Hello from Hood River...1974 124 Sedan - Euro import

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gtmedley
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Your car is a: 1974 Fiat 124 Sedan 1400 OHV Euro model

Hello from Hood River...1974 124 Sedan - Euro import

Postby gtmedley » Fri May 12, 2017 9:19 pm

Howdy, all...

In January I imported a very nice '74 124 Sedan special, with the 1400 OHV motor. Car is in excellent shape, with a nice respray and an interior that looks new.

I have been giving the car a much-needed mechanical TLC -- new fluids, new front rotors and wheel bearings, new rear control arms, fixing countless electrical gremlins, including a "broken" printed circuit board on the instrument cluster. Car also came with Cromodora CD-5 wheels.

It runs fine, after a valve adjustment, Lubro-Moly engine flush and oil change. Hums right along. Speedo is metric, so that 100km mark is 62 mph.

With the help of board honcho Mark Allison, I've been putting together a 1592 twin cam (which I purchased from Allison in "kit" form).

The beauty of these cars is their simplicity and ease of working on them. At some point, would like to upgrade to a 5-speed (not sure which one). The TC should be going in by mid-summer.

I am in Hood River, Oregon, a hour east of Portland on the Columbia River. Not sure how smart a decision this purchase was, but it sure is a hoot so far.

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Your car is a: 1974 Fiat 124 Spider
Location: Chelmsford, MA

Re: Hello from Hood River...1974 124 Sedan - Euro import

Postby aj81spider » Sat May 13, 2017 5:14 pm

Nice! Looks like it will be a lot of fun.
A.J.

1974 Fiat 124 Spider
2006 Corvette
1981 Spider 2000 (sold 2013 - never should have sold that car)

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Your car is a: 1970 fiat 124bc
Location: Belgrade, Serbia, eastern Europe

Re: Hello from Hood River...1974 124 Sedan - Euro import

Postby djape1977 » Sun May 14, 2017 4:03 am

straight bolt on swap would be a lada 5 speed gearbox.
there are also LOTS of other nice performance upgrades available.

if you're on facebook, join https://www.facebook.com/groups/fiat.an ... sic.parts/
there are 3 guys that have same car as yours and have done a lot of work over past year or so


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