How many miles did you drive your 850 in 2019? / 2020!

[khnitz]

1 car length

I don't know if I managed even that. I shifted it a few feet here and there on the dollies it is sitting on in the garage.

Here's to making progress on it in 2021 !

 

[GarageTimeTV]

I went about 30 miles when I moved, but am very close to my first trip up and down the driveway! I'm ready for it!

 

[Kevin Channer]

Thanks for sharing, it brought back memories of a 1970 850 Coupe I owned, same color as yours. Seeing pictures of your car on the road in Oregon particularly reminds me of a solo trip that I took in the coupe driving from San Diego to Pendleton Oregon. I drove almost non stop, but had no issues, and it was thoroughly enjoyable.

 

[kmead]

Mine was rolled out of the garage once and then back in.

Didn’t drive it at all sadly. Here’s hoping for a new start in the new year.

I need to take the time to rebuild the front end with new kingpins and rubber bits. It is all OE from 1968 from when it was built. It is worn out.

 

[Loren Field]

3,000+ in my spider this year (my therapy for covid-mediated sheltering at home, sort of); ~800 last year

 

[flaviaman]

3,000+ in my spider this year (my therapy for covid-mediated sheltering at home, sort of); ~800 last year

Excellent, I am impressed!

 

[Dino55]

6 kilometers. I spent the bulk of the summer on two wheels.

 

[ramona300]

Last year I had no hillclimbs thanks to Covid but I did manage two track sessions. No idea how many miles but on both occasions I drove the car back onto the trailer. So that's a win!

 

[Jörg]

3500 kilometres together with my girlfriend:❤

 

[flaviaman]

3500 kilometres together with my girlfriend:❤

What a beautiful dog, you are a fortunate man!

 

[Daniel Gibson]

Well, 2020 was a bust, but I am up to 10 miles or so in 2021!

 

[Chaostoy]

I pushed mine from one spot in the yard, to another spot. *sigh* Eventually...

 

[Oriebi]

About 100km thanks to covid, used from work to home in lunch pause, on Sunny days.

 

[Wayne Daudet]

I drove mine a lot more last year and will drive it more this year.

 

[rustyfiat]

I drove about 500 miles in 2019 and about half that in 2020. Even though the floor is rusted through, the engine and rest of the body are sound. I use it as a daily driver for my 12 mile/day commute and errands in nice weather.

 

[dnudelman]

Down the block and around the cul-de-sac for the first time out of the garage! Enjoy the commentary by my better half. Click the image to play video.

first time out of the garage

back into the garage almost

 

[Brothak]

First post and respect for all the knowledge shared here by the fellow Fiatistis. 2019 was a good year for La Bomba Rossa (Little Red Bomb, 1971) with more than 1200 miles extra on the odometer, but in 2020 she sat in trapped in my garage since I was not allowed to drive my classic cars during the months of lockdown. Thankfully we were back on the road here in Europe with a 300-mile round trip last week and more to come.

 

[Chaostoy]

La Bomba Rossa

Which wheels are on it? Looks great!

 

[Loren Field]

very nice!

 

[Brothak]

Which wheels are on it? Looks great!

In all honesty, for years, I had no clue, and I spend countless hours googling vintage Italian rims. The former owner found them on a series one and put them in 2008 under my car. Until I saw a picture of a French Simca 1200S designed by Bertone! So it seems that they are aftermarket rims, primarily used in France with interchangeable wheel caps.