Strike while the iron is hot. Jimmy’s 1975 X1/9 now on BAT

[kmead]

This X may look slightly familiar:

1975 Fiat X1/9

Bid for the chance to own a 1975 Fiat X1/9 at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #137,913.

bringatrailer.com

He works fast both to do the good work and to move on. Wow!

GLWA @jimmyx

The rest of the story: https://xwebforums.com/forum/index.php?threads/breathing-life-into-a-neglected-75.40033/

 

[MikeHynes]

I wonder if Fredand5kids will buy this one too?
GLWTA!

 

[86X]

I looked at it a soon as I got the BAT email. Nice X!

 

[jimmyx]

Thanks for the kind words. There were only 2 goals in mind on this one:
1. Save it from the crusher.
2. Reclaim my garage space as soon as possible, so I can stuff another project in it's place. Water and projects seem to seek their own level....
Hopefully, goal #2 is not far off!

 

[KBabcock]

Love that color, what type of paint did you use to do the car enamel, Urethane?

 

[jimmyx]

Love that color, what type of paint did you use to do the car enamel, Urethane?

Yes, it's single stage urethane which can be cleared over if you are feeling ambitious. I normally get paint that needs to be matched from TCP Global.

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[SuperTopo]

Yes, it's single stage urethane which can be cleared over if you are feeling ambitious. I normally get paint that needs to be matched from TCP Global.

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Which Urethane did you order, I see one is low VOC the other is not.

 

[jimmyx]

Which Urethane did you order, I see one is low VOC the other is not.

TCP won't ship anything other than low VOC into California. I don't think the site will even process the order once the address is entered if the wrong stuff is selected.

 

[tvmaster]

Geez Jim, if I could fit another in the garage…. ‘75, no smog in Ca. If the car runs as good as it looks (the engine is gorgeous), then someone is going to be very lucky indeed. Superb!

 

[jimmyx]

If the car runs as good as it looks

The car runs very, very nice. Sounds like angry hornets in your ear just as it should.

 

[jimmyx]

Hammer dropped at $13K. Off to the next caretaker!

 

[kmead]

Hammer dropped at $13K. Off to the next caretaker!

A job well done. Congrats on completing your intended mission.

 

[tvmaster]

Congrats, but not nearly enough in my opinion.

 

[jimmyx]

not nearly enough in my opinion.

It's never enough......just about covers the agro of redoing the pedal box.

 

[kmead]

No one gets rich off of redoing/restoring a car. Particularly a ”low value” car.

 

[tvmaster]

No one gets rich off of redoing/restoring a car. Particularly a ”low value” car.

So we should re-think our X19 retirement plan then? No miracles on Mount Mecum?

 

[kmead]

So we should re-think our X19 retirement plan then? No miracles on Mount Mecum?

Nope but you might hit it out of the park with a BAT

 

[Clatter]

Hammer dropped at $13K. Off to the next caretaker!

Nice!
You probably cleared at least two or three dollars an hour for your time.
Big bucks!

 

[johnph]

Nice!
You probably cleared at least two or three dollars an hour for your time.
Big bucks!

and there might be child labor violations somewhere in these projects...