FIAT 124 SPORT COUPE S1 5 Speed
A beautiful and totally original early series one 124 Coupe. In White with the optional 5 speed gearbox.
A one owner car with 56000km about 35000miles that has spent it's entire life just outside Rome, largely unused for the last 30 years kept on axle stands as per the photos. Althoug it was used as the wedding car for the owners sons wedding in 2014 for which it was partially recommissioned. Completely original and rust free. In the last throws of being overhauled all suspension, outer anti roll bar bushes and ball joints replaced new front shock absorbers cambelt and tensioner, front calipers all oils, engine, gearbox and diff, brake fluid and coolant changed and new tyres. Renouned motoring Journalist LJK Setright praised the then new 124 Coupe highly, commenting that the steering is light and uncannily precise and the chassis was decades ahead of the competition. "What a force for good was Fiat in those days! The 124, pioneer of load-dependent anti-lock braking, was imperturbable. The elegant S1 124 Coupé had unbelievably good roadholding." Autocar also expoused that "Seldom have the Autocar staff been so unanimous of their praise of a car" further saying "handling and roadholding set new standards" These were the first cars to recieve the now legendary Lampredi twin cam engine. They also had double wish bone front suspension with anti roll bars front and rear and disc brakes all round. The early S1's as this one is had a different rear suspension set up than later cars in the shape of torque tube to the rear diff and an anti roll bar, this resulted in exceptional handling there was an almost no body role, this was dropped in 1969 for a softer and more comfortable set up without an anti roll bar or torque tube which (slightly) compromised the handling, and was much lamented by Setright.
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