New 1980 Owner :)

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bradartigue
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Your car is a: 1970 Sport Spider
Location: Atlanta, GA

Re: New 1980 Owner :)

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davery wrote:
bradartigue wrote: In 1985 the panel had three screws instead of four. No idea why they did that.
Maybe the 1985.5, but the 85 still had four screws.
I honestly don't know when it went to 3. I had a 1985 interior shipped to me a few years ago and the thing had 3 screws and the dash as well.
davery
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Your car is a: 1985 Spider
Location: Ohio

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bradartigue wrote:
davery wrote:
bradartigue wrote: In 1985 the panel had three screws instead of four. No idea why they did that.
Maybe the 1985.5, but the 85 still had four screws.
I honestly don't know when it went to 3. I had a 1985 interior shipped to me a few years ago and the thing had 3 screws and the dash as well.
It appears the 85.5 did change to three screws.
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Dayton, OH/Sarasota,FL
1985 Pininfarina
2011 Eos
2012 Mercedes E550 Cabriolet
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bradartigue
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Your car is a: 1970 Sport Spider
Location: Atlanta, GA

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davery wrote:It appears the 85.5 did change to three screws.
Well I wasn't making it up...

I remember getting the parts in those pininfarina bags and the packing material was an Italian newspaper from 1985. I should have kept the whole thing! Would be worth quite a bit now, a bagged, complete interior...
ideashappen
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Joined: Sat Jun 13, 2015 10:16 pm
Your car is a: 1980 spider 2000

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I lost track of this post last year..... lol Sorry to all contributors.
I removed the clock, put my fuel gauge where that was, put the oil pressure gauge where the fuel gauge was. This summer will buy and install parts as necessary to link the gauge up and get it working.
I did redo my Cheap and cheesy original face plates (gauge cluster, middle plate and glove compartment both sides) to mahogany to match my steering wheel. It is absolutely gorgeous.
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Kingme2
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Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:04 am
Your car is a: 1980 124 Spider
Location: Calgary, Alberta

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Ideas, where are you located? I'm in Calgary/Airdrie area. Lots of other Canuck members, all great humans.
Due to recent budget cuts and the rising cost of electricity, gas, and oil, we have decided to turn off the light at the end of the tunnel. We apologize for any inconvenience.

1981 Fiat Spider, all black... "Corvino", italian for the Raven
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