It went through a sympathetic restoration consistent with the values of early cars in the 90s that involved a repaint to red from its factory Albert Blue. You can see the blue peek through in a few spots in the frunk. The pan was replaced at some point in a structurally sound but not perfectly aesthetically pleasing manner. The only relevant early document I have is a grainy copy of the original engine build invoice.
A dealer purchased the car for his personal use and sometime in the mid-'90s, a 2.7 from a '77 was rebuilt by a well known shop in Alabama was installed and fitted with Webers. Apparently he didn't want to spend the money to convert the tach to work with the ignition and ran a big Autometer gauge. The car had the original steelies and some ugly aftermarket seats per the verbal record. Someone at some point fitted the car with uprated torsion bars, spherical bushings, and turbo tie rods. I have no receipts for them but it's definitely stiff.
The gentleman I purchased the car from was a big enthusiast with a sizable collection which he was downsizing. He purchased it from the dealer via eBay in the mid-2000s and had the tachometer converted, redid the entire interior to remove the rear seats, install a harness bar, GTS Classic seats, and RS door pulls and cards. He also installed a set of 15x7 Fuchs that had a custom gunmetal/grey paint applied to them.
I purchased the car from him in 2021. Since then, I've swapped to a 10k tach, replaced the non-working clock for a slick faux-Heuer unit (Thanks, JBell), swapped the little Momo Prototipo for a 380mm Abarth wheel, covered the ripped out stereo hole in the dash with a radio delete which I glued the proper matching dash material over so that it looks good from 3 feet. I also converted to EFI, ITBs, and coil on plug and detailed the crap out of it.
Next up (in the next two months!): Full engine reseal, cerakote the fan and heat exchangers, swap my leaking/grinding 901 with a rebuilt unit, replace the front shocks and fix the ride height, replace the original fuse panel, and chase down what I believe is a loose ground.
