Well after looking for the better part of a year, and passing on an 850 which proved to be too much of a wreck and unsafe to dolly I was close to giving in when my wanted add on CL landed me an email from a father/son 72 Fiat Spider project who had bought and thought it was previously amateur restored 6 years ago. The transmission popped 4 years ago and it sat in their garage until last year when they put a reman in from IAP (got the paperwork $$$!). By this time though the son was in college, father didn't have the time to deal with it and wanted it gone, same sad story. I checked the engine it's a 125BC000 ~ 1608 with some sort of Weber, don't know yet as I'm still learning a lot about the mechanicals on this thing, feel free to chime in if you recognize it. The chrome bumpers were removed and the fascia filled and smoothed before the restoration respray (original color), but I have all the bumpers and they're really nice (no rust) for 38 year old's and the chrome is still good. I'm planning on putting them back on sometime down the road. I plan on a complete rewire and need to sort the miss but it runs and drives!. Anyway, time for some pics:
Anyone know what type of wheels these are? They are at least 2 piece as those little black rivets are indeed real fasteners.
As I dig into the car, I'm finding it's more original (good upkeep / garaged) and less restoration at least the body, the dash is custom and the header is an alfa romeo (or so I was told but don't recognize it), there is some rust in corners but minimal, but the underside has been under body coated at some point in life and the pans are fantastic. The only parts that need help are the bottoms of the door. I've only found about 4 spots of bondo and it was to fill dents, two of which were on the hood, no real rust repair.
Where in Atlanta are you located? I'm in Lilburn/Stone Mountain. I just finished a complete "nuts and bolts" restoration/resto-modding of my 74 Spider (yes it's red 
), so am now pretty comfortable taking apart and putting back together every part of these great little cars. Don't hesitate to contact me if you need help with your project or want to see just how obsessed a Spider can make you (my restoration became a little extreme 
).