Serie Speciale - mystery....!
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This is my question what are these numbers related to?.....
Pictures here http://x19.com.au/numbers.....
.....your question has been asked MANY times over the years - by owners on this Forum, and also on the UK X1/9 club forum!
I have a '78 Serie Speciale X1/9 with the decal no. 3777 - my "understanding" of the decal numbering is some method of sequencing of the final production of 1300 X's by Bertone - at about the time that the 1500 models were starting production around early 1979.
One (sorta believable) theory is that Bertone desperately needed to clear all 1300 models off the production line to enable quick startup of 1500's. Fiat marketing "whiz-kids" decided to "specialize" these final production 1300 units with unique seat trim colours, exterior 'ladder' decals, front driving lamps, and
unique paint colours (blue, green, and orange) specific to these final units.
These final-production units were to be marketed as Serie Speciale's.
The numbered decals (on the LH guard) REALLY become a mystery! The most 'believable' explanation I have heard is that the decal numbering is by
paint colour! And that could be correct, as I have heard of a number of Serie Speciales in Arancio Metallic colour, as per my own X, with very close number sequences!
This epistle is merely what I have been able to glean about the Serie Speciale mystery! :hmm:
cheers, Ian - NZ