>Ron, > >I am parting out a 75 Fiat 124 Spyder in San Francisco. Pmail me if you are >looking for something specific. It is a rust bucket so body parts are useless. > >I always liked the rear engined 850 better. There's a guy tooling around SF >with a VW Type 1 engine in it's backend. > >Ben T Funny, that's what I was considering doing when I bought an 850 Sport coupe with dud engine back in the early 80s. Despite the thin outer panels and serious rust, a solid car. I could lift both right wheels off the ground by lifting the open driver's door; no flex in door, rustholed pillar or body. Bought a wreck for its hotted-up engine and trans (they blow crownwheels); it had hit a bridge at some speed, and was rebuildable apart from rust damage. My Fiat 128 sedan was the flimsiest car I've ever seen (apart perhaps from a Citroen BX); I could open the driver's door and lift on it, causing the entire front end of the car to flex visibly and badly...no, it wan't rusty. Andrew |
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