By Tim Odell
“What’s wrong with that 510?” I wondered while blasting through the Hooniverse Interesting Car Search on eBay Motors (patent pending). Things devolved from there as I realized I was looking at a built Fiat 128. My experience with Fiats is limited to being bummed my dad didn’t buy my grandfather’s X1/9 when I was about five, so my commentary would mostly be a re-summary of the listing. Click through to read it yourself, but the relevant bullet points are:
- Fiat mechanic seller, who worked at an original Fiat dealership back in the day
- Cleaned up mechanically and cosmetically
- Stroker 1500 motor from seller’s X1/9, into which he swapped a K20
- FIXAGAN plates, which better come with the car
The opening bid is $6,000, a number I’m not qualified to comment on specifically to Fiat 128s. However, using generalized semi-obscure used classic enthusiast car pricing, seems $1-2k too steep, depending on what value you place on a really well built Fiat 1500 stroker. What say you?
1974 Fiat 128 for sale – eBay Motors
Jeff Glucker 
William Byrd