Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 15:05:44 -0700
Reply-To: mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From: mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject: Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
In-Reply-To: <B7E37B9B.1890%mwmiller@cwnet.com>
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Whoops.
Throw, as in baseball.
darn
> From: mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
> Reply-To: mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 15:00:43 -0700
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
>
> Man! You've managed to through an enormous amount of money out of various
> exhaust pipes. Especially the nitro-methane burning ones.
>
> Mike
>
>> From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
>> Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
>> Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:02:36 -0500
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
>>
>> One of my neighbours had one when I was a kid, (yes it was a FIAT
>>
>> Thanks for saving my butt Dave.
>> I know a Fiat when I see it on the horn button.
>> Had a few other weird cars:
>> Crosley.
>> American Bantam
>> Singer
>> Sunbeam Station Wagon
>> Willis
>> 39 Mercury Convertible
>> 61 Morgan with the Maple Covered Frame
>> 56 Mercedes 190 SL
>> 1/2 Dozen Chevy trucks with the corner windows
>> 1965 Corvair Coupe, 110 HP auto with Factory Air (my sons first car,
>> lasted him almost 90 days, but I drove it for ten years before).
>> 1966 Corvair Coupe, 180 Horse Turbo (couldn't keep a clutch in it)
>> 71 MG Midget great fun car, brakes were dangerous.
>> New 58 Volvo P544 ?
>> Several 32 Ford Coupes
>> 56 VW with the split rear windows
>> Several dune buggies
>> 28 Ford Roadster with Boxed Frame
>> 365 Horse 327 Corvette L82 I believe
>> 1989 Jaguar VanDenPlas with a always leaking rear main bearing seal.
>> Then the heavy metal starts with:
>> A fuel roadster (worlds record with a 301 Chevy, Enderly injectors)
>> Driver Kenny Burnstein
>> AA fuel roadster (2) (1 it became the AA when we stuck a blower on it.)
>> Driver Kenny Burnstein
>> AA fuel dragster (4) Driver Kenny Burnstein
>> AA fuel funny cars (3) Woody Gilmores Praying Mantis frame on one of
>> them. Driver Kenny Burnstein
>> Kenny sure broke a lot of parts.
>>
>> Stan Wilder
>>
>> On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 21:19:41 +0100 Dave Sovegjarto <davesov@HOTMAIL.COM>
>> writes:
>>> One of my neighbours had one when I was a kid, (yes it was a FIAT,
>>> we used
>>> to call them bubble cars in the UK) drove to far into his garage
>>> one day so
>>> he couldn't open the door. They didn't have reverse either so he
>>> was stuck
>>> there until his wife came home and pushed him out.
>>>
>>> Dave Sov
>>> Ireland
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Ben T" <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
>>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 8:49 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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