Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:12:54 -0500
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
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Stan, you're not crazy.
You wanna bet!
You should have gone racing with us back in the sixties.
Nothing quite like standing next to a Fire Breathing, Ground Pounding
Hemi Chrysler with a blower turning it on the line while your pant cuffs
burn off from nitromethane you spilled on them.
Stan
On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:08:03 -0500 "Chris Stann" <ChrisS@Informs.com>
writes:
> Stan, you're not crazy. I recall my Dad talking about these, and
> they were
> FIATs.
>
> FYI, the pronunciation is supposed to be "fyat", not "fee-aht", for
> the
> purists only, of course. Kind of like a "volksvahgen", instead of
> a
> "volkswagon".
>
> Chris.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On
> Behalf
> Of Stan Wilder
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 3:38 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
>
>
> How the heck would I know, it said Fiat on the Horn button, back of
> the
> car and front door.
> Sitting here now I'm sure I paid too much for it.
> The Rocker arm shaft bolts were hollow, they broke, I put a Ford
> drip oil
> system inside the valve cover and booted it out the drive for
> $50.00, no
> loss, just good riddance.
>
> Stan
>
> On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 15:49:54 EDT BenTbtstr8@aol.com writes:
> > In a message dated 10/5/01 11:26:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > wilden1@JUNO.COM writes:
> >
> > << Way back in 1965 I had a Fiat. It was the one that had the
> front
> > and only
> > door that swung out in front of the car. The steering column
> swung
> > out
> > when the door opened. It had narrow rear wheels. It was a real
> > neat
> > little vehicle. I made a nifty profit when I sold it, got it for
> > $35.00
> > sold it for $50.00 the same week. >>
> >
> >
> > Stan,
> >
> > It sounds like you are talking about an Isetta. Did Fiat ever
> made
> > those? I
> > know BMW made them under license later.
> >
> > BenT
> >
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