1976 FIAT/SEAT133 trackcar rolling shell, £650, Chesterfield

More photos.... the engine is now on Honda bike carbs, not the single DCOE in the photo.

Was provisionally sold but 'definite' buyer never turned up.... so back up for sale. Anyway, after starting problems I found the SIMCA engine was far more worn than I'd thought.... one too many trackdays..!! I have SIMCA 1118 and 1204cc engines and could rebuild one to get it running OK again. Or willing to sell as rolling shell as basis for bike enmgine etc. conversion.... offers.. Come and have a look.

To make it road legal..... Lights... are all there, headlamps themselves work but some work needed on adjusters plus a bit of tidying up on the wiring. . It currently has an ignition switch in the dash as the original one with the steering lock was burnt out when I got it (apparently a regular 133 fault) Not sure whether a '76 car would need the steering lock.. Wipers work OK, Heater still in car, not currently Tee'd into front to rear cooling pipes. As a practical road car,,, the front 'boot' is taken up with a small alloy fuel tank, the electric water pump, the radiator and battery, Have a new bumper which could be fixed to make current exhaust more legal. Interior stripped out (still has roof lining) and just has front seats..' tatty 'Ears' & Cobra race seats with harnesses...a tight fit in the tiny car. Some spares come with it... new rear hub 'flexible joint'... one side replaced already, rear and side widow glass (car has lexan in those), spare windscreen, passenger door and front bonnet plus spare 5'5 x13 GB alloy (as used on front. For track use I didn't bother with an alternator. I'd adapted the FIAT alternator to fit to the SIMCA engine with a Simca 1100 belt. It comes with it but needs a connection resoldering. I can supply a Honda Civic alternator which we've adapted in the past to run on SIMCA engines (anticlockwise rotation like the 133's original engine and the rear engine SIMCAs.

Bump... I had a 'definite' buyer who wanted the rolling shell.... so definite he never even turned up to look at it. Am open to offers for the rolling shell as the engioe is definitely US...but could provide parts to rebuild a SIMCA engine. .....
As I said above, otherwise it will go into 'mothballs' waiting for. one day being made road legal.
Mick scukmick@aol.com 01246 200045

Very few 133s were sold in the UK in 1975 & 6. I'm told FIAT dealers didn't like them because, despite the similar 'look', they didn't share a single panel with either the 126 or the 127. The number left in the UK probably now doesn't reach double figures. I've been asked..'why in that case did you modify it so?? '. Simple answer... I wanted a small rear engined FIAT to do a SIMCA engine transplant and the 133 was the cheapest route and came along at the right time. The original FIAT bits I didn't use went to a guy with a mint original 133 and another he was working on.
When 133 production finished in Europe in the 70's, production moved to Argentina where they were made for many more years and there were loads of modified ones out there.