Hi,
First post... Bought my first X1/9 out of boot camp May 1981... Really had my heart set on the other red which was portrayed in the printed sale media. Kind of a metallic burgundy with black interior. Not happening. Ended up with an '80 Gold with buckskin interior. Great time to buy your first car Fiat and British Leland locked in a price war the X and the Spitfire both sold for $7800.00 out the door! I remember your color...the code is 171. It was offered in '79 because I just towed one down from my boyhood home last weekend! Looking forward to a great summer in the mountains of western NC! But I digress... Fiat pulled out of the US market in 1982 and I think the 171 was available till then. In 1983 Bricklin imported X1/9 and the Spider from their coach builders so the X was sold as a Bertone. Fiat offered a special edition in '82 red leather interior(my dad and I thought it looked a little pink!) Two tone silver and anthracite split at the upper break of the door indent. 83 Bertone's were all leather and two tone, same break. Not real sure about '84 but '85 was two tone as well but the break in color happened at the top edge of the fender all the back... And I remember the roof painted as well on '85s. '86 was one color again and the red may be 171. My '79 is 171 and I bought a new '83 red and anthracite(red was 171 I know because the '83 trunk Lind is on the '79... Perfect match) I own an '86 which was red and I will check the code when I go south this weekend. So to sum it all up... '82 would be the last "Fiat" one color 171 and '86 might be the newest Bertone X1/9 one color maybe 171...will let you know for sure after I check the paint code. Some web sitesmlist this color as Rallye Red and others list as orange... Really red is either going to tend toward blue or yellow... From a color wheel stand point... 171 has a higher yellowmvalue which moves it toward orange.... It is not orange IMO but pretty close. Either way it screams 1980! So it is a perfect color for the X...again,IMO... But then any color is prefect on any running X.
ciao,
Tony
A quick image search showed some '83 ,84,85 Xs in one color... Do not ever remember seeing a single tone in those years... Could have been though.