We were lucky enough to find a Berlinetta in a garage that the owner wanted rid of so we bought it.
I love retro cars so this is right up my street and from a bit of reading it sounds like these cars were pretty quick back in their day.
I also read that they are eligible for historic rallies - does anyone know if that is true??
Ours is a 1978/79 model.

If anyone can point me in the direction of some more info on this model or tell me anything interesting I'd really like to hear it.

Here are a couple of photos:

that looks lovely. is it as good as it looks. whats with the bull bars though.

rattystilo said:

that looks lovely. is it as good as it looks. whats with the bull bars though.

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It seems pretty tidy to me. Theres a few obvious bits of filler but it's certainly not a rotbox.
No idea what the Roo Bar is in aid of - I guess the previous owner decided to accessorise it a bit. After a bit of reading - it seems to be missing a spoiler as well...

Can't really tell from those pics, but it looks better than a 31 year old car has a right to. I would have expected to see some corrosion around the front turrets which look to be clean. Are there rubber plugs/bungs in the door jambs and elsewhere that would indicate it had been treated with Zeibart or Waxoyl?

I'll look in my lock-up and see if I have a catalogue I can scan for you. No promises though.

that is in amazing condition for a barn find

welcome to the forum

The Beard said:

Can't really tell from those pics, but it looks better than a 31 year old car has a right to. I would have expected to see some corrosion around the front turrets which look to be clean. Are there rubber plugs/bungs in the door jambs and elsewhere that would indicate it had been treated with Zeibart or Waxoyl?

I'll look in my lock-up and see if I have a catalogue I can scan for you. No promises though.

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dave said:

that is in amazing condition for a barn find

welcome to the forum

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Thanks for your replies.

I used the term 'Barnfind' a bit loosely. It was more a 'Garage-find' that had clearly been well loved. I believe it spent part of it's life in the South of France so that might explain why it hasn't succumbed to as much rust as some others have... I haven't checked for rubber bungs but I will give it a look.
It's definately got a bit of filler in it though so I guess that could be hiding a multitude of sins...

Will be eligible for hysterical rallying, but you'll need to lose the sunroof and put a steel one back on. Finding a new roof could be difficult.

Cheers

D

Well that was the shortest lived project in living history.

Due to a ****ty letter from the council accusing my mate of operating a business from his house he now has to shift all his abandoned vehicles from on and around his property...

I guess his neighbours weren't big Fiat fans.

It is now on eBay if anyone is interested...

I'll post a link to the auction...

Here

MODs please remove this if ebay links aren't allowed. Thanks.

YJW... originally from the Wolverhampton area!

spookbag said:

Due to a ****ty letter from the council accusing my mate of operating a business from his house he now has to shift all his abandoned vehicles from on and around his property...

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he should fight the council. ive had them letters in the past,

They are nice cars. I drove one when I owned my Fulvia -- the Fulvia was better, but the P3 was close. There was a race and rally series for them (and some other FIATs of that era), so there may be some tuning/strengthening ideas out there.

I don't know if you've seen this already, but stumbled across this advert for a FIAT 132 further on in the forum. I think it's in Italy, but look what's in the background

Is that a 3P?

https://www.fiatforum.com/garage_vehicle.php?do=view_vehicle&id=3336

Hi Beardy,

Sadly it is not a 3p but an earlier model launched in 71 (128 coupe) with an 1,100 engine as standard and the more powerful 1,300 was an option.
I believe the 3p was similar from the door posts forward.

Did you manage to sell it on ebay?

I hope you did well. If it didn't sell, what sort of money are you requiring?

im more interested in the 132
i loved mine

Right so got one at last. All electrics work and it runs beautifully. Its the same colour blue and I have some original stripes to attach when done.
I cannot find a picture of one with these stripes and the word 'Berlinetta' on them. It was what i had originally in my youth and i do have pics of my own.
If i get this right will it be the only Berlinetta with the actual word Berlinetta on the car ?

Hi. This 3p is now mine ? I bought it about 6 months ago and I'm currently doing a complete restore on it ??

Seadoouk said:

Hi. This 3p is now mine ? I bought it about 6 months ago and I'm currently doing a complete restore on it ??

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Nice, if you have some good pics (before and after) and a shop you'd like to highlight, send me an email and we can feature it on Second Daily. Just featured a couple of resto jobs on a MGB and a Spitfire. Need to give the Fiats some love. email is on my second daily website. Just google Second Daily Classics (still can't post links).

thank you for thread