I must confess however that I don't own a Fiat Spider however. 
Mike Bouse pointed this forum out to me yesterday when I was helping him reinstall his braking system on his wife's 124 Spider.
A bit of an introduction. I have been a Fiat owner since 1980 when I bought my first X1/9 (a very rust bound '76) in Vermont when I was 19, sadly it was a very troubled car and in the course of moving around New England was consigned to a junk yard as a rust heap a few years later. I had fallen in love with Fiats a number of years before when one of the carpenters working on our new house drove to work everyday in 124 Sport Coupe and later when my step mom bought a 1978 X shortly after I learned to drive. My second X came along in 1983 with early '80 carbureted example.
I sold that car before I moved out to California so for a few years I round myself without a Fiat. After living there a while I did get to meet a number of people that had them and eventually found a few to own. I really enjoyed the car culture and the many people I met like Merkel, the Rear Engine Fiat Club and the car night crowd. My first acquisition was a 1969 124 Sports Coupe that was a bit on the funky side. Not long after I bought a one owner 1969 850 Sports Coupe. The '69 124 Coupe departed not long after, but was replaced a few months later by a 1970 124 Sports Coupe, which I bought from the daughter of the original owner. After I graduated from Art Center in Pasadena I got a job back in Vermont. Before I moved I wanted to get a west coast X to take with me, I found a cheap example around the corner from my apartment and added it to the collection that would make the move from coast to coast. Three of my sisters flew from the east coast and the three Fiats were driven and towed (the 850) back to Vermont.
Since then I have moved to Michigan and used them as summer time daily drivers until 4 years ago when I last parked them for the winter. Things piled up behind them and they haven't been out to play since.
I am a member of the West Michigan Chapter of FLU and enjoy attending events though my VW Golf doesn't do a very good imitation of a Fiat Brava or trick anyone in the club. The hope is that the 850 will make it out for the 28th St Cruise in August but we will see.
Looking forward to interacting with you all over the time. Thanks and have a great day.
Karl
Kidding, Mike. 