Equipment
Alloy rear wheels, steel fronts, 5-speed, plastic windows, headlight covers.
Condition
#4 Fair
Has visible flaws to the naked eye. Runs fine, but could use mechanical or cosmetic attention.
Raced when new in Italy including the Targa Florio, Tour de France, stored since the early 70's. Cracked, peeling old paint, stiff original interior. Dirty, grimy engine compartment with an unnumbered old block. Headlight covers held on with masking tape.
Market commentary
$200,000 for the car and its unnumbered engine, $100,000 for the dirt, $225,000 for the buyer's mental image of it brightly restored and mechanically resurrected singing its little 1290cc heart out. There's not much room left for the restoration cost, but it will be a wonderful automobile when it's done and sets a new auction record for an SZ-1.