

| Subject: | Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there? |
| From: | mike miller |
| Date: | Fri, 5 Oct 2001 15:00:43 -0700 |
Man! You've managed to through an enormous amount of money out of various exhaust pipes. Especially the nitro-methane burning ones. Mike > From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> > Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 16:02:36 -0500 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there? > > One of my neighbours had one when I was a kid, (yes it was a FIAT > > Thanks for saving my butt Dave. > I know a Fiat when I see it on the horn button. > Had a few other weird cars: > Crosley. > American Bantam > Singer > Sunbeam Station Wagon > Willis > 39 Mercury Convertible > 61 Morgan with the Maple Covered Frame > 56 Mercedes 190 SL > 1/2 Dozen Chevy trucks with the corner windows > 1965 Corvair Coupe, 110 HP auto with Factory Air (my sons first car, > lasted him almost 90 days, but I drove it for ten years before). > 1966 Corvair Coupe, 180 Horse Turbo (couldn't keep a clutch in it) > 71 MG Midget great fun car, brakes were dangerous. > New 58 Volvo P544 ? > Several 32 Ford Coupes > 56 VW with the split rear windows > Several dune buggies > 28 Ford Roadster with Boxed Frame > 365 Horse 327 Corvette L82 I believe > 1989 Jaguar VanDenPlas with a always leaking rear main bearing seal. > Then the heavy metal starts with: > A fuel roadster (worlds record with a 301 Chevy, Enderly injectors) > Driver Kenny Burnstein > AA fuel roadster (2) (1 it became the AA when we stuck a blower on it.) > Driver Kenny Burnstein > AA fuel dragster (4) Driver Kenny Burnstein > AA fuel funny cars (3) Woody Gilmores Praying Mantis frame on one of > them. Driver Kenny Burnstein > Kenny sure broke a lot of parts. > > Stan Wilder > > On Fri, 5 Oct 2001 21:19:41 +0100 Dave Sovegjarto <davesov@HOTMAIL.COM> > writes: >> One of my neighbours had one when I was a kid, (yes it was a FIAT, >> we used >> to call them bubble cars in the UK) drove to far into his garage >> one day so >> he couldn't open the door. They didn't have reverse either so he >> was stuck >> there until his wife came home and pushed him out. >> >> Dave Sov >> Ireland >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ben T" <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM> >> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 8:49 PM >> Subject: Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there? >> >> >>> In a message dated 10/5/01 11:26:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >>> wilden1@JUNO.COM writes: >>> >>> << Way back in 1965 I had a Fiat. It was the one that had the >> front and >> only >>> door that swung out in front of the car. The steering column >> swung out >>> when the door opened. It had narrow rear wheels. It was a real >> neat >>> little vehicle. I made a nifty profit when I sold it, got it for >> $35.00 >>> sold it for $50.00 the same week. >> >>> >>> >>> Stan, >>> >>> It sounds like you are talking about an Isetta. Did Fiat ever made >> those? >> I >>> know BMW made them under license later. >>> >>> BenT >>> >> > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. >
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