Just out of Interest , how much have you spent ?

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eman2112

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Post by eman2112 »

Let me get the pile of invoices together and let my OCD daughter to do an EXCEL spreadsheet for me. She is great with numbers. LOL. I know i gave Mark at least big money in... exhaust ($700.00), header ($650.00), gunmetal Competizone rims ($419.00 ebay), lug bolts ($40.00), anti-theft lug locks ($12.00), distributorless ignition system ($550.00), Abarth style deck emblems x 2 ($40.00), Abarth horn button emblem ($6.00) Valve stems $12.00). That is $2429.00 without shipping. Thanks Greg for all the help BTW! $500 from Vickautosprts for misc. parts including suspension and brake parts. Thanks Matt great service. Fiatspider.com parts for steering and suspension, engine, transmission and body parts hard to find stuff (they can get most of the OEM Italian stuff)... $500.00. That's 3429.00 so far plus $1500.00 for the car plus $150.00 to U-HAUL for a trailer. MISC hardware store parts, paint and tools... ($200.00) = $5279.00 and Giada is still sitting on jack stands in the driveway. And the total keeps growing!!! Gotta love FIATs!!! How sick are we?
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:shock: ridicule's
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East Grand Forks MN
1970 Fiat Spider BS1 ( FOR SALE
1969 124 AS Spider
2017 Abrath
2018 Alfa Romeo 4c Spider
baltobernie
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I'm up to about $15k, but there are some maintenance items now, after 20k mikes.
http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3339
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Your car is a: Fiat Spider - 1971 BS1
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Post by seabeelt »

Too much to remember on the 78 before it got scrapped. Bins full of parts sitting in my basement waiting to now go on the 71

71 - $1000
Carbs and manifold 650
Seats - still dealing with the upholstery widget 1000
Top - 260
Carpet - 100
Head redo w/shipping 280
Dash - 450
Relays 50
Heated seats 100
Mahogany for dash - free
KYBs - 100
95 amp alternator - 200
All the other stuff- 500 and counting


Once I get the seats back again - Friday I can start to finally drive the thing before the summer is over

Winter list from the basement stuff
Ball joints and control arm bushings
Sway bar bushings
Ez cool
Guibo
Rubber trans mount
U-joints
Carrier bearing
Rear trailing arms ( long and short)
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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RRoller123
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$5200 for a rust free solid 80 FI car, probably another $3000 so far in parts, plus some labor charges for stuff I needed a lift to do.

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fiat218
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Your car is a: 1969 124 AS spider

Re: Just out of Interest , how much have you spent ?

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Hmm 8000.00 for my 69'bought and paid, but I'm about to make alot of changes in the next 2 years on it
Jim
East Grand Forks MN
1970 Fiat Spider BS1 ( FOR SALE
1969 124 AS Spider
2017 Abrath
2018 Alfa Romeo 4c Spider
3wheelernut

Re: Just out of Interest , how much have you spent ?

Post by 3wheelernut »

Not too much in it now, But surely more to come. Rear seat delete, shoulder belts, headlight relay, dent repair and paint, new dash, remove luggage rack weld fill and paint, would love to do half bumpers, driving lights, new fuse block, new top with zip out rear window, Etc etc etc...

As I heard on a three wheeler forum, "when I die I hope my wife doesn't sell my toys for what I told her I paid for them."
supplyguy

Re: Just out of Interest , how much have you spent ?

Post by supplyguy »

baltobernie wrote:I'm up to about $15k, but there are some maintenance items now, after 20k mikes.
http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3339
Wish I had read that before I bought my car. I'm also up to $15k, and my car is not nearly as well done as yours. Better keep a close eye on it at Eunice's Sunday.
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