1973 Fiat Touch Up Paint (7 OEM Colors)

The 1973 Fiat Vibe

1973 was the year Fiat decided the world needed a "baby Ferrari" for the masses and dropped the wedge-shaped X1/9 onto the scene. Between that and the classic 124 Spider, Fiat was owning the "fun-sized" market. We've kept the flame alive with 7 specific survivors in our database-from the punchy Oriental Yellow to the "look at me" Rallye Red. Back then, Fiat didn't do "subtle." If you were driving a Bright Green 128 Rally, you weren't trying to blend in; you were trying to look like a European rally hero between trips to the grocery store.

Paint Health Check

Welcome to the Single Stage Era, kid. This isn't your modern "color-and-clear" sandwich. In '73, the color was the protection. These cars were sprayed with enamels that look incredible when they're fresh but have a nasty habit of turning into a "Chalky Ghost" if left in the sun too long. This is called Oxidation. If your French Blue or Dark Green hood looks like someone rubbed a blackboard eraser all over it, that's just the paint resin dying of thirst. The reds were the worst-without a garage, Rallye Red could turn into "Pinkish-Primer" in a single Italian summer.

Restoration Tip

It needs wax or it dies. Because there's no clear coat to shield the pigment, the oxygen in the air is literally eating your color. If you're touching up a survivor, don't just blob the paint on. First, use a light polishing compound to "exhume" the buried color by removing the dead, oxidized layer. Once you've hit fresh paint, apply our match, let it cure, and then-for the love of Marcello Gandini-seal the whole thing with a high-quality carnauba wax. If you aren't waxing it twice a year, you aren't owning a 1973 Fiat; you're just watching it slowly turn into dust.