Fiat 124 Coupe
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First released in 1967, the Fiat 124 Coupe was produced in three models: the AC, BC, and CC. Some popular accounts put the AC as the prettiest and most sought after by collectors. The AC were the lightest cars with the best handling. The BC series actually came with softer suspensions. This was remedied with the CC series in 1973. Engine wise, the AC started with the 1,438 cc, then grew to 1,608 in the BC. The CC was first officially offered with the 1,592 cc and then 1,756 cc (some early CC left the factory with left over 1,608 cc engines). The four cylinder, twin overhead cam engine was designed by an ex-Ferrari engineer. Other mechanical tidbits include a 5 speed gearbox and disc brakes all round. When it was released many of these features were only found on exotic sports cars with much higher prices.
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[edit] Design
The 124 Coupe was designed by Boano, an inside designer. The softop was designed by Pininfarina. The Spider and Coupe did not share a common platform. There were approx 113,000 AC Coupes, 98,000 BC Coupes 1,438 cc/1,608 cc, and about 75,000 CC Coupes. There were ongoing changes with all models making them almost individual by year (e.g lack of rear sway bar on 1969 ACs, etc.)
The Fiat 124 Spider Rally came with dual Weber 40 IDF carburetors. Fiat twincam engines tend to be oversquare in design, that is, big bore and short stroke. This gives them the ability to rev to high RPMs. The Fiat 2 liter is the final evolution with an engine that contains a longer stroke. This engine can be found as a turbocharged and intercooled fire breather in the Lancia Delta Integrale rally winning cars. These cars took the World Rally Championship several times in the 1980s.
Fiat 124 Coupe Chassis numbers and years are:
- 1967 AC - starts 000001 ends #034513
- 1968 AC - #034514 - #066279
- 1969 AC - #066280 - #113869
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- 1970 BC - #113870 - #115876
- 1971 BC 1438cc - #115877 - #139912
- 1971 BC1 1608cc - #139913
- 1972 BC1 1608cc - #181442
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- 1973 CC 1608cc - #206905
- 1973 CC 1592cc - #213370
- 1974 CC1 1756cc - #240100
- 1975 CC1 1756cc - #269934
It is believed CC coupes ended at about 280,000 cars.
[edit] Today
The car was also built under licence in Spain as the Seat 124 Coupe. Most of the cars are in the United States, Australia, Germany, Canada, and New Zealand.
