Good friends bring home the gold!!

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Ramzi
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Your car is a: 1972 Fiat 124 Spider

Good friends bring home the gold!!

Postby Ramzi » Sun Apr 02, 2017 6:46 pm

Local boys make good... Best Fiat 124's in Australia.

I just got off the phone with good friend Nat Belluomini - He took 1st place his gorgeous Sport Coupe and Michael Polito took 1st place with his ground up restoration 124 Spider at Auto Italia In Canberra...

This is the highest honor possible in all of Australia - These guys literally have the nicest 124's in the entire country!

Good on ya boys!!

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1939 Fiat 508cm Coloniale (military)
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1972 124 Spider GCRE (modified 2.0L)
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mullioni
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Re: Good friends bring home the gold!!

Postby mullioni » Sun Apr 02, 2017 8:22 pm

Congratulations!

AriK
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Re: Good friends bring home the gold!!

Postby AriK » Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:19 pm

Congratulations! Word's out that Mick drove 16 hours one way to attend this show. If he did this with his Spider it has alot to say about the reliability of his new build.

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phaetn
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Re: Good friends bring home the gold!!

Postby phaetn » Sun Apr 02, 2017 9:48 pm

Congrats!

Hey, Ari, aren't you going to be driving 14 1/4 hours to get to Milwaukee? Throw in breakfast, lunch and gas stops and we'll hit sixteen hours. :mrgreen:

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phaetn
1974 CS1
32/36 DFEV; CompuTronix ign.
9.8:1 c/r; 40/80 intake cam w/ Isky springs
Vicks' SS header & adj. cam pulleys
A/R's progressive coils, Koni Yellow dampers
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Momo wheel, Corbeau seats w/ 5 pt belt
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spidernut
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Your car is a: 1979 Fiat Spider Automatic
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Re: Good friends bring home the gold!!

Postby spidernut » Sun Apr 02, 2017 10:07 pm

Congratulations on having all of your hard work recognized! :D
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Re: Good friends bring home the gold!!

Postby spider2081 » Mon Apr 03, 2017 7:20 am

Congratulations. I believe there is something very special about people who restore Fiats to this level for the joy of driving them. Wonderful photo of the setting the men and their cars.
Thanks for the post

Mick124
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Re: Good friends bring home the gold!!

Postby Mick124 » Wed Apr 05, 2017 6:55 pm

Thanks guys.

Just to clarify.. my spider was trailered to the show as it was only registered the day before and did not have enough test miles. Had a very tight timeline to get the car from Queensland to Canberra (over 1196 kilometres (743miles)

Having said this, I have no doubt she would have driven the distance with no issues.

The road trip took 37 hours due to major flooding on highways from a cyclone.

Special thanks to Autoricambi (Csaba and Ramzi) for your support.

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Re: Good friends bring home the gold!!

Postby RRoller123 » Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:04 am

What a nice car, amazingly good!
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nelsonj
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Re: Good friends bring home the gold!!

Postby nelsonj » Sat Apr 08, 2017 10:22 pm

Congrats - but isn't the steering wheel on the wrong side???

I have to say it - trailer queen.
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mscafide
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Location: Pompano Beach, Florida

Re: Good friends bring home the gold!!

Postby mscafide » Sat Apr 08, 2017 11:33 pm

I love you guys and I hope soon will come visit because I love the country. But it's so big and don't know yet where to go.

Will bring parts. Important. Fiat Parts.

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Mick124
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Re: Good friends bring home the gold!!

Postby Mick124 » Sun Apr 09, 2017 2:58 am

nelsonj wrote:Congrats - but isn't the steering wheel on the wrong side???

I have to say it - trailer queen.


Steering on the correct side. They were never made right hand drive :wink:

Car was driven 200km without a problem yesterday. Trailer queen I don't think so! :lol:

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Re: Good friends bring home the gold!!

Postby phaetn » Sun Apr 09, 2017 6:54 am

That is one beautiful car - I love everything from it's awesome wheels to the clear signal lenses to the superb paint roof, etc.

I won't go on in case my own car is listening and gets jealous. :)

Congrats again and I'm glad to hear it's driven distances. These cars are meant to go, go, go. :)

Cheers,
phaetn
1974 CS1
32/36 DFEV; CompuTronix ign.
9.8:1 c/r; 40/80 intake cam w/ Isky springs
Vicks' SS header & adj. cam pulleys
A/R's progressive coils, Koni Yellow dampers
205/50-15s on CD-66 style rims
Momo wheel, Corbeau seats w/ 5 pt belt
pics and HD vids

Mick124
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Re: Good friends bring home the gold!!

Postby Mick124 » Sun Apr 09, 2017 6:56 am

Thank you phaetn


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