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Date:         Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:08:03 -0500
Reply-To:     Chris Stann <ChrisS@INFORMS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris Stann <ChrisS@INFORMS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
Comments: To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <20011005.153916.-167329.6.wilden1@juno.com>
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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 > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.


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