In a latest Choose of the Day, we featured a basic Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider and touched on how Italian coachbuilders usually would take pedestrian automobiles and use their creativity to create one thing new and fascinating. This 1969 Fiat 124 “Eveline” Coupé is a type of particular automobiles, which is why it’s our Choose of the Day. It’s listed on ClassicCars.com by a seller in Italy. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

The Fiat 124 was the corporate’s bread-and-butter for half of the Sixties and Seventies. The sedan is known for its ubiquity, in addition to being the core car for a number of Iron Curtain and third world international locations. There additionally was a Pininfarina-designed Sport Spider that was fairly fashionable within the U.S., in addition to a Sport Coupé (styled in-house by Boano) that includes a junior Ferrari look. Nevertheless, that didn’t cease coachbuilders like Vignale from creating its personal 124 Coupé, which it christened “Eveline.” It debuted on the 1967 Turin Motor Present.

Curiously, the 1967-69 Eveline used the sedan’s OHV inline-four (each in 1,197cc and 1,438cc variants) and never the DOHC 1.4-liter that was utilized by each the Sport Spider and Sport Coupé. As outfitted, the Eveline featured 59 or 69 horsepower from its OHV fours as a substitute of the 79 horses supplied by the DOHC 1.4. Nonetheless, the Eveline sports activities styling fairly totally different from the first-generation 124 Sport Coupé, although the Eveline’s entrance finish styling appears to trace at what Fiat would produce with the 1969 124 Sport Coupé facelift.

This 1969 Fiat 124 “Eveline” Coupé options the OHV 1.2 4 backed by a four-speed guide. Inside is the place the thrill actually begins as a result of four-place seating with armrests, central ashtrays, energy entrance home windows. “Good situation of mechanics and bodywork,” says the vendor, with the “entrance grille, bumpers, trim, and moldings in good situation.” Inside, the black seats and door panels have been not too long ago restored, however the “authentic instrumentation [is] in honest situation and [the] dashboard [has] seen imperfections.” Below the hood, the “engine [has been] subjected to periodic upkeep.”

This practice-bodied Italian, estimated to be considered one of 200 produced, may be yours for €25,000, which is roughly $27,250. A custom-bodied Ferrari from the identical period goes for gazillions extra, so consider this as your simple ticket to coach-built pedigree with a provide of upkeep at your disposal. The cognoscenti will approve!

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