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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?
Comments: To: ChrisS@Informs.com
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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 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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/. > > ________________________________________________________________ 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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