Production figures of the Fiat 124 Spider

[18Fiatsandcounting]

I agree with RRoller that this is pretty interesting, but I have no good way of assessing whether the 15 to 24% number is accurate. I can only speak for my experience here in the San Francisco Bay Area, and while a number of spider owners are regulars on this forum, I just don't see many of these cars out on the roads. Occasionally, yes, but not on a regular basis. Maybe they're all trying to resolve the issues with their carburetors, ignition systems, or cooling systems...!

-Bryan

[geospider]

mine is
124 CS2 0150043
1979 2000

[rdv]

mine is
124 CS2 0150043
1979 2000

Hi and thanks!
I already got your car. History back to 2008, where it was auctioned at Ebay. The summary:
81,349 miles. Vehicle Title: Clear. Transmission: Manual. i bought this fine automobile from a lady who had it garaged since 1999.she had a few kids&stopped driving it in 1999. she bought it from the original owner in 1981. a true find! super clean inside& out,100% rust free,a california garaged car it's entire life, all original & runs PERFECT!!!! Auctioned at Ebay in 01/2008 to zootster1 for: US $2,850.00.
I still have the complete auction details as a PDF file. Interested?
Bye, Ralf

[geospider]

Ralf,
That is very cool. Would be great to have that.
e mail: railtog@yahoo.com

thanks,
geo

[rdv]

Would be great to have that.

you got mail..

[redcars]

I have an 81 CSO-00174986 and
an 82 ZFAAS00B8C8188523

[rdv]

I have an 81 CSO-00174986 and
an 82 ZFAAS00B8C8188523

Hi,
I already got your cars from this site (2018), but with just a few informations. A picture of each would be great..
Bye, Ralf

[rdv]

Hi at all,
next gap is closed: 124CS10097401 is found as an earlier Ebay auction car!
And here we go.. 16,319 Spider till now!

Bye, Ralf

[18Fiatsandcounting]

Hallo Ralf,
This may or may not help, but back around 1990, I shipped six spiders from Southern California to the port in Bremerhaven. I don't recall the details, but my contact for the imports was a fellow named Bernd Stowasser. Totally nice guy, and he and I were friends in college, but I have totally lost contact with Bernd. So, if by chance you come across him, say Hello for me. And to the six Fiats.

-Bryan

[rdv]

Hallo Ralf,
This may or may not help, but back around 1990, I shipped six spiders from Southern California to the port in Bremerhaven. I don't recall the details, but my contact for the imports was a fellow named Bernd Stowasser. Totally nice guy, and he and I were friends in college, but I have totally lost contact with Bernd. So, if by chance you come across him, say Hello for me. And to the six Fiats.
-Bryan

Hi Bryan,
nice story! I just looked at national telephone list: There are just 3 named Bernd Stowasser here in germany:
https://www.dastelefonbuch.de/Suche/Bernd%20Stowasser
Interested to get in contact again?

I read about a Re-Import of 153 Fiat Spider from a german company Liebermann in munich and got the chassisnumbers for the Register!
They bought the cars directly from Fiat USA and their stock in New Jersey, which was partially flooded. So various Limited Edition cars came ~1983 to germany and were partially refurbished for the german market (i.e. new paint, lost of LE-badges etc.).

Bye, Ralf

[18Fiatsandcounting]

Hi Ralf, thanks for that information. All I know is that Bernd was several years older than me, so that would mean he would be about 60 years old at this point. I have no idea where he lives, and he may not even remember me, but we were at the California Institute of Technology in the late 1980s/early 1990s. My role was to purchase the six cars and have them shipped to Germany, and he paid me well. The only requirement was that the cars be late 1970s models, with no rust. The German TÜV, you know.

-Bryan