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Banned from California: Clean 1971 Fiat 850 Special

Banned from California: Clean 1971 Fiat 850 Special

by Scott Slusser | Jun 21, 2014 | Fiat in the News

This 1971 Fiat 850 Special looks like a nice example and was recently imported by the seller. He shares an odd story of an inability to get this 43-year-old car registered due to an emissions issue. Does this make any sense? We’ve never heard of it. Find it here on...
BaT Exclusive: All Original 9500 Mile 1971 Fiat 850 Sport Spider

BaT Exclusive: All Original 9500 Mile 1971 Fiat 850 Sport Spider

by Scott Slusser | Jun 19, 2014 | The Project

This 1971 Fiat 850 Sport Spider was purchased new by a Ford engineer who then drove the car only 7,200 miles over the next 17 years. The little Fiat then passed on to his daughter and her husband who added a scant 2,200 more between 1988 and 2012, and as a result of...
Junkyard Find: 1971 Fiat 850 Sport Spider

Junkyard Find: 1971 Fiat 850 Sport Spider

by Scott Slusser | May 16, 2014 | Fiat in the News, Fiats in Action

By Murilee Martin on October 12, 2011 Imagine, this tiny Italian sports car hanging on long enough to evade the junkyard until the second decade of the 21st century! We have no way of knowing how many of its 40 years were spent as a “get to it someday” project car,...
Fiat Chrysler target 850k sales in China by 2018

Fiat Chrysler target 850k sales in China by 2018

by Scott Slusser | May 11, 2014 | Fiat in the News

Filed under: SUV, China, Crossover, Chrysler, Jeep, Alfa Romeo, Fiat Behind the vanguard of numerous Jeep models, two Chryslers, a smattering of Fiats and Alfa Romeos and local production through a joint venture with Guangzhou Automotive Group (GAG), Fiat Chrysler...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: The next five years

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles: The next five years

by Scott Slusser | May 7, 2014 | Fiat in the News

Filed under: Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Maserati, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Fiat, Ram, SRT Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 24 hours, you’ve no doubt read about all of the big future product news coming out of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles today. We...
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The Fiat 850 Project

The Fiat 850 Project is a chronicle of the restoration process of a 1971 Fiat 850 Sport Spider.  I use a combination of my own images and images/tables/logos I found on the internet while I was doing research. If you own one of these images, please let me know and I will credit you or take it down.

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