was listed on Face Book market place either this morning 6/03/22 or yesterday 6/02/22. believe it was located somewhere in Los Angeles but don't see it anymore online guy was asking $8900 ? Pretty darn rare, guess someone picked it up or listing was removed.
Fiat Abarth OT 1000 on Face Book market place?
- Thread starter jzr75601
- Start date
fiatfactory
Steve Cecchele
Probably not a real one or it was a scam, as a real one is worth considerably more than that....
it would be more like this
www.classic-trader.com
SteveC
it would be more like this
Abarth 1000 Classic Cars for Sale - Classic Trader
You want to buy a Abarth 1000 classic car? 6 offers for classic Abarth 1000 for sale and other classic cars on Classic Trader.
SteveC
Jeff Stich
True Classic
Previously discussed here:
Fiat abarth 1000 OT coupe
Rare car, not sure when another’s gonna come up for sale. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/783056335991947/
xwebforums.com
Jeff Stich
True Classic
Not necessarily. Real car in poor condition & missing the rear suspension & original drivetrain.
Has any one considered picking it up? I'd love to have it just a bit too pricey for me . Guy say's he also picked up a complete rear suspension for it. Bretm would have some rare PBS conversion parts to use for it for it, or just a restore to original
Last edited:
Jeff Stich
True Classic
The seller's price is just too high for what you'd get. Locating the missing 850 rear suspension is the easy part. Then you'd have to cut out all of the "custom" rear suspension crap that's in there now & repair a few broken items before you can reinstall those 850 bits. Then there's bodywork, which on this car would be a lot due to nearly every panel having body damage or rust issues (or both). Then refurbing the sun-baked interior, which is no easy task if what you have to start with is already crap (good Coupe interior bits are scarce). After doing all that, you'd basically have a straight 850 Coupe shell that still needs mechanical refurbishing & is still minus a drivetrain.
With the purchase price + body/rust/interior repair, you're deep deep underwater financially before even sourcing/obtaining/rebuilding an OT1000 engine for it. Yes, you could just obtain/install a regular 850 (or PBS conversion) engine/trans, but if you're going to do that, it'd be far cheaper to just find a regular 850 Coupe (maybe complete & in better physical shape) to start with. It just doesn't make sense financially, nor authenticity-wise. If someone's after an OT Coupe & going to pay the $$$ for it, they want the whole package, not just an emblem-converted 850 Coupe.
With the purchase price + body/rust/interior repair, you're deep deep underwater financially before even sourcing/obtaining/rebuilding an OT1000 engine for it. Yes, you could just obtain/install a regular 850 (or PBS conversion) engine/trans, but if you're going to do that, it'd be far cheaper to just find a regular 850 Coupe (maybe complete & in better physical shape) to start with. It just doesn't make sense financially, nor authenticity-wise. If someone's after an OT Coupe & going to pay the $$$ for it, they want the whole package, not just an emblem-converted 850 Coupe.
Last edited: