trunk lid ??

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JJCAPE
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Your car is a: 1981 Spider Pininfarina
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trunk lid ??

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I have an 81 with trunk rust in two spots so I am looking for another lid all together. My question is will a 71 fit on an 81? I have found one but before i drive all the way to measure it I thought someone would know the answer. thanks so much !!
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seabeelt
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Your car is a: Fiat Spider - 1971 BS1
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It might/should, I have one from a 78 if you are interested.
r/
Michael and Deborah Williamson
1971 Spider -Tropie’ - w screaming IDFs
1971 Spider - Vesper -scrapped
1979 Spider - Seraphina - our son's car now sold
1972 Spider - Tortellini- our son's current
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I just pulled an '82. Not sure of its overall condition but can take a closer look if you're interested.
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Your car is a: 1978 124 fiat spider sport 1800
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to see if it will fit
go to http://www.internationalautoparts.com and look up the trunk and see if they offer diferent lids for different years
hope this helps.joe
when you do everything correct people arent sure youve done anything at all (futurama)
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JJCAPE
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Thanks so much to mike in tiverton I picked up that trunk lid today and its gonna look great
It was great talking fiat....today Good luck in all your work on your new 71 Thanks so much
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My pleasure. It was nice meeting the both of you. I think ther are the beginnings of enough of us around the area that we might be able to start planning cruz nights or attending shows and so forth come next spring. (especially since I now have something that I can drive right away :mrgreen: )
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Michael and Deborah Williamson
1971 Spider -Tropie’ - w screaming IDFs
1971 Spider - Vesper -scrapped
1979 Spider - Seraphina - our son's car now sold
1972 Spider - Tortellini- our son's current
TX82FIAT
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Your car is a: 82 Fiat Spider 2000 CSO
Location: San Antonio

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Referencing trunk lids by year at IAP is a very good idea. Pretty sure the 81 would have the spring mechanism to hold the trunk lid up when open while the earlier years use a prop. Making a prop would not be so bad. Those trunk springs always seem to have a problem over time anyway.
Buon giro a tutti! - enjoy the ride!

82 Fiat Spider 2000
03 BMW M3
07 Chevy Suburban
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