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seabeelt
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Post by seabeelt »

Not mine and no relation to seller
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/5383593158.html
Michael and Deborah Williamson
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Looks like it's based on an Alfa Spider, not a Fiat.
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That has got to be the weirdest thing this week.
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oscc2 wrote:Looks like it's based on an Alfa Spider, not a Fiat.
it looks more like a Fiat 850 spider.
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Looks like he was attempting to make a Ferrari and after spending countless hours and too much money his wife finally had enough.
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Amazing what one can do with 1,200 lbs of Bondo and some Chicken Wire.

Is it salvageable?
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Would be good finished up and then used in parades, at kids parties with superheroes in costume, that sort of stuff. ....... maybe....
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bobplyler wrote:it looks more like a Fiat 850 spider.
850's were rear engine.
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GeorgeT wrote:
bobplyler wrote:it looks more like a Fiat 850 spider.
850's were rear engine.
And how do you know that that monstrosity isn't? Looks like an engine hatch at the back.
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Post by spiderdan »

67 124s are fairly rare.
It would be a shame if this is/was a 67 124.
My guess it's an 850.
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GeorgeT wrote:
bobplyler wrote:it looks more like a Fiat 850 spider.
850's were rear engine.
I think under that big flat hatch in the back is an engine. Or at least a place to house one
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AFRetired wrote:
GeorgeT wrote:
bobplyler wrote:it looks more like a Fiat 850 spider.
850's were rear engine.
I think under that big flat hatch in the back is an engine. Or at least a place to house one
Looks like a fuel fill port on the right rear fender and the lack of fresh air vents lead me to think it is front engine.
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oscc2 wrote:Looks like it's based on an Alfa Spider, not a Fiat.
See the pic of the Alfa dashboard and steering wheel below. It's a perfect match to the one in the ad pic.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/imag ... bV8gahggk6
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oscc2 wrote:
oscc2 wrote:Looks like it's based on an Alfa Spider, not a Fiat.
See the pic of the Alfa dashboard and steering wheel below. It's a perfect match to the one in the ad pic.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/imag ... bV8gahggk6
Doesn't that make it worse?

Unless the Alpha was totaled then why?

Do that to a Vega, Pinto or Pacer but not an Alpha or Fiat Spider.
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It is impossible to find a Vega, Pinto or Pacer because most of them rusted more than Fiats or caught fire.
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