puntofan01 said:

it could just be a faulty odometer?

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That was my first thought but is it broken or was it broken?

Either way there's no way of verifying the mileage so I'll need to rip the engine apart to make sure the crank bearings and everything else is happy adding more to the project and now it isn't a "genuine low mileage car" it's worth a fraction of what it would be fully restored anyway.

Liquid Knight said:

That was my first thought but is it broken or was it broken?

Either way there's no way of verifying the mileage so I'll need to rip the engine apart to make sure the crank bearings and everything else is happy adding more to the project and now it isn't a "genuine low mileage car" it's worth a fraction of what it would be fully restored anyway.

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What you could is fully restore it, then when you do come to sell, advertise it as ----- miles since full restoration.

...or fit a Stack dash.

????

http://www.stackltd.com/dash_displays.html

To go with the roll cage.

Fair enough, lol! It's a shame a rare coupe will be modded though...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fiat-coupe-16v-turbo-/162031321065?hash=item25b9d1bfe9:g:BkEAAOSwPc9Wv1NE

Better spec' (subjectively), higher mileage, roughly the same condition but no question mark over the cars past.

Could be worth keeping an eye on.

So if you buy that 1 as well, what's going to happen with the red 1?

I haven't been able to afford to collect the red one yet. So bidding on the green one is out. Even though it's closer, nicer colour, etc, etc.

In case you wanted to join the party and restore a classic Coupe.

Lol! As amazing as Coupes look, I'll just concentrate on looking after my modern classic Grande Punto, lol!

Sadly for every decent well looked after Coupe' out there so many depreciated over the tracks you'll find ones that weren't quite thrashed to death or used as Punto transplant donors have had a polishing mop run over them, clocks either replaced or tampered with and barely scraped through the MOT for good car prices.

At least if you buy a shed you know roughly what you're getting into.

Liquid Knight said:

Sadly for every decent well looked after Coupe' out there so many depreciated over the tracks you'll find ones that weren't quite thrashed to death or used as Punto transplant donors have had a polishing mop run over them, clocks either replaced or tampered with and barely scraped through the MOT for good car prices.

At least if you buy a shed you know roughly what you're getting into.

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Believe me, if I won the lottery, I'd have a multistorey car park full of Fiats, in order to save them from such fates.

Here's another...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-FIAT-COUPE-2-0-16V-TURBO-NO-RESERVE-SPARES-OR-REPAIR-BARN-FIND-BREAKING-/291736228093?hash=item43ecd590fd:gTsAAOSw0QFXDUq7

...even better colour and the same cloth.

I think the £500 I've paid for mine is about right.

It's sad that they're still leaving the roads and not being restored.

The green one sold for £670 so I may yet have a bargain.

Yours will look great once it has been restored.

I'm supposed to be buying parts for my Bravo but this...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282017002035?_trksid=p2057872.m2748.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

...was too good to pass up. Plenty of parts for the Turbo. Including the elusive N/A inlet cam' to give the Turbo engine a few more degrees duration.

Hmmmmm...

As I could potentially have a spare shell maybe that JTD conversion could be looked at.

A spare shell?

The £175 N/A 16V I have to collect from Leeds. I may be swapping the A3 for the use of a recovery rig and fuel for a couple of days.

I've been following...



...the fwd series wondering "how hard can it be?"

The 2.4 JTD can make 300bhp with simple modifications plus another hundred Redneck Nitrous (Propane injection). Stripped out Coupe shell with 400bhp should be make some good times.