Fiat 127 1300GT

Blue850

Are there any left on the road?

mike65

Unlikely unless kept in a dehudimdified heated garage.

Mike.

Silvera

I was thinking about these Fiats just the other day!

I recall a guy in my home town having a new one back in c.1982/83, in black ....... and it was the biz !!

I've seen a few standard 127's at Irish shows in the last few years, so I don't see why there may not be a few GT's/Sports about ......perhaps one or two are being restored as we speak/type ?!

A pic for those who never saw one ........

RobAMerc

We had too of these over a period of time and my Dad and older brother done a foestry rally in one. Needless to say that is why we had to go out and buy the second lol .

We also had the later model, I think though that was the 1300gt which I saw one of recently around Dublin I think.

The one in the pics is actually a 127 Sport. Was it not?

Great little car, untouchable on a back road.

okistag

i used to drive in my mothers which was black orange strip, i remember a problem with 2nd gear. i wonder if its still around the reg was 900 MZE.???
super little car fond memorys
i even have a photo or two somewhere will dig around and see if i can scan them in

manta mad

yeah they were a flyer on a back road:)

theres one just over the bridge in sallins on the left in the housing estate,
orange one
the reverse gear used to go on them dident they.
i can remember seeing people trying to push them out of parking spaces & swearing like mad at them:D

MercMad

the reg was 900 MZE

...............sounds familiar ! Around North County Dublin at any stage ?

okistag

hi yep thats right it was reverse not 2 nd gear that went. not sure about dublin north we lived south around loughlinstown area but i going back to when the car was new we had it about two years. a pilot for air lingus bought it so it could of been north.

Blue850

I owned 3 BZL which was a black Sport, a friend of mine is restoring it at the moment, I also had 45 CNI which was a Sport fitted with a 1300 GT engine, but it came to a sad end , on its side:( . My brother had 277 UZU which was a red 1300 GT, he once overtook 2 Lancia Integrales with it,9000 RPM in 4th was needed . I've got a rustfree silver GT for restoring. 919 SIM

MercMad

a pilot for air lingus bought it so it could of been north.

...........that was it then. There was a bunch of guys from Aer Lingus with these 127's back then. I knew one of the guys who had a standard 127 and he was always tinkering with it !

Those Fiat engines were real screamers !

Reminds of coming back from the Killarney Rally in an RS2000, with an indicated 120MPH and this Fiat 128 3p drove past us !!

PaulK_CCI

MercMad wrote:

...........and this Fiat 128 3p drove past us !!

Know of a reasonably tidy 128 3P, for 750 euro's... Has rust in the panels, but everything is there, tidy interior, nothing missing, very doable project...





no warranty

junkyard

The only guarantee you'll get with a Fiat is rust anyway.:)

Silvera

Interesting 128 3P Paul.

I recall my local Opel dealer (back in c.1983 when I was a nipper:D ) kitting out one of them for rallying.

Always liked the look of them !

........if only I had the space to store it :rolleyes: