New Project - 1st Fiat 1978 Spider

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Bak2bakfiat
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Your car is a: Fiat 124 Spider 1978

New Project - 1st Fiat 1978 Spider

Postby Bak2bakfiat » Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:15 pm

This is my first ever Fiat build so please bear with me.
I purchased a 1978 Fiat 124 that has been in storage for the last 4 years. It's all original with no rust. To top it off, the car has some unique history (at least to me). It seems the car was taken from the dealer and raced at Road Atlanta in 1978. It has been in the same family since new. I purchased it from the son of the original owner. It actually has AC and dealer installed 8 track player.

Does anyone know how many had AC?

DRUMMOND
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Your car is a: Fiat Spyder 2000 1980 Pininfarina

Re: New Project - 1st Fiat 1978 Spider

Postby DRUMMOND » Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:36 pm

welcome to the fiat spider family!

Not sure if anyone would have an idea how many spiders had ac. It was a dealer installed item after importing.

Does it run?

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Nanonevol
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Your car is a: 1977 Fiat 124 Spider
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Re: New Project - 1st Fiat 1978 Spider

Postby Nanonevol » Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:17 am

I'd love to see a picture of the 8 track player! And the whole car of course.
1977 Fiat Spider
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1967 Triumph Bonneville (hard-tail chopper)
1966 BSA Lightning

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RRoller123
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Your car is a: 1980 FI SPIDER 2000
Location: SAGAMORE BEACH, MA USA

Re: New Project - 1st Fiat 1978 Spider

Postby RRoller123 » Wed Mar 08, 2017 11:49 am

Welcome aboard! You will find plenty of knowledgeable and friendly people here.

Post some pictures! They help a great deal when trying to help diagnose problems, inquiries, etc that you may have.

Here is a thread on how to post pictures directly to the forum:

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=32169

And here is another picture-posting thread:

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=23084

This short instruction covers how to resize pictures so that they don’t get cut off at the right side:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30441

And here is a link to a map of Spider owner’s locations. Many forum members have listed their locations.

https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=191825


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