Francescos facelift

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georgeramos
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Your car is a: 1971 124 Spider 1608

Francescos facelift

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Put an early grille on my 71 (thank you Ramzi!!) and after a few trips to the hardware store was able to put his original badge back on! I think it looks cool. i've been searching the web for an example of this but havent seen it. Im sure there is someone here who's done it...

George
spiderrey
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Your car is a: 70 124 spider-74x19-03 ranger edge
Location: San Dimas, Ca

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They are hard to find in good shape. And they didnt sporty the fiat logo. Ive thought about useing one on my 70 but havent come across one worth having.
vandor
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Your car is a: 1971 124 Spider
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I sold that grille to Ramzi about 15 years ago... I told him he was a fool for selling it! :-)
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124JOE
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Your car is a: 1978 124 fiat spider sport 1800
Location: SO. WI

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it does look good
when you do everything correct people arent sure youve done anything at all (futurama)
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georgeramos
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Thaks guys, the combo of slatted grille and large badge was in my head for a while even though I couldnt find any pics of it. It worked for me because the po deleted the holes in the hood that hold the badge when he swapped the flat hood for the small bump...

I've always thought the slatted grille gave the car the best lines. The low horizontal face looks more aggresive than the other grille options. Also the stainless grille seems much higher quality than the others but also WAY WAY heavier...

i am very happy with it tho.

George
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Post by Ramzi »

Thanks for posting the photo. Nice to see it go to a good home.....
AZ79

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Post by AZ79 »

Wow, that made a big difference! Nice!
akavinn1

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Post by akavinn1 »

Looks great ! I was thinking of getting a grill like that myself
fiat218
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Your car is a: 1969 124 AS spider

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I got a badge like that !
Jim
East Grand Forks MN
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