Equipment
Silver wheels, Pirelli Cinturato tires, covered headlights, rollbar, pushrod four, dual choke downdraft Weber.
Condition
Good paint, chrome and very good upholstery. Replacement engine. Orderly engine compartment restored to driver standards. Same for the chassis. The driver's door doesn't fit flush and appears, along with the adjacent body, to be crudely filled. One family owned since 1961, "Clyde" was restored in 2002 and shows its age. The 4,958 km on its odometer are since the restoration.
Market commentary
Appropriately marked down by the RM Sotheby's bidders for its erratic condition, this is on the other hand a cherubic little 850 Record Monza that begs to be driven and is by any standard a sound value at this price. Wailing on this pocket rocket will be a delight, and if the engine suffers an electrical failure (by virtue of a connecting rod holing the block and cutting a wire), so what other than building up another engine? It's a sound buy here and should please its new owner.