Is this Paint/Stripe factory?

TVST*R · Post by **TVST*R** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:31 am

Was this an opton?
Here is the link:
http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline ... 721674.htm
By the way, there are a ton of Spiders for sale on this site.
T

spidernut · Post by **spidernut** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:22 am

I've seen them on several 124 Sports, but that doesn't mean they were a stock item. My best guess is that it was a dealer-installed option. I can't say for sure.

I do know it was not stock in 1981 when I bought mine new. The only stripes were dealer installed accent stripes or the wider stripes that came on the Turbo Spider.

TVST*R · Post by **TVST*R** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:03 am

I'd like to see pics of a striped Turbo.
Thanks!
T

spiderrey · Post by **spiderrey** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:38 pm

that sticker was added to the cars at the dealership. you can find that sticker on ebay now and then

HOLLYWOODSPIDER · Post by **HOLLYWOODSPIDER** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:07 pm

I just bought a dark gold decal setjust like that on Ebay for $4.05. It's in great shape. It's going to go on my red spider.
I think some dealers were really into the large-scale lower body decalling. The spider I had in high school was green with a beige triple stripe treatment, andf my buddy's navy blue spider had a wicked multi-blue fade stripe. Many of the other spiders in town had some sort of decals in that area. I guess the area dealer was decal-happy (las vegas).

spidernut · Post by **spidernut** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 5:14 am

http://home.nx.net/~exclusiv/spiderturbo.jpg

Here's the best image I've seen so far of the stripe on the turbo.

HOLLYWOODSPIDER · Post by **HOLLYWOODSPIDER** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:31 pm

there's 2 of the non-turbo Fiat stripe kits on Ebay right now. Both black.

Gerard Del Monte · Post by **Gerard Del Monte** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 12:46 am

Love that blue body color on the turbo, hate the stripe. IMHO stripes of any type detract from the Spider's purity of line.

spidernut · Post by **spidernut** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 4:38 am

The stripes are a funny phenomenon. The Spider has such crisp lines and looks so nice without stripes. But, there are times that I see the stripes and really like them...then I don't. I used vinyl tape stripes on my '79. I've put them on, taken them off, and put them on again. I can never decide which way I like it better.

I recall looking at the Turbo in '81. The stripes were considered really "cool" back then....of course so were bell bottom trousers!

nickfury · Post by **nickfury** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:01 pm

and rick springfield lol