[{"id": 2847061, "authorName": "1lotus1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/1lotus1/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Had one for a while, still love them, cool car, great bang for the small buck", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1546995534, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847077, "authorName": "Fez", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fez/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@1lotus1\r\n\r\nWondering how what that price is right number might be? \r\n\r\nI have an AutoWeek Escape Roads feature clipped and hidden away in a drawer.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1546995958, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847095, "authorName": "Fez", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fez/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Honorable @edL\n\nDid these ship two tone? Otherwise is it a creative rustbuble remediation?\n\nThanks. \n\nI was looking at BAT archive, they look so smart in white, but blue isn't bad.\n\nGLWA", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1546996791, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847140, "authorName": "ArchSail", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/archsail/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice Lancia...\r\nI hope there's a good story behind the turn signal stalk breaking off.\r\nGLWTA", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1546998262, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847144, "authorName": "RevSome", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/revsome/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What my blue over blue Buick Century wished it was.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1546998452, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847204, "authorName": "AlexBert", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alexbert/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Ztonto: if you feel alone in your club: here is a potential new friend: Upcoming Winner in a week from now!!! (Maybe for your Wife / or Kid)))", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547000826, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847208, "authorName": "AlexBert", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alexbert/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Maybe World\u2019s smallest Landaulet. Nardi steering Wheel nice Addition.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547000920, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847464, "authorName": "Turn11", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/turn11/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It says the dealer is offering this at no reserve.. That\u2019s not in the title.. so which is it ??", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1547010594, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847470, "authorName": "Turn11", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/turn11/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "These are great little cars.. too bad Lancia never caught on with the american buyers. I have a 1977 scorpion that with some engine enhancement is a blast to drive.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547010780, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847529, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The Beta Spyder featured open-top styling by Pininfarina\n\nThat\u2019s literally, true, but the open top and rear end is all that Pininfarina designed here. \n\nThe Beta Coup\u00e9 was designed by Aldo Castagno, working under Piero Castagnero, who had designed the Fulvia Coup\u00e9 a decade earlier. Pininfarina redesigned the rear of the Coup\u00e9 to create the Spider, the bodies for which were built by Zagato.\n\nBTW, @bringatrailer : ROW got the \u201cBeta Spider\u201d (which Lancia spells it with an \"i\"). That name wasn\u2019t used in the US; our model was always called the \"Beta Zagato\" -- no arachnid. We got a handful of 1978 carb'ed 1800s, but most of them were the 2000: carb'ed in 1979 and Bosch L-Jetronic in 1981-82 -- the last Lancias sold in the US.\n\nAzzurro metallizzato is my favorite color for the Beta Coup\u00e9 or Zagato. It never came from the factory with \u2018Boxer\u2019 paint. The interior\u2019s remarkably intact. I never cared for the original steering wheel (I had the same one on my 1981 Coup\u00e9), so a swap is fine with me. Personally I prefer black leather, but Nardi makes lovely wheels. \n\nThe body isn\u2019t flawless, but nothing serious \u2013 pending some underside photos, which would be very useful here. The engine compartment looks clean; I wouldn\u2019t mind hearing the engine or a driving video. As always, a PPI would be a good idea. But assuming the recent mechanical work is all it needs, there\u2019s a lot to like here.\n\nGood luck with the auction.", "likes": 10, "timestamp": 1547015724, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847575, "authorName": "Sjalabais", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sjalabais/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a way to feel the beat of the '80s - looks gorgeous.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547024457, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847583, "authorName": "Classifornia (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/classifornia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have never gotten as much attention as I have in this. It is indeed a neat addition, and can bring instant enjoyment. I especially enjoyed driving with the just the rear top down and keeping the hardtop on around town. I don't why but I really loved the look of it that way, it immediately stands out in the crowd, and everyone wants to know what it is. \r\n\r\nAs for the stalk, the Previous owner was reaching over for something and it snagged on his jacket, and ended up breaking from the force. \r\n\r\nI will work on uploading a cold start/drive around tomorrow.\r\n\r\nCali-Car all its life, it was used on movie sets for 70s-80s inspired backdrops after being officially retired by original owner who could no longer drive it anymore. I do not have any criteria relating to the Beta's screen time.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547026100, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847584, "authorName": "Classifornia (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/classifornia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Turn11 it is under reserve, we are expecting it to go for around the same value as the last Beta Zagato that was auctioned on here not too long ago. \r\n\r\n@Ed_L I have never seen Azzurro Metallizzato prior to this Beta, it is a treat! I have only seen them in Red for some reason. I don't know if they ever came two tone, but the Navy on the bottom has an Italian flair to it, and I enjoy it every time I look at the lower valences to distinguish the two shades.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547026421, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847710, "authorName": "sensh", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sensh/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Ah, the unloved Beta (UPDATE: Now thankfully starting to be loved. At least a little.) Although I have always preferred the coupes a little more (and the HPE's a little more than that), any good Beta is a good car indeed and a woefully underrated way to carve up some backroads. These Lampredi twin cams really sing, the chassis is a fabulous handler, and the nose has always looks very aggressive and cool to me.\n\nSpring is coming. Enough time to paint the lower panels back to the original metallic light blue and be ready for some sunshine, con un sacco di brio.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1547041277, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847857, "authorName": "Fez", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fez/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"Coup\u00e9 or Zagato. It never came from the factory with \u2018Boxer\u2019 paint\"\r\n\r\nDoes \"Boxer\" mean two tone?\r\n\r\nAnyway..... I've eyed these for decades.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547045588, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847945, "authorName": "JAGBOY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jagboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Ed_L Thanks for the style-history lesson. Most educational. After decades of looking I have come to appreciate \"quirky\", distinctive styling. Placing any shape in context typically reveals the aesthetic logic in the designer's pencil. Try as I might, I can't come to terms with these Spyders. Who knows what constraints yielded this unhappy result? Sometimes even the masters just get it wrong.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547047596, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847951, "authorName": "Bill", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bill/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "These are under rated cars. I love driving my coupe. \n\nReplacing the stalk and the column switch will prove interesting. Lancia changed parts in mid production. Finding the correct one might take a bit of searching. I now have several that looked tike they should work, but don\u2019t.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547047599, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2847974, "authorName": "IamNoExpertBut", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/iamnoexpertbut/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Do Italian cars really need turn signal stalks anyway?\r\n\r\nGLWTA", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1547047947, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2848030, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Those of us old enough to remember the intro of the Ferrari 365 GT4 Berlinetta Boxer tend to call a black lower body 'Boxer' paint for the distinctive treatment often seen on that model:\r\nhttp://i.wheelsage.org/pictures/f/ferrari/pininfarina/365_gt4_berlinetta_boxer/ferrari_365_gt4_berlinetta_boxer_15.jpeg\r\nAnd, no -- nothing like that was every offered on a Lancia Beta .\r\n\r\n@JAGBOY : personally I've always preferred the Coup\u00e9.\r\n\r\nAs @Bill suggests, it's gotten hard to find good stalk/switch clusters. Hopefully this one is repairable, but otherwise, good luck...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547049406, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2848124, "authorName": "eddieames", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/eddieames/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I like the colour combo of yours @Classifornia, and especially the Nardi wood steering wheel, nice touch.\nI've grown a big fan of these cars since buying one. Great fun, value and a 'strike up a conversation' piece.\nI became the accidental owner of a '79 a little over a year ago, and although not powerful (I own some muscle cars), still a true pleasure to drive around, as we have lots of twisty roads here where I live. \nI stumbled across it, a low mileage original paint '79 stashed on the second floor in a barn with most of its history from new, and impulsively bought it. \nI've taken it on a dozen runs or so now, and it didn't break down, but needed some maintenance adjustments. Great, reliable car now.\nAs an LE, the only place it names itself 'Lancia' is in the centre grill, so people regularly thumbs up it, then ask what the h#ll is it? And then ask, what's a Lancia?... \nA pleasant distraction in one's day. \nThere's no other factory nomenclature on the LE's giving a hint as to what it is, interestingly. \nThe gold wrap around stripe is in place of the 'Zagato' or 'Lancia' nameplate on the trunk lid.\nGood luck with your auction, hope you meet your reserve.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547051209, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2848140, "authorName": "Bluebrick", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bluebrick/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "These are good looking little cars. A neighbor in our cul-de-sac had one in the 1980s. She had the only one in town, black with gold accents. Can't remember ever seeing another one - even back then when they were new cars! GLWTA.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547051429, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2848151, "authorName": "eddieames", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/eddieames/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jagboy, I agree with the styling not working at first, but with it parked in my garage or sitting in my sloped driveway, it has grown on me quite a bit now. \nTrue enough, some angles it's viewed from are kinder than others, and whether the top is up or down, or the lid on or off..", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547051775, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2848359, "authorName": "bringatrailer", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The car is being offered with a reserve, and we've updated the listing accordingly. Apologies for the confusion.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547055873, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2848568, "authorName": "bradyzq", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bradyzq/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "How easy is it to convert this to smaller euro bumpers?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547059469, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2849666, "authorName": "Mgauk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mgauk/", "bidAmount": 1000, "content": "$1,000 bid placed by Mgauk", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547070045, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2849918, "authorName": "John_in_DC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/john_in_dc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "From the side it almost looks like it has a short truck bed.\r\n\r\nIl Camino!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547072085, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2850451, "authorName": "Bulawayo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bulawayo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful Lancia! I tracked it locally while for sale on Craigslist, but never made the trek to examine it in person. Not surprised it wound up on BAT eventually I checked the California DMV/BAR website this afternoon for smog history (based on license plate information), and it indicates the last smog check occurred in 2003. Is the car currently smogged (within last 90 days) and registered (Planned Non-Operation [PNO]) or otherwise? Thanks, and GLWTA.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547084821, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2850790, "authorName": "B.R.", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/b.r.-user/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had one of these a long time ago. It was the Limited Edition black & gold version, and my first Italian car. Didn't own it for a long time (bought it mainly to flip). \r\n\r\nOne of the things I liked about these cars was the many ventilation options. Seems like that theme was somewhat carried over to my second Italian car, a Qvale.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547096167, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2851096, "authorName": "Roverguy67", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/roverguy67/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A friend in High school had one of these.... he was Brutal to this car and it just kept running.... at the time I was driving my moms old Audi 100LS.... which was rusty, unreliable, and very \"uncool\".... I remember my friend telling me to ask my parents to buy me a Lancia..... Yep he was that kinda guy, what ever he asked for, he got.... me not so much..LOL... Many many fond memories of that Lancia... this one looks to be in amazing shape... good luck on the auction", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547129035, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2851955, "authorName": "Simonrileyrm", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/simonrileyrm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sigh! One of the favorite cars I have owned, used in the UK as a daily driver for 2 yrs until I restored it, than as a weekend car for another 7yrs. Had the engine restored to a loose fit and ran on Mobile 1, it revved very well and the handling was better even that the coupe due to the extra bracing added by Zagato. A friend with a coupe travelled with me on several trips and always commented on how well planted it was, in the days before speed limits on every bend in the UK, it would happily maintain 60mph through anything I threw it through! The British salty roads eventually got to it and I had it stripped, new panels welded in and repainted in its original Powder Blue in the late 1980's, I also had the seats recovered in matching powder blue leather with Black piping and likewise the carpets were redone, it looked and ran great for another 7 years, when the rust started to eat into the rockers and front of the hood again. I emigrated here and my father garaged it, my intent being to import once it reached an age where anti smog would not need fitting, sadly my father needed the garage space before that happened and it got sold, only to show up a few year later at 10 time what I sold it for!\r\nOnly mechanical issue was a throttle cable that had a tendency to fray at regular intervals, so I always kept a spare on hand, plus the coolant expansion tank would crack due to its poor design.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547145557, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2852045, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Simonrileyrm \"the handling was better even that the coupe due to the extra bracing added by Zagato\"\r\n\r\nZagato added bracing to make up for the drop in torsional stiffness cause by cutting out the roof and chopping the C pillar. But I\u2019ve never heard anyone claim that the Spider had better torsional stiffness than the Coup\u00e9 \u2013 let alone that it handled noticeably better than the Coup\u00e9. What\u2019s your source for this claim?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547146751, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2852082, "authorName": "Simonrileyrm", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/simonrileyrm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hi Ed_L, personal experience of driving both my Spyder and a friends Coupe. There was a particularly difficult Z bend that the Spyder took at ease at 60 and the coupe couldn't , loosing traction.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547147058, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2852164, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Simonrileyrm : with so many variables between any two different cars, any back-to-back handling difference was far more likely due to something other than a basic difference in torsional stiffness.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1547147723, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2852485, "authorName": "Bricklin2117", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bricklin2117/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love the steering wheel. GLWTA", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547150354, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2854028, "authorName": "Dan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "About the least expensive way to get magical names like Lancia, Zagato and Lampredi in one car, even if some of the names are a slight stretch.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1547163898, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2854163, "authorName": "SubGothius", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/subgothius/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@JAGBOY - I own one and beg to differ about the styling; while certainly quirky, I find it quite rakish and harmonious in its own way. Key elements to me are how in profile view, the A- and B-pillar lines and rearmost slope of the ragtop all appear to converge towards a single point above the car; likewise, the haunch line (itself very nice) at the base of the B-pillar, the shape of the air vent above that, and the grille slats within the vent all appear to converge towards a single point at the rear.\n\n@Simonrileyrm - Agreed with @Ed_L that any perceived handling difference was more likely due to other factors such as differing tires, alignment, bushing condition, weight of fuel in the tank, etc.\n\n@eddieames - Sounds like your trunk may have been repainted at some point, as LE/SE cars originally had Lancia Zagato stenciled as cutouts inside the gold stripe across the trunklid.\n\nAs for the stalk switch cluster, there were pretty much just two types, early and late, corresponding to a revision of the rest of the interior. That said, I think the rest-of-world late cluster (with icon labeling rather than English text) and/or late X1/9 clusters that look similar had slightly different connection blocks that can be adapted by pulling the terminals out of their connectors on the donor unit and re-inserting them into the connectors from the recipient car.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1547167446, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2854660, "authorName": "Racer-X", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/racer-x/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yeah, love it, like an early 80's Toyota Celica that went completely wrong on the cat walk. Gotta have one!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547182861, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2855540, "authorName": "JAGBOY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jagboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SubGothius No offence intended. Yours is a cogent analysis. By \"in context\" I meant \"of it's era\" and the Lancia, being conceived in the 1970's, is certainly that. One sees parallels with other shapes from that time. Here's kudos to you and your enthusiasm for your special car. Have fun with it.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547224908, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2855663, "authorName": "pcprice63", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pcprice63/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Was the question about the car being smoged within the last 90 days ever answered?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547226968, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2855720, "authorName": "Bulawayo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bulawayo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Not yet. I could find no record of a smog check in 2017 per the listing, and the last one on record is over a decade ago. Plus, the smog history is a bit checkered with several \"fails\" in the mix. Since the seller is a dealer, hopefully the resources are available to ensure this Lancia is able to be driven legally in California. For you non-CA bidders, never mind.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547228045, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2855864, "authorName": "SubGothius", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/subgothius/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Smog should be fairly straightforward to sort out if needed, as the '81-82 models had Bosch L-jet FI, so any shop that's dealt with '80s-era Euro marques should be able to figure it out.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547230170, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2859030, "authorName": "glpatrick", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/glpatrick/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "worth far more! I sold my 81 here on 7/17 first one to sell on BaT and overall good experience. It was as nice example ever existed. I\u2019ve seen them all! I just sold my Silver 81 and have 2 left. No time left to work on or drive life too busy. \nIf interested this overall looks good, I\u2019ve bought or replaced every part on these we\u2019ve owned dozens. I love them. \nPersonally I\u2019d repaint it one solid color, the original as the bottom distracts from lines in my opinion, but it would be a great choice to a realistic buyer. \nPics of undercarriage would be my request. \nI hope it goes higher as still undervalued cars. Drive one and for the price very fun, tons of questions and mine have gotten far more attention than my Porsche\u2019s so bid up. \nDrive", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547312540, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2859586, "authorName": "Classifornia (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/classifornia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Car will be smogged for CA buyers. I got a cold start video to upload shortly. I will get some undercarriage pictures by Monday. It actually may be easier to just record the undercarriage, I will take some pictures regardless. It was rainy majority of the day, and the lifts were full.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547333032, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2859787, "authorName": "Classifornia (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/classifornia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@glpatrick \r\n\r\nCan I contact you via email? I had a general question", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547343120, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2859795, "authorName": "Corbet", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/corbet/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A few years ago I owned a nearly identical example to this specimen. The color was identical and (in my opinion) the best that was available on this vintage. As others have mentioned this is an incredibly economical way to put yourself behind the wheel of a semi-coach built Italian car. A lot of bang for the buck. FWIW I never had an issue smogging the car in southern California. If the new owner is local to the vehicle there are 3 great shops within an hour away that can keep this in top running condition. GlWS", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547343685, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2859810, "authorName": "adsl0601", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/adsl0601/", "bidAmount": 1500, "content": "$1,500 bid placed by adsl0601", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547344410, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2859824, "authorName": "Classifornia (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/classifornia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@corbet \r\n\r\nWhich shops are you referring to? For my own knowledge. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nVery fun to drive, low $ to maintain/fix, and you can rock it El Camino style. The value should only be appreciating over the next decade.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547345782, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2859845, "authorName": "Corbet", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/corbet/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@classifornia\r\nAlfa Italia in Burbank \r\nSanto's in Northridge \r\nBill Hahn's in Ventura \r\n\r\nI have done business with all three of these shops. Significantly more with the last two than the first, but only because of geography. There is a decent, regional show every fall at Woodley Park in Van Nuys-The best of France and Italy. If anyone is interested.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547346932, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2859905, "authorName": "pcprice63", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pcprice63/", "bidAmount": 2001, "content": "$2,001 bid placed by pcprice63", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547349789, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2860010, "authorName": "we_prefer_panasports", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/we_prefer_panasports/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is the paint scheme original and when and where was the work done to make the wheels look as they do now?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547356576, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2860110, "authorName": "Acceleratii_Incredibus", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/acceleratii_incredibus/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Am I the only one that clicked on the auction looking at the lead photo and seeing Subaru BRAT? LOL\r\nNeat car. GLWA", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1547380867, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2860430, "authorName": "Mgauk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mgauk/", "bidAmount": 2300, "content": "$2,300 bid placed by Mgauk", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547400498, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2860511, "authorName": "KingCast", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kingcast/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Acceleratii_Incredibus hahaha.... I knew what it was. I'm 53. My tennis teacher had a new one back in '82. I love 'em.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547403925, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2860532, "authorName": "adsl0601", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/adsl0601/", "bidAmount": 2500, "content": "$2,500 bid placed by adsl0601", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547404949, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2860580, "authorName": "Mgauk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mgauk/", "bidAmount": 2600, "content": "$2,600 bid placed by Mgauk", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547406476, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2860792, "authorName": "adsl0601", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/adsl0601/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Are there any records as to when the timing belt was last changed?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547416653, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2862639, "authorName": "Classifornia (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/classifornia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "No records showing. However I\u2019ve spoken with previous owner, it was started and driven once a month over the course of ownership. He also noted some parts that were replaced/refreshed within last 2 years.\r\n\r\nInterior: Newer seats/Carpet. \r\nExhaust: Muffler and Cat. \r\nFuel: spark plugs. Fuel filter. Injectors. \r\nNewer battery.\r\nMost recent service is the Bosch fuel pump (with service receipt). \r\n\r\nIt\u2019s a sharp running project that can be fully restored, and has enough instant gratification to be left as is and driven.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547499979, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2863410, "authorName": "Classifornia (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/classifornia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@we_prefer_panasports \n\nI believe euro bumper market kit (middle molding lines with reflectors) and the two tone scheme was done aftermarket. \n\nWheels were not noted for previous owner as being refinished they seem to be in original shape and the 71k holds true on them.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547505688, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2863906, "authorName": "Turn11", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/turn11/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "OK... NO belt replacement history is scary. I broke a belt on my 124 hoping I could drive it home to replace. It can get very costly, close to the value of the car. take the belt cover off and at least give it a visual..any info helps at this point...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547515175, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2864166, "authorName": "bradleykentmiller", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bradleykentmiller/", "bidAmount": 4000, "content": "$4,000 bid placed by bradleykentmiller", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547521481, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2864484, "authorName": "RobReinders", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robreinders/", "bidAmount": 4500, "content": "$4,500 bid placed by RobReinders", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547548757, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2866152, "authorName": "Michael_Strauss", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/michael_strauss/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by Michael_Strauss", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547583889, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2866617, "authorName": "Motown1971", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/motown1971/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "These are very sweet looking cars. Undervalued I reckon.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547588313, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2866889, "authorName": "RobReinders", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robreinders/", "bidAmount": 5200, "content": "$5,200 bid placed by RobReinders", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547590949, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2866897, "authorName": "BernardGEERAERT", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bernardgeeraert/", "bidAmount": 5400, "content": "$5,400 bid placed by BernardGEERAERT", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547591017, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2866909, "authorName": "RobReinders", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robreinders/", "bidAmount": 5500, "content": "$5,500 bid placed by RobReinders", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547591086, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2866916, "authorName": "BernardGEERAERT", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bernardgeeraert/", "bidAmount": 5600, "content": "$5,600 bid placed by BernardGEERAERT", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547591147, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 2866927, "authorName": "BernardGEERAERT", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bernardgeeraert/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 1/15/19 for $5,600 to BernardGEERAERT", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547591271, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 2866934, "authorName": "eddieames", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/eddieames/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Encouraging, might submit my '79 LE..", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1547591348, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2867731, "authorName": "Classifornia (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/classifornia/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats to @bernardgeeraert!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547609261, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2867857, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Seems like a fair outcome -- congratulations to buyer and seller.\r\n\r\nBeats the hell out of $4k in cash plus this one:\r\n1981 Lancia beta zagato convertible", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547616413, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2868848, "authorName": "BernardGEERAERT", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bernardgeeraert/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "To Ed_L \r\nMy quote for both, white and blue one $ 1,800 under condition they can be shipped together with the one I bought on present auction from BaT.\r\nAwaiting your answer. Bernard GEERAERT b.geeraert@telenet.be", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1547662005, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 2868962, "authorName": "Ed_L", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ed_l/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@BernardGEERAERT : sorry -- I have no idea what answer you're awaiting; I have nothing to do with either this car or the parts car on eBay.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1547664710, "type": "comment"}]