[{"id": 4341468, "authorName": "fiatman71", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fiatman71/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I've certainly seen worse corrosion. The kill spot is the transverse leaf mount, which isn't clearly shown in any pictures. If thats solid, this is a presentable driver that should be quite affordable... and in the best 850 colour", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1586301438, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4341497, "authorName": "McG", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mcg/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Definitely the best 850 colour @fiatman71 \r\n\r\nAnd that whole thing about it being more fun to drive a slow car fast, rather than a fast car slow applies here. I speak from experience, having owned one of these for a month back in the mid 1980s. \r\n\r\nI paid $1100 and sold it 4 weeks later for $1400. One might call that a \"win\", but it cost me $100 a week in parts and repairs to keep it on the road, so overall I was out a hundred bucks. Still, it was great fun and worth the money spent for the joy dispensed. \r\n\r\nIf I didn\u2019t have two project cars in the garage waiting for my sorry a$$ to get back out there to turn a wrench or two, I might be tempted to roll the dice and do it again. ;-) GLWTA!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1586302094, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4341524, "authorName": "SIFI1886 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sifi1886/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hi seller here. feel free to ask any questions you might have. I'm no expert on these little Fiat's. I bought this for my wife as a little weekend toy, she has since lost interest, so it has to go. Happy bidding", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1586302670, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4341629, "authorName": "Lightfoot1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lightfoot1/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Ugly bottom side but one of the best project 850's I've seen in awhile. Prefer red only because that was the color of my wife's 70 which was also her first new car. We had a blast in that little thing. I remember the first time I down shifted from 4th to 3rd the rpms shot up to about 6k and she flipped out. \"What the h___ are you doing to my car?\" Downshifting I replied. She knew nothing about downshifting but after I explained it she was fine and it didn't take long for her to appreciate the advantages. Have to say though I do like the chartreuse green too. GLWTA.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1586305105, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4342247, "authorName": "hans_groper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/hans_groper/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My Dad bought a red 1 in Atlanta in the late '70s and drove it home to Miami. I remember how he couldn't stop talking about the tremendous mileage he got on the drive home.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1586323626, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4342314, "authorName": "Pacoryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pacoryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Cute! So is the Clio V6. Less cute is the tell-tale that appears to be showing on the drive shaft from what looks like the battery cable rubbing on it ( red, positive?) might want to tuck that away a little! \r\nI admire anyone that looks at that sort of fibreglass bodge and thinks they can fabricate whatever lurks beneath to repair it, I hope to learn how to do the same one day.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1586330001, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4342873, "authorName": "Andrew.J", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/andrew.j/", "bidAmount": 159, "content": "$159 bid placed by Andrew.J", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586356314, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 4342951, "authorName": "Johnono", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnono/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SIFI1886, can you get a photo of the transverse leaf spring mount that fiatman71 mentioned?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586357601, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4342997, "authorName": "atikovi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/atikovi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I still have the one I bought in '96 but haven't had it on the road in a dozen years. I was always intrigued with that slinger type centrifugal oil \"filter\" on that engine and wondered if it really did anything. And BTW for anyone in Maryland who wanted \"FIAT\" personalized plates, I've had them for the last 20 years or so. Keep paying the registration and occasionally display them on late model Fiats in a photo shoot. Too bad BaT doesn't have a way to post a picture here.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1586358243, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4343258, "authorName": "notabbiente", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/notabbiente/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "plenty of smiles to be had on the road in one of these!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1586361553, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4343439, "authorName": "SIFI1886 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sifi1886/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Johnono Photos have been submitted to @BAT I hope they show what you're looking for.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1586363644, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4343454, "authorName": "SIFI1886 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sifi1886/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Johnono I guess I should mention also that the areas look very solid with on corrosion.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1586363780, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4343474, "authorName": "bringatrailer", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Additional undercarriage photos are now available in the gallery.\n-BaT", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1586364053, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4343543, "authorName": "Johnono", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnono/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SIFI1886, yes that\u2019s what fiatman71 was talking about and the pictures show that the center mount looks very good.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1586364836, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4343949, "authorName": "Radioal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/radioal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The oil filter on these actually works very well. You would be amazed by the amount of crud that comes out when you clean it. Which you should do if you have never cleaned yours. You will need to get the o-ring in hand before removing the cover since the old one will not reseal. Most of the usual fiat vendors stock them. If you ignore it long enough, it will eventually fill up with compacted sludge and when it does, it will cut off oil flow!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1586368717, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4347209, "authorName": "trackdayguy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trackdayguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "is the clio for sale", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586394605, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4347212, "authorName": "trackdayguy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trackdayguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My Dad had an 850 Coupe when I was a kid. I used it regular, did that engine love to rev. Great little cars. Cost of the restoration has sadly finished these little cars. Still super cute little car, GLWTS", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1586394753, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4347359, "authorName": "SIFI1886 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sifi1886/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@trackdayguy The Clio is not for sale yet, I haven't had my fun with it yet :)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1586398562, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4347361, "authorName": "trackdayguy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trackdayguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Did it come from Ontario? and is it LHD. I had one before we left the UK, Great cars", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1586398642, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4347441, "authorName": "SIFI1886 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sifi1886/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@trackdayguy No it came from Japan, & yes LHD", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1586400286, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4348059, "authorName": "Speedex1967", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/speedex1967/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Shiny spot on driveshaft caused by battery cable. \r\nI had one of these in the late 80's. great fun to drive, me and two buddys' drove it to a Sting concert, about a hour away. pillow on the hand brake for third passenger, those were the days.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1586438105, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4348218, "authorName": "gtr8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gtr8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Whats with the heading \"Project\". I had one in 73 and every 850 is a project...BaT is restating the obvious for those who have yet to fall in in love with a Fiat...I did and eventually a Ferrari....now my wallet is even thinner. The 850 was just a precursor of things to come....IE being fleeced by another Italian woman.", "likes": 10, "timestamp": 1586440568, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4348591, "authorName": "rixxster54", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rixxster54/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A yellow 850 was my first car, purchased in 1973. My most cherished memory of that car was as i was driving past the White House, I heard this loud clunk,. I looked out the rear view mirror to see two belts rolling across Pennsylvania Ave, being lead by the generator pulley, toward a group of very curious tourists. Still makes me laugh.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1586445882, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4353035, "authorName": "Fiatplus", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fiatplus/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "To whoever buys this, put at the top of the repair list, after the battery cable, fitment of all of the engine cooling tin.\r\nAlso note it's NOT a \"real wood\" steering wheel, Fiat used a plastic rim on the wheel that was finished to look just like wood. Much more durable.\r\nThe door window operation is usually an easy fix, I stock the regulators.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1586483554, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4353425, "authorName": "fiatman71", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fiatman71/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Looks good, rot seems to be confined to the corners of the pans, where it usually is.... plus some. The leaf mount area looks good and solid as do the rear suspension pickup points. This looks like a good driver. 850's are brilliant little creatures, and I dare anyone to find something that doesn't cost 6 figures that looks better with it's top down than an 850.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1586495602, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4353926, "authorName": "chrlsful", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chrlsful/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "a lill rough but v e r y good to see more of these on here. The more U C the more varability and that means more price points, more of us can get involved ! A fun car, so low to the ground seems like you're goin amilion miles anhr. \"Rather go fast ina slo car than go slo in a fast car\". Grab this 1 and drive, fix as U go.\r\n\r\nThnx SIFI !", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1586527504, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4353984, "authorName": "atikovi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/atikovi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Did they all come with steel wheels from the factory? Mine has genuine magnesium Cromodora wheels.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1586528332, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4354351, "authorName": "Fiatplus", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fiatplus/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@atikovi. Yes, they came with steel wheels. The Cromodora alloy wheels were a common option, and some dealers even installed them. Be careful of magnesium alloy wheels. As they age they get brittle, so don't use them in anger.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1586533628, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4355900, "authorName": "Dann", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dann/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The Summer of '76 I bought a red 1970 850 Spider, for $300. It was in much worse shape than this one. I hope this goes for more than $300! ;-) \nI spent the rest of the summer sanding, cutting, pop riveting, fiber glassing, and a neighbor helped me paint. It looked goad for a few months.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1586545038, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4356651, "authorName": "kvardamanbmw", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kvardamanbmw/", "bidAmount": 300, "content": "$300 bid placed by kvardamanbmw", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586550187, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 4359815, "authorName": "basquesushi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/basquesushi/", "bidAmount": 900, "content": "$900 bid placed by basquesushi", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586623581, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 4359913, "authorName": "MGTD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mgtd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "sweet...........................", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586625483, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4360481, "authorName": "we_prefer_panasports", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/we_prefer_panasports/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love It Or List It!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1586639223, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4361761, "authorName": "mncvalentino", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mncvalentino/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Always wanted one of these for my growing collection of odd Italian cars.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1586705316, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4361773, "authorName": "mncvalentino", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mncvalentino/", "bidAmount": 1000, "content": "$1,000 bid placed by mncvalentino", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586705680, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 4362372, "authorName": "coffeebreak", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/coffeebreak/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A friend bought one used in the day. He liked the car because he could get 34 mpg on hi-test @ $0.39.9 per gallon. Hmmm gas is getting cheaper now...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586722868, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4363942, "authorName": "Dann", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dann/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@coffeebreak When I went to the gas station for the first time with my 850, I gave the attendant $5.00 figuring that it would half fill the tank. 5 dollars not only filled the tank, but I got change back!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586795036, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4364138, "authorName": "basquesushi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/basquesushi/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Gas price was 36 cents a gallon in 1971. That's supposed to be equal to $2.29 in 2020.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1586797346, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4364142, "authorName": "basquesushi", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/basquesushi/", "bidAmount": 1200, "content": "$1,200 bid placed by basquesushi", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586797460, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 4367245, "authorName": "watsonkli", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/watsonkli/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Very few cars are going to be as fun to drive on a twisting road. My brother had one and I still remember the time he took me to our family cabin. You had to go by way of Sharp Street, named so for a reason. How tight ere the turns? Lets just say you had to back off the throttle on a 100cc Hodaka Ace with a trail sprocket. 50 MPH never felt so fast.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586815764, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4368135, "authorName": "Bricklin2117", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bricklin2117/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had the \"cousin\" version of this-a Siata that resembled an MG T series on this same chassis. My $50.00 ride for the summer until it broke while pulling back into my driveway after work. Sat there beside the garage for a month until I got a note with somebody wishing to spend $300.00 to take it off my hands-couldn't dial the phone quickly enough!!!. Fun car-total blast to drive-100mph while stopped in traffic!! Just need safety harness and helmet to feel like you're at Lemans!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586828871, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4368190, "authorName": "Dandanbell58", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dandanbell58/", "bidAmount": 1331, "content": "$1,331 bid placed by Dandanbell58", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586830060, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 4368783, "authorName": "Shoes", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/shoes/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I want it so bad but shipping to the Midwest scares me. Guesses on how much?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586868711, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4368988, "authorName": "SIFI1886 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sifi1886/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@shoes most likely somewhere between $1500 to $2000", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586873677, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4369994, "authorName": "MHavnaer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mhavnaer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A buyer just shipped my '79 Bronco (BIG car) coast to coast for $1100", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1586886844, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4370008, "authorName": "Yassine", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yassine/", "bidAmount": 1431, "content": "$1,431 bid placed by Yassine", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586886934, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 4370101, "authorName": "Dann", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dann/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My favorite 850 story, one evening during my senior year in HS, I was driving home to Irondequoit from a friend's house in Pittsford, NY (an affluent suburb of Rochester, NY), with my German exchange student as a passenger. As we passed through town I saw flashing lights behind me, Rats, getting pulled over for 'speeding'. As we were waiting for the officer to come up to my non-operational, but, in this case, luckily stuck in the open position window, Kurt started swearing about police officers in general. I told him to shut up. When the officer got to the window he, as they always do, asked if I knew how fast I was going? Well, I answered him honestly, \"No I did not because the speedometer cable is broken\", which is really was. I then, in a moment of brilliance (which does not come along all that often) added, \"I have a cable on order (which I did) but you know how hard it is to get parts for these Italian cars\". He just kind of looked at me and Kurt, then said, \"Ok, just take it easy\", and he let me go. Woo Hoo. \r\nMine was red, love this green color. Good luck with your auction.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1586887617, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4370897, "authorName": "clearsky", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clearsky/", "bidAmount": 1550, "content": "$1,550 bid placed by clearsky", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586892035, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 4370950, "authorName": "Yassine", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yassine/", "bidAmount": 1650, "content": "$1,650 bid placed by Yassine", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586892324, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 4370951, "authorName": "millner62", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/millner62/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Bought one brand new in '72 ,it was a great car ,drove it through two Chicago winters, sold it when it was two years old ,with about 50,000 miles on it ( ,yes I drove the wheels of it) ,for what I paid for it ,(1800.00 dollars or so) ,for the same price I bought it for,due to the devaluation of the dollar ,as a new one in '74 was about 3500.00! GLWTA !", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586892325, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4371691, "authorName": "ChrisT100", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/christ100/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Had a '72 that I purchased new as well. My buddies used to pick it up and put it on the sidewalk while i was in class. On really cold nights I would need to put a 150 watt light bulb under the sump so I could start it in the AM. Traded it for a TR6 several years later but wish I would have kept it...got nothing on the trade in.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586895741, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4371790, "authorName": "willrace4beer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/willrace4beer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My first car was a brand new 1970 850 Spider. I started autocrossing it in 1973, won the Northern CA championship in 1975 and the state championship in 1976. In 1977, I started running a different 850 Spider in SCCA HP. I loved both cars. I sold the street car to my brother when he turned 16.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586896342, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4371835, "authorName": "Capt_Nemo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/capt_nemo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is the steering wheel as far off the center of the driver's seat as the pictures make it look? Was a time when things like that were \"character\". Hopefully, cars with character will come back but, perhaps, not for daily drivers!\r\n\r\n@SIFI1886 - Kudos for a no reserve auction; hope it works out well for you!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586896637, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4371909, "authorName": "SIFI1886 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sifi1886/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks @Capt_Nemo", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586896963, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4372125, "authorName": "Yassine", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yassine/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 4/14/20 for $1,650 to Yassine", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586898004, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 4372172, "authorName": "GageDave", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gagedave/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow! What a deal!\r\n\r\n@Dann Cops love honesty. It's always best to be honest and you were rewarded for it that day. It's benefited me more than once.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586898285, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4372413, "authorName": "Scoopman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/scoopman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Holy Smokes!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586899545, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4372687, "authorName": "96E31", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/96e31/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats Simon!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586901043, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4373569, "authorName": "paolo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paolo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "ALWAYS have a reserve....only one person stands to lose....not the buyer, not the auction house......", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1586909919, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 4400847, "authorName": "Allan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/allan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Weighing in...Considering that this car requires some TLC with the undercarriage and a few other anomalies (like changing out those Robertson screws with a Philips on the side mirrors lol ) I'd say that this car was an exceptional purchase! Depending on how far you want to go, the devil is always in the details. I wish I had known about this car being that its located in Airdrie, Alberta (my brother lives there). Canadian cars are still a good find if they've been well cared for. My 71 850 Spider was first featured on BAT and was located in Penticton, BC. I snatched it up immediately! Its since been completely restored from the ground up. Love these cars! \r\n\r\n There are still many new and good used parts available for all years. To the new owner: Many parts cars are available right here in Canada. \r\n\r\nCheers,", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1587417652, "type": "comment"}]