Getting close on the '72

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Akspider
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Getting close on the '72

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Been parked and partially disassembled for about 15 years - finally down to just a few items yet to find and install (somewhere in one of the many buckets of parts!) This is what it started with in 1991:
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Wished I had taken more progression pictures - lots of replacement patches welded in (wheel flares, floor pans, rails from firewall back, inner and outer rockers - a '78 donor was cut up and patched in where needed along with it's hood and engine) Base coat:
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Chameleon with clear coat:
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And finally the pretty much finished product - Thanks Vics for great wheels and upholstery :D
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Visors, shift boot and a few other pieces when I can find them Suns out gotta roll!
Anchorage, AK
2013 Kia Sorento (gets me to the parts store)
1972 Fiat 124 Spider (Fix It Again Tomorrow (maybe)!)
1966 Comet Caliente Convertible (the fair-weather summer cruiser)
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aj81spider
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Wow - that's a beautiful job!
A.J.

1974 Fiat 124 Spider
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1981 Spider 2000 (sold 2013 - never should have sold that car)
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RRoller123
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Nice job! I am always impressed by people who can do bodywork. If it doesn't bolt on or off, I am pretty much lost myself.
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From one 72 owner to another: well done!!

Neil
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Madison, WI
72 FIAT 124 Spider
12 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Summit
14 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn Eco-Diesel
ex-71 FIAT 124 Coupe
and a host of Audi's, Saabs, VW's, MOPAR's, Fords, and a Bimmer....
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seabeelt
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Your car is a: Fiat Spider - 1971 BS1
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WOW What a transformation Well Done!!
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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