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NJFIAT1981
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Your car is a: 1970 SPIDER AND A 1976 SPIDER
Location: New Jersey

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Current vehicles in the fleet.
2009 Volvo S-80 T6 AWD Turbo
2004 Volvo S-80
2000 Volvo S-70
2000 Volvo S-70 Notice a trend here
1990 Chevrolet 1500 Pickup
1982 Fiat Spider Automatic
1976 Fiat Spider

The Volvos are the daily drivers. The 1990 is the chore truck and the spiders are the weekend drivers. It's a crowded driveway here :D
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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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81SPIDERMATT wrote:just one..... 1976 international scout II

nice......
I LOVE those! Had a couple in my days.
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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maytag
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Your car is a: 1976 124 spider
Location: Rocky Mountains....UTAH! (Not Colorado)

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'00 Mercedes Benz ML430
'04 Jaguar X-Type
'94 Isuzu Amigo
'95 Isuzu Amigo
'76 Fiat Spider
'88 "Other Italian" :wink: But I don;t get to drive this one yet. Hell.... I don't even get to work on it yet. :?
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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RRoller123
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Your car is a: 1980 FI SPIDER 2000
Location: SAGAMORE BEACH, MA USA

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Just added a 2000 Toyota Echo to the brood. My Mother in Law stopped driving recently. What a quirky little thing, great mileage and only 45K on the ODO.
'80 FI Spider 2000
'74 and '79 X1/9 (past)
'75 BMW R75/6
2011 Chevy Malibu (daily driver)
2010 Chevy Silverado 2500HD Ext Cab 4WD/STD BED
2002 Edgewater 175CC 80HP 4-Stroke Yamaha
2003 Jaguar XK8
2003 Jaguar XKR
2021 Jayco 22RB
2019 Bianchi Torino Bicycle
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81SPIDERMATT
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Your car is a: 1981 spider 2000
Location: FORT COLLINS, CO

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maytag wrote:
81SPIDERMATT wrote:just one..... 1976 international scout II

nice......
I LOVE those! Had a couple in my days.
they seem to be as addictive as the spiders
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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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81SPIDERMATT wrote:
maytag wrote:
81SPIDERMATT wrote:just one..... 1976 international scout II

nice......
I LOVE those! Had a couple in my days.
they seem to be as addictive as the spiders
agreed. I had a '77 Rallye edition (imported from Canada) that was just cool. they'd go anywhere, had awesome flex through the frame which aided articulation. they lend themselves well to modifications, but are stout just as they were built. That 345 may be the beefiest-built motor I've ever been into.
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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blurple124
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Your car is a: 1978 Fiat 124 Spider

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My other cars... hmmm.

Well, the first is a 1997 Jeep Wrangler Sport (TJ) Actually the same basic color scheme as the spider. Gotta love an off-road convertible!

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It doesn't get quite as good of gas mileage as my "other" car...


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This is a car that I built with SAE at my school. 842 MPG. On gasoline! Lots of fun.


Forgive the self-promotion, but check us out!

http://sae.groups.msoe.edu/smv/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/MSOE-Supe ... 6542328771
Charlie
1978 Fiat 124 Spider 1800 - Antonia
1997 Jeep Wrangler TJ Sport
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RRoller123
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Your car is a: 1980 FI SPIDER 2000
Location: SAGAMORE BEACH, MA USA

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NICE!
'80 FI Spider 2000
'74 and '79 X1/9 (past)
'75 BMW R75/6
2011 Chevy Malibu (daily driver)
2010 Chevy Silverado 2500HD Ext Cab 4WD/STD BED
2002 Edgewater 175CC 80HP 4-Stroke Yamaha
2003 Jaguar XK8
2003 Jaguar XKR
2021 Jayco 22RB
2019 Bianchi Torino Bicycle
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81SPIDERMATT
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Your car is a: 1981 spider 2000
Location: FORT COLLINS, CO

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agreed. I had a '77 Rallye edition (imported from Canada) that was just cool. they'd go anywhere, had awesome flex through the frame which aided articulation. they lend themselves well to modifications, but are stout just as they were built. That 345 may be the beefiest-built motor I've ever been into.[/quote]

i am just about to find out... got 2 345s in the garage and getting ready to tear into them and get one good one out of them

they are tanks though.... pull your house off the foundation while climbing a wall
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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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81SPIDERMATT wrote: i am just about to find out... got 2 345s in the garage and getting ready to tear into them and get one good one out of them

they are tanks though.... pull your house off the foundation while climbing a wall
I remember once putting a rod through the block, and driving it 75 miles out of the back country I was in with that rod clankin' around in there........ crazy unbreakable.

the only real weak spot I ever discovered (besides body-rust) was the front-attachment of the front leaf-springs. the way they're connected via that 1/4" x 3"-ish plate is an odd sort of setup. I understand the theory behind what they were trying to do..... but I question it's efficacy. Especially while invading foreign countries! (o, wait... sorry... wrong thread!)
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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djape1977
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Joined: Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:08 pm
Your car is a: 1970 fiat 124bc
Location: Belgrade, Serbia, eastern Europe

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let me see...

a 1980 fiat 132 2000
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a 1982 fiat 131 1600
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a 1984 fiat strada abarth (130tc)
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a 1970 fiat 124 BC
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should i go on?

ok, 1969 850 sport, 1983 strada 105tc, 1977 132 2000...
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pluktv
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Joined: Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:38 pm
Your car is a: 1979 spider
Location: Halifax Nova Scotia

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I`m surprised at the age of most of these `other ` cars. Nothing wrong with any of them, just surprised that most of the daily runners are a few years old.
Mine:-
2012 F150
2012 Hyundai Accent
1979 Fiat Spider
1980 Kawasaki KZ650
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My two cents ain't worth what it used to be
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kd1wo

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Simple stuff in my driveway, garage and back yard:
The daily drivers:
2005 Dodge Magnum basically stock except for a full set of Wilwood brakes.
2005 Volkswagen Passat wagon. AWD ; a great car for the winter.
1979 Fiat Spider; 26k miles, totally refurbrished."The weekender"
1974 Fiat 128 Sedan; current project.....running, still need it to be "driveable"

Parted out:
1975 Fiat Spider
1978 Fiat Spider

Gone bye- bye: 1967 MGB/GT

Check out "Rapid Air" distribution system for the garage air compressor.
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fiat218
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Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 5:06 pm
Your car is a: 1969 124 AS spider

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Every one on here has nice looking fiats
Jim
East Grand Forks MN
1970 Fiat Spider BS1 ( FOR SALE
1969 124 AS Spider
2017 Abrath
2018 Alfa Romeo 4c Spider
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Ken

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