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Re: 1978 Spider - Prugna

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:27 pm
by BEEK
nice to see that car back on the road. as we previously discussed, i have a long history with that car and its prior owner. happy fiating

Re: 1978 Spider - Prugna

Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:02 pm
by Joe6pack
Thanks for the replies. Unfortuneately, today did not go well. I had another cam box gasket, so I went after the oil leak again. I managed to strip two of the mounting holes while remounting the cam box. So, I have some helocoils on order. I am going to helicoil the whole intake side of the head. I am also going to order the gasket with the sealer already on it. It'll probably be next week before I can get it back on the road

Re: 1978 Spider - Prugna

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2020 3:03 pm
by araknid78
Very nice. I had a car the same color. But it was a little rougher than yours and needed to be repainted. I immediately wanted to paint it red as I believed all things Fiat should be red. But, then I learned how rare the color is being only available for the 1978 model. Plus then I started getting comments about the color. So, I took it to the body shop down the street where the guy was able to find to formula for the original color.