1969 Spider

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seabeelt
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Your car is a: Fiat Spider - 1971 BS1
Location: Tiverton, RI

Re: 1969 Spider

Postby seabeelt » Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:56 am

Awesome progress!
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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focodave
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Your car is a: 1980 Spider 2000 F.I.
Location: Fort Collins, CO

Re: 1969 Spider

Postby focodave » Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:54 am

Just one word:
OMG that is one gorgeous looking car and some very fine looking work!
Oops -- that was more than one word.....
1980 Spider 2000 F.I. (my hobby)
1970 MGB GT (my other hobby)
2008 Ford Expedition (daily driver)
2019 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Standard
2019 Harley-Davidson Iron 883 Sportster

cibon1
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Your car is a: 124AS 1969 Fiat Spider

Re: 1969 Spider

Postby cibon1 » Thu Aug 13, 2015 3:09 pm

Ok all, these are a few more photographs of what's going on and how near I am to actually taking my baby home! You can see all on my photo bucket page. Again, started restoration FEB2014. Looking for audio components now.
[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION13AUG2015/IMG_2330_zpsl5ivqx6i.jpg/img]
[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION13AUG2015/IMG_2331_zpsa4b2k7aj.jpg/img]
[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION13AUG2015/IMG_2333_zpsfgkasx1c.jpg/img]
[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION13AUG2015/IMG_2332_zpsgshjs7tk.jpg/img]
[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION13AUG2015/IMG_2334_zps8qrvzjxd.jpg/img]
[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION13AUG2015/IMG_2335_zps8rpkx1v8.jpg/img]

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Your car is a: 1978 124 Spider with Isuzu Turbo Diesel

Re: 1969 Spider

Postby DieselSpider » Fri Aug 14, 2015 4:34 am

cibon1 wrote:Ok all, these are a few more photographs of what's going on and how near I am to actually taking my baby home! You can see all on my photo bucket page. Again, started restoration FEB2014. Looking for audio components now.
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Missed a few square braces in the the img statements. Looking good!

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njoconnor
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Your car is a: 1972 124 Spider

Re: 1969 Spider

Postby njoconnor » Fri Aug 14, 2015 9:59 am

Looks great! Now you have me thinking I need to really polish the windshield frame and the top clamps....:)

Neil
Neil O'Connor
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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Re: 1969 Spider

Postby cibon1 » Sat Aug 22, 2015 9:54 am

Still grinding away. Installing the Clarion NZ503. Upholstering speakers. Near completion.

[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION%2020AUG2015/Image%208-19-15%20at%203.12%20PM%201_zpswsykmq5t.jpg/img]
[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION%2020AUG2015/Image%208-19-15%20at%203.11%20PM%208_zpszrmcahbb.jpg/img]
[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION%2020AUG2015/Image%208-19-15%20at%203.11%20PM%206_zpsyxmwdwne.jpg/img]
[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION%2020AUG2015/Image%208-19-15%20at%203.11%20PM%204_zpsj0jsjprw.jpg/img]
[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION%2020AUG2015/Image%208-19-15%20at%203.10%20PM%201_zps7y83ittd.jpg/img]
[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION%2020AUG2015/Image%208-19-15%20at%203.11%20PM%201_zpse80yk4uo.jpg/img]
[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION%2020AUG2015/Image%208-19-15%20at%203.11%20PM%203_zpsixvheaq6.jpg/img]
[img]http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION%2020AUG2015/Image%208-19-15%20at%203.10%20PM%204_zpszfzsienx.jpg/img]

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Your car is a: 124AS 1969 Fiat Spider

Re: 1969 Spider

Postby cibon1 » Sat Aug 22, 2015 1:23 pm

OK I'm copying the "direct" link from photo bucket but I evidently need help because the photos are not posting. Just go to photo bucket and look at the NEAR COMPLETION 20AUG2015.
[url]http://s918.photobucket.com/user/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION%2020AUG2015/story/url]

DieselSpider
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Your car is a: 1978 124 Spider with Isuzu Turbo Diesel

Re: 1969 Spider

Postby DieselSpider » Mon Aug 24, 2015 1:07 pm

cibon1 wrote:Still grinding away. Installing the Clarion NZ503. Upholstering speakers. Near completion.

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[img]http://i918.photobucket.com[/albums/ad27/godejean/NEAR%20COMPLETION%2020AUG2015/Image%208-19-15%20at%203.10%20PM%204_zpszfzsienx.jpg[/img]


They were just missing the left square brace [ before the closing /img.

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Broadsword
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Your car is a: 1970 124 Spider
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Re: 1969 Spider

Postby Broadsword » Tue Aug 25, 2015 7:11 am

That looks stunning; well done and congratulations!

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seabeelt
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Your car is a: Fiat Spider - 1971 BS1
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Re: 1969 Spider

Postby seabeelt » Wed Aug 26, 2015 12:06 pm

Now you just need the big glass box to put it in. :mrgreen: Cause you know once it leaves it will never look this good again :mrgreen:
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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Your car is a: 124AS 1969 Fiat Spider

Re: 1969 Spider

Postby cibon1 » Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:17 pm

Getting oh so close. Just have to roll'r back. Thanks for the [ ! Any easy suggestion regarding getting all of my photos to fit? Thanks again
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Your car is a: 80 Fiat 2000 FI

Re: 1969 Spider

Postby azruss » Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:11 pm

the photos need to be 700 pixels wide. You need a simple photo editor to reduce the size.

cibon1
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Re: 1969 Spider

Postby cibon1 » Tue Sep 01, 2015 9:53 am

Posting these photographs to check out this photo editor app I got. Will post many more if it works. What a great day in New England!

The Audio/Visual system is the only component upgraded in my car. Some of the new components:
Clarion NZ503
Navigation receiver
Alpine MRX-M110
Mono subwoofer amplifier — 1,100 watts RMS x 1 at 2 ohms
Kenwood KFC-1395PS
Performance Series 5-1/4" 3-way speakers

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Had to build out for the Navigation.
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Re: 1969 Spider

Postby cibon1 » Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:28 am

MotorHead magazine was kind to publish my restoration story. TMPI, however it's out there. Thanks MotorHead!

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seabeelt
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Re: 1969 Spider

Postby seabeelt » Fri Sep 11, 2015 11:43 am

Greg. We are practically neighbors. If you are still looking for wiper motor solutions I think there is an old guy on Crandall road that still does motor rewinds
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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