stroker
stroker UltraDork
1/18/19 10:03 p.m.
Pete Gossett
Pete Gossett GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/19/19 5:30 a.m.

In reply to stroker :

I think I’d rather have the red one in front of it. 

GTXVette
GTXVette SuperDork
1/19/19 8:04 a.m.

That one Excite's me.

KyAllroad (Jeremy)
KyAllroad (Jeremy) PowerDork
1/19/19 9:13 a.m.

In 43 years it accumulated 36,000 miles and needed an engine rebuild.   That’s impressive even by Italian standards.

Robbie
Robbie GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
1/19/19 10:20 a.m.
KyAllroad (Jeremy) said:

In 43 years it accumulated 36,000 miles and needed an engine rebuild.   That’s impressive even by Italian standards.

Don't get your hopes up. That might be it's second engine rebuild.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/19/19 12:44 p.m.

At some point in my life, I will probably make the Lancia Scorpion Mistake, and that one is only an hour away. But an obscure Italian car that needs a windshield and rust that is visible on Craigslist?

Nope. Not a chance.

GTXVette
GTXVette SuperDork
1/19/19 3:28 p.m.

I was suprised at the Price a Little, At 1 grand ya Might consider another 5 to fix it some, I don't think a resto but some kinda BA streetable racer, To restore stuff is not for the Faint hearted Anymore.

chandler
chandler PowerDork
1/19/19 5:38 p.m.

I don’t like bringing it up...but; I bought mine out of the trader paper in Chicago; viewed it at night and loaded it up. It broke in the middle when I was unloading it at home. Parted it out on eBay iirc. This was pre-CL but I flinch when I see one for sale.

Stefan
Stefan GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/19/19 6:01 p.m.
KyAllroad (Jeremy) said:

In 43 years it accumulated 36,000 miles and needed an engine rebuild.   That’s impressive even by Italian standards.

Popped a timing belt, lunched the motor, sat while the owner took their time fixing it.

TurnerX19
TurnerX19 Reader
1/19/19 9:08 p.m.

Take all the Fiat rust stories you have heard and multiply them by 3 for Scorpion rust. The only good to come from the X1/20 project was the 037 and the group 5 race cars. Stock Scorpions are not the magic that an X1/9 is, a shame really.....

nutherjrfan
nutherjrfan UltraDork
1/19/19 9:51 p.m.
dherr
dherr GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
1/21/19 1:44 p.m.

This car would be perfect donor for that kit.  So the kit would set you back $15K US plus shipping, paint, proper engine.....

nutherjrfan
nutherjrfan UltraDork
1/21/19 6:52 p.m.

In reply to dherr :

i didn't do the math on the us/nz dollars but i bet you could resell that for $15k easily.  got to be at least a few wealthy rally collectors this side of the pond even for a replica. smiley  of course your labor would be free or more correctly paid for in hooning it for a year or two before resale. enlightened

dherr
dherr GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
1/21/19 7:56 p.m.

I agree once it was completed, it would be worth far more than if you tryed to restore the Scorpion back to original.  Those kits are really cool, just use the center of the chassis and have front and rear subframes to hang the bodywork. Really nice looking cars when done.

TurnerX19
TurnerX19 Reader
1/21/19 10:13 p.m.

Having spent more than a few hours labor on a very nice original 037, the NZ kit is an accurate reproduction of the original car, less the supercharger. Pic of original on street across from my house, and leaking fuel from bag tank with no can. Repro is much nicer there!

nutherjrfan
nutherjrfan UltraDork
1/22/19 10:40 p.m.

to be honest this thread now needs to moved to the cool jobs thread in off-topic.  'What do you do for a living?'  ' Well I take a E36 M3 Italian car and turn it into a groovy Italian car'.  Say that in an Eddie Izzard voice. laugh

TurnerX19
TurnerX19 Reader
1/22/19 11:06 p.m.

Look close on the craigslist pictures and you see that the seller already has the double bubble hard roof that is "taken" from the 037. These cars always had fabric roofs when new.

ae86andkp61
ae86andkp61 GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
1/22/19 11:34 p.m.

The 037 is such a beautiful car, and it left such an indelible impression on the brain of my 10-year-old self that I feel like I need to build a replica someday.

 

Given that this one is on the opposite (and rusty) side of the country makes it easier to resist.

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