Mine is a long love affair with the X1/9 buying my first 1980 1500 Gold X1/9 which was my pride and joy when I was 23. Back then, compared to the 1300 Beetle I had been driving it was FAST, and compared to the Beetle handled like a go-kart. Even though I sold my little Gold X many years ago, there was still something about them, and about 10 years later brought my 2nd X as a weekender, a 1989 1500 in Grigio Metalizzato with 37,000mls on the clock, and the memories came flooding back. (cue Photos)
Now the observant of you will note the speedo now saying 17,039 Miles, and no it hasn't been round the clock, as a funny story this. Those are actually the original miles. A few years after buying my 89, parts were becoming harder and harder to find, as my 89 X was missing the wings on the spoiler and was a sense of frustration, so kept waiting for one to be wrecked, or better, find a beat up old one I could pick up cheap as a parts car. Then after 3 years of looking, an X1/9 came up for sale, but not just any X1/9, a 1989 1500 X1/9 in Grigio Metalizzato, but with ONLY 16,200 original miles on the clock, and it had the Wing Tips on the spoiler! So what could I do? Buy it! So now my original 1989 X1/9 has been relegated to the parts car, which still seems criminal. So why no photos of the my first 89 X1/9? Because it's identical, in almost every way, just missing the wings on the spoiler.
So today, just out of interest, I managed to squeeze into the car to get a photo of the speedo.
Sorry.