Orange 131 Racing for sale in Belgium

[bellamacchina]

This adversed I came across today! It is said there to be a fully restored car with 66000kms on the clock. The cars looks really a beauty on the pictures!

http://link.marktplaats.nl/207664171

[eugene]

Looks a nice car in the photos .Why are LHD sports making a lot more money than RHD .One would think it would be the other way round as there is a lot more LHDs out there. .Eugene

[kev131]

This car was for sale on Autoscout24 for ?8000 a month ago. Someone wanting to cash in...!

Looks in lovely conditioon - Love the wheels.

[bellamacchina]

Quite possible, first sell, then you know what is the price with the feet back on ground!

8K sounds more realistic but the last time we saw more cars advertised way over 10K. Restoring is still more expensive and they start to be really scarce.

Eugene, RHD cars are just wanted in the left driving countries and there is only our small lover group. Normally economy tells that  when there aremore customers for a product you can sell for a higher price. BUT don't forget it is an asking price and not what he really got. Everything is worth exactly what it is sold for, so even an Abarth without any buyer is relatively worthless
Strange to see that the last orange car before this one I saw on offer was standing for quite a period and drives now in Ireland.
Believe me, the 131 Sport community is really small and the most people only start to realise that they want such a great car after they all disappeared from the market into lovers hands

[kev131]

Yes I will be surprised to see this sell for ?12500 - I dont know of any that breached the ?10k yet.

There is a very suspicious looking rectangular plate where the rear number plate normally sits..

[bellamacchina]

Kev,

I expect it is just a"home made plate" to fit the strange size of a belgium plate.
Not many Racings I came across through the years still had the original plate with the chrome up and down.

[mirafioriman]

Nice car, ridiculous price. One day the bubble is going to burst and some people are going to lose a lot of money! However, if you are happy to keep your sport forever, it does not matter what its financial worth is. 

[bellamacchina]

That's the point Dave

[Sev131]

A nice example. Also love the wheels because i've got a set!

[sid131]

If you go to all the work of rebuilding a sport to better than new spec only you will know exactly how good the car is & why would you sell it, it costs lots more to restore properly than to just go & buy one, so if you are lucky enough to have a good restored example keep it forever because these left hand drive ones that are coming to bad weather conditions will eventually rust if not cared for properly like Kevin did with his.

[italianxrays]

This was the previous owners other 131, a true enthusiast, it was sold shortly after my enquiry.


http://i353.photobucket.com/albums/r376/italianxrays1/fiat131abarth.jpg

[miro-1980]

Guys,

 I like the wheels on this Abarth. Anybody knows what they are ?