# Fiat 850 Sport Coupe Engine swap

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/fiat-850-sport-coupe-engine-swap/181442>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** fiat\
**Created:** [December 25, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fiat-850-sport-coupe-engine-swap/181442 "2021-12-25T08:39:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fiat-850-sport-coupe-engine-swap/181442/21 "2021-12-26T04:04:24Z")

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Since they are so light weight, may consider an electric motor and a couple of batteries and just use it for very short commutes.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fiat-850-sport-coupe-engine-swap/181442/22 "2021-12-26T17:34:08Z")

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What are your goals?

Restore the car?

Just get it running, but you don’t care if the engine is the correct type?

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fiat-850-sport-coupe-engine-swap/181442/23 "2021-12-26T17:46:22Z")

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> [@VDCdriver](#):
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> It has no engine, and it was obviously used for target practice over the years

I found a car kinda like that in a ravine way back in the woods near my house when I was in middle school. Just the body of a '30s-something Ford. Nothing but rust. Riddled with bullet holes. Some jerk was obviously dumping a bunch of junk from his farm.

I then got in trouble for selling guided tours to Al Capone’s getaway car to the neighborhood kids. Crushed my entrepreneurial spirit early, that did.

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