Something that some of you may not know is that MADNESS Autoworks is not simply an online business. We operate 2 locations (CA and TX) which house a walk in store with parts and accessories on display. In addition, we have a number of custom FIAT cars on display with a variety of modifications.
Not only do we ship parts all over the world, but we also service, repair and modify on premises. We offer custom fabrication and full customizing services with a very well trained and experienced staff.
A number of enthusiasts have come and continue to come to our California location for installation services. Now that our Texas location is fully built out and operational we are also installing on premises and are now doing everything from doing simple installs to doing full custom car builds.
What we would like to do here is to share with you one of our current projects that we are doing in our Texas location.
About 2 weeks ago we had a fellow FIAT enthusiast stop by our location to evaluate our offerings, our custom builds, our location and our team. After our meeting and after seeing what we can do he decided to hand us the keys to his new 124.
His comments to us were as follows:
I work directly with FIAT corporate.
I love this car.
I am on a track regularly, but I usually only do left hand turns (NASCAR).
I plan to take this car to the track regularly and need it to perform.
I also need to have it look good and road worthy.
It has to be reliable at the same time and I need to have a team that can stand behind their work.
With that said we went to work. The car dropped off and we went to work.
We decided to put this thread up as mostly an info thread to share with all of you. We will do our best to update it with progress and answer any questions you may have.
Thank you as always for your interest and continued support.
Here is the 124 as it sits stock ready for the transformation.
I stopped by Madness/Texas this last week and saw this Abarth in their shop. It is undergoing a very nice transition to a track-worthy car that is still capable of being comfortable on the street. This shop is very capable and if you live in the central TX area and wish to have your car modified, I think they would be worth looking into. The facility is top-notch, and the staff is currently working on a couple of complex restorations. I would consider these guys to be our "local" shop for specialty work.
best regards
Pete
I stopped by Madness/Texas this last week and saw this Abarth in their shop. It is undergoing a very nice transition to a track-worthy car that is still capable of being comfortable on the street. This shop is very capable and if you live in the central TX area and wish to have your car modified, I think they would be worth looking into. The facility is top-notch, and the staff is currently working on a couple of complex restorations. I would consider these guys to be our "local" shop for specialty work.
best regards
Pete
Hey Pete,
It was a pleasure to have you at our shop last week! Thank you for the kind words about us and our new shop. We do definitely love doing restorations and specialty work. We love to cater to not only Fiat enthusiasts but all car enthusiasts and love doing specialty work on cars as well. Thanks You again and we hope to see you again in the future!
As the transformation continued we kept up to date with taking photos of this build while it was in the shop! Here are some additional images as we worked hard on this Abarth:
Here are additional images as we upgraded the ABARTH. In the following images we installed the exhaust, FIAT 124 Spider Center and Chassis Power Brace by Cusco:
For those who may be interested in purchasing the FIAT 124 Spider Chassis Power Brace by Cusco please follow the links below:
We worked hard building this gorgeous 124 Spider ABARTH, as the build continued we kept on top of taking photos of all the upgrades. Here are some additional images as installed these parts on the FIAT 124 ABARTH.
This last image we show some special work being done to to the interior to stabalize the FIAT 124 Spider ABARTH on the track:
Would love to see a complete build like this being reviewed, specifically by someone like Matt Farah from the Smoking Tire. Or even just someone who has good experience driving the normal 124 and then jumping into this...that can really put things into perspective
Yes, the chasis braces will work on both automatic and manual transmissions. It sits further back under the car so it the transmission will not affect fitment. Here's an image to show that:
Would love to see a complete build like this being reviewed, specifically by someone like Matt Farah from the Smoking Tire. Or even just someone who has good experience driving the normal 124 and then jumping into this...that can really put things into perspective
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