130 coupe

[MOM]

Bit of a sad story.
A good frien of mine had a pretty immaculate 130 coupe that he used to drive about central london about 30 yrs ago.
He decided he wanted to upgrade the performance & a mechanic garagiste took it in to do the work.
3 yrs later & all he had done was strip it a bit (god knows why as it was all engine work) & took £5k.
Eventually managed to get the car back minus the engine & other bits.
So it ended up sat in a lock up for the next 20 odd years until the lockup was lost & we bought it to suffolk.
It now really needs someone to love it.
It is basically a very sound shell , interior looks all there. Gearbox there & all suspension etc . It has a ful length webasto sunroof.
Didnt want to just stick it on ebay.
Dont really have an idea of what its worth, its more about saving it.
Anyone ?
Have pics but cannot see how to upload them

[Unbusy]

Such an elegant looking car, well worth saving. Have you looked on all the classic car sites yet?
Why not run it through eBay with a crazy high final reserve price so you don’t sell it cheap?
Like market research! It will generate interest and hopefully find you the right guy who is interested in it.

[Mr Tidy]

They are such stunning looking cars - but I doubt running gear is very easy to find these days!

I went to look at a 130 saloon back in the early 80s, but sadly it wasn't a great example.

But they seemed to have been built on the basis of "no expense spared" - wouldn't happen at Fiat now.

[MOM]

Absolutely. I think the coupes were built by pininfarina

[GTVOX]

The sad reality is that as a non original car needing so much work and parts its not worth a great deal. A friend has just bought a complete working car for £7000 - I doubt if you could pick up the engine for that.

[xyyman]

I do hope that gets saved.

I have fond memories of driving my bosses 130 saloon in the early eighties and it was wonderful.

[MOM]

Agreed. The pity is that it is very solid. Was thinking might be a candidate for an ls7 V8.
PLEASE DONT SHOOT ME !

[xyyman]

No shooting form me, that sounds like a great plan to me. The LS7 is a great engine, light simple and circa 500BHP out the box, an engine and transmission out of a wrecked Giulia QV would be even better.

[lukeharding]

hard one to price for sure, especially as you don't see many projects. Sad it is missing the engine really. I've always wanted a 130 and think they're a great car but not sure what I would put in this! How solid is it?

[LuS1fer]

An Alfa V6 Busso would be the best donor, surely? 2.5 or 3.0.

[MOM]

Welcome to come & have a look & best offer above £2k secures.
I really do believe it is solid