1982 Fiat Spider 2000 restoration project

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royn
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Your car is a: 1982 Spider 2000
Location: 2864 Fall, Norway

Re: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000 restoration project

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Thanks a lot ! I will be following Your thread With great interrest.
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Your car is a: 1982 Spider 2000
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Re: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000 restoration project

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The Spider is soon to be finished and i have already been test driving ! Interior is Complete.
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I was kind of worried about installing the convertible top myself, but to my surprise it was not too difficult. I had good help from my son and we started slow and used the time needed to do the job. Its a cloth top and fitment is very well made.
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The engine started up quite easy, but i notised right away that it did not perform very well. After some investigation i found the termo time switch to be faulty. It did not shut off and when i disconected the cold start valve the engine performed very well. Next is to have a four wheel allignment and then the fun beginns :)
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Your car is a: 1980 FI SPIDER 2000
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Re: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000 restoration project

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Absolutely beautiful, well done!
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