What's under your seats?

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ga.spyder
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Your car is a: 1982 Spider 2000
Location: Blairsville ,Ga.

What's under your seats?

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pulled the seats out of the Spider today,in preperation for a seatswap/dyeing/reupholster(yet to be decided).I will post more on this and ask for some advice later.Anyway,under my seats I found 30 years worth of grunge,$1.44 in change,an alligator clip,a cheap bracelet,and....a corroded razor blade and short length of plastic straw!!! :shock: Hmmmmmm. I will 'sniff around' for any further contraband. :lol:
Craig Nelson

1982 Spider 2000...pride and joy
1981 Fiat X1/9..gone but not forgotten
1976 124 Spider..the self-healer
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ga.spyder wrote:pulled the seats out of the Spider today,in preperation for a seatswap/dyeing/reupholster(yet to be decided).I will post more on this and ask for some advice later.Anyway,under my seats I found 30 years worth of grunge,$1.44 in change,an alligator clip,a cheap bracelet,and....a corroded razor blade and short length of plastic straw!!! :shock: Hmmmmmm. I will 'sniff around' for any further contraband. :lol:
Must be an '80's model year :lol:
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4uall
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Your car is a: 1980 Fiat Pininfarina Spider 2000 F.I.
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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ahem, yeah I'm gonna need that stuff back when you get a chance. :lol:
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At least this wasn't under there...
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dantye
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ga.spyder wrote:pulled the seats out of the Spider today,in preperation for a seatswap/dyeing/reupholster(yet to be decided).I will post more on this and ask for some advice later.Anyway,under my seats I found 30 years worth of grunge,$1.44 in change,an alligator clip,a cheap bracelet,and....a corroded razor blade and short length of plastic straw!!! :shock: Hmmmmmm. I will 'sniff around' for any further contraband. :lol:
I found one of these door hinge brackets that clearly had been sprayed to the passenger side floor in the factory when the car was made. I was firmly held down by that black plastic factory floor coating, with bare metal under it when I finally got the plastic chiseled out. (Too bad they couldn't have used that extra metal in a better door hinge design, then most of us would not be spending big bucks to fix them!)
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TX82FIAT
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Your car is a: 82 Fiat Spider 2000 CSO
Location: San Antonio

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Owned a chevy chevette at one point.. Not proud, just a fact. Bought it used with 80K for $150. I was stopped by the border patrol 25 miles in from the Texas border at a checkpoint because the dogs started acting up. They took the car apart on the spot and found a plastic baggie full of weed in the door behind the door panel. This was before we had a full blown drug war and I was able to show the recent purchase and registration paperwork in the glove box. They let me go on my way after a phone call home to verify my story. Never know what you will find once you pull a car apart. Your off to a good start.

I wonder what would happen today at a checkpoint with a baggie full of weed. No good! Times have changed!
Buon giro a tutti! - enjoy the ride!

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maytag
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Your car is a: 1976 124 spider
Location: Rocky Mountains....UTAH! (Not Colorado)

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12g shotgun shell (probably left over from my sister's wedding) and a left-glove, size XL.
I'm no Boy-Racer..... but if I can't take every on-ramp at TWICE the posted limit.... I'm a total failure!
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124JOE
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Your car is a: 1978 124 fiat spider sport 1800
Location: SO. WI

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when i got my spider,
i found about 8 pounds of sand in the car"being in the desert for tow years with a ripped up top"
in the trunk i found a hash pipe.
its a good thing the wy state police didnt find it when i stoped to put in some oil on an off ramp
and they felt like checking me out.
they actualy wiggled the vin tag"i still laugh about that"
when you do everything correct people arent sure youve done anything at all (futurama)
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MrWampus
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Location: Charlotte, NC

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I wonder what The Mistress has hidden away for me? I'll have to start poking around in her... Ah-hem, knickers.
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zachmac
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Your car is a: 1978 Spider [1979 2 ltr engine]
Location: Aiken, SC

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I can't recall if it was french fries or drugs. I know it was a happy meal! :D
Jeff Klein, Aiken, SC
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ah yes, the first "under the seats clean out". step 1. check the forum on how to remove seats. step 2. clean thoroughly but do not look close at debris. ( not to tarnish image of your new italian lady) step 3. place debris in neighbors trash can on dark night.
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speedshift wrote:ah yes, the first "under the seats clean out". step 1. check the forum on how to remove seats. step 2. clean thoroughly but do not look close at debris. ( not to tarnish image of your new italian lady) step 3. place debris in neighbors trash can on dark night.

LOL :lol:
Jay

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Jay

Fiona
1980 FI 2000 Spider
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blurple124
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Your car is a: 1978 Fiat 124 Spider

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Glad I'm not the only one with a time capsule/treasure chest under their back seat! After buying mine I lifted the backseat to vacuum everything out......found a nice pair of lingerie! Can't imagine it was very comfortable in that back seat, but props to a PO! :wink:
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4uall
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orrrrrrrrrrrr they may have belonged to a woman who was being smuggled and didnt make it :lol:
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