Car Wizard Gave Me A Car And Money!!!, To Bring This 1976 Fiat 124 Spider To The 21st Century!!!

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[antoniovillanueva]

Mr and Ms Wizard seem to be truly nice people.

[mikeceli]

Hi Daniel. I was a Service Advisor./ Mechanic at Fait "Authorized Parts And Service Center, " between 1985-94. FYI Back then, New Aftermarket Master Cylinders sometimes required disassembly, clean and lubing, before they made pressure. The rear brakes have a suspension height activated proportioning valve, which can negate rear brake fluid pressure, when it fails. Front suspension / engine mount crossmember can crack, mostly in the front, where the lower A Arms attach. Thoroughly clean and inspect said crossmember. Timing belt replacement was due, every 24, 000 miles. I'm looking forward to following your project SpYder !

[stevengreco]

Yes Mr and Mrs Wizard seem to be great people!

[romanpaladino]

This engine, the Lampredi Twin Cam, has a storied history in motorsport. It holds the record for most WRC Championships powering Fiats and Lancias, 10 trophies between 1977 - 1992. And for 36 years, from '66 to '02, they powered vehicles from Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Morgan. And in many applications they were turbocharged and supercharged (Volumex). These are good engines. I'm looking forward to seeing it run with the turbo.

[rocketscientist]

I made a comment on the Wizard's channel. I know all about these cars, had a 1974. I still have an Autobooks Service Manual, hard bound cover encased in plastic. The 1980-82 models had a Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injection & there was a factory turbo model. Most of these rusted out because when they were shipped as deck cargo from Italy, & then undercoated in the US, all the salt spray was trapped beneath the undercoating. They never washed the underside down before applying the undercoating. The double overhead cam (DOHC) version of the engine was the first mass manufactured DOHC to use reinforced-rubber timing belts. The cover was metal, not plastic.

[lindanelson]

Wow! Mr. & Mrs. Wizard are truly a pair of stand up people! They don't just want another employee. They want to see their employees be successful.
I subscribed and can't wait to see this build start to finish. I predict a great outcome! 👍

[mainiacpats]

Totally cheering you on Daniel-son, thx Mrs. Wizard for the camera too! You guys are awesome 👏🏼. Really rooting for this to be a banger.

[TXCherokee]

Wow Wizard and Mrs Wizard are being very kind to you. Helping you improve YouTube production

[Jupiterider]

Mr and Mrs Wizard are truly good people.
I can’t wait to see the fruits of your hard work Daniel.
I have to root for a fellow Florida boy! 😉👍🏼

[jamesprice]

This project is going to get really interesting. I just know it's going to be a blast!

[AdamForeman]

This is a fantastic little sports car. Here in the UK, they go for £15k upwards of £30k for immaculate condition. If you're able to restore it inside and out, new disc brakes, new suspension, tires and wheels, new soft top, new seats, mats, dashboard etc, get rid of the rust, paint/colour match where necessary and you'll have a very desirable vintage sports car.

[PaulsToolReview]

I owned and wrenched on 3 of my own fiat spiders (78, 80, and 84). In 1978, it was 1800, by 1980, they upgraded it to 2000, and by 1984 i had a rare turbo 2000 with AC. The cars were easy to work on but parts became more difficult to source when fuat pulled out of the USA especially for the special hardpipe fir the turbo which i had to repair with fiberglass as it was unattainable and needed to work with the factory special exhaust manifold. If memory serves me, all the 2000s had fuel injection. That car some love and attention could be brought back to a looker along with all the performance enhancements. I remember being able to smoke mustangs at the time especially with superior handling on the twisties. I did have a custom monza exhaust with helped it breathe and a 5 speed manual which was standard in the 2000 models and pinafarina variants that were imported after fiat left. I'll be following your progress as it brings back great memories of my old cars, breaking down and doing emergency roadside repairs to get it working enough to get home and fixing right. If you do get it going and drive it around, keep a toolkit and service manual in the trunk. Anyway, fond memories.

[InTeCredo]

@4:28 Is that Citroën XM in the background?

[SlayZGTE]

Car Wizard & Mrs Wizard are really kind and generous people! I’m looking forward to seeing your progress with this car. It’ll be very interesting to learn more about tuning and watching you bring it back to life. Keep up the great work, Daniel!

[garionphx]

I own a 79 124.... A couple things to be warned of: distributor timing is set on cylinder 4, not cylinder 1. And its very possible to get the funky 3 way thermostat oriented wrong.

[jm]

That paint would come back with a good cut and buff. Would be cool to see this rig show up at the grassrootsmotorsports challenge

[alpines]

The interior is shot, but the body is straight, its in much better shape than MANY of Tyler's hoopties!🤣

[oldcarbear]

The 124 Spider had to be 'raised' to meet US headlight standards, so if you lower it to Italian spec, it will look a whole lot better (and handle better). And put on euro-spec bumpers.

[aarondodge]

Not a bad pick for this project. The engines in these cars are robust. The five speed transmissions are strong for the size and shift beautifully. The four wheel disk brakes also make these cars good performers. These cars would out perform most sports cars in this price range easily.

[rayyacht]

Great goal. I am interested about the progress. One thought: Why not first modding the engine? With such a boost in power, on this OLD engine, you risk a blowup. Then you invested into brakes, driveshaft etc. for nothing. And which could be a hassle to even find parts to begin with. Only after engine passed the milestone, I would proceed with the rest of the car. I get it that you can't vtest drive the engine in that car, but then delay its test drive.