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narfire
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Your car is a: 1980 124 spider
Location: Naramata B.C.

out of the paint shop

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yea,the car is ready for the summer...sort of. 80 FI
Picked it up from the shop a couple of weeks ago and have been putting it back together,and driving when I can.
This is the second go-around as the first paint job was a barter and they got the better deal. Two different shades and swirl marks left in the primer,where they used it.They don't go to the local pubs anymore,seems their faces keep running into fists from other unhappy customers.
Still some mechanical issues,but is drivable but not a long distance yet. Have a front crank seal to change and I want to take the head off and re-surface and put back together without anything but a head gasket.(last guy put some kind of gunk and the head is weeping oil).
rear bumperettes being put back on this week
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Colour is Porche "Guards Red"
Wheels are "Toora" 15 X 7 & tires 205/50 Toyo's
Veneer over the wood dash and consol
Mikes short shifter with a lump of yew wood I had lying about
All new upolstery, Neighbour did it as he used to work on the finishing of yachts
headers and the just right noisy ansa muffler
Can't show you my grin,Think everyone has one of those after driving their car
Now back to yard work
Chris
80 FI spider
72 work in progress
2017 Golf R ( APR Stg. 1)
2018 F350 crew long box
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lanciahf

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Chris,

Nice wheels! Sort of a modern interpretation on the 5 star daytona mags. Are they Fiat bolt pattern or did you ned adapters.

Ralph
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mdrburchette
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Joined: Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:49 am
Your car is a: 1972 Fiat 124 Sport
Location: Winston-Salem, NC

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Post by mdrburchette »

Very nice work!
1972 124 Spider (Don)
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
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narfire
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Joined: Sat Dec 27, 2008 2:14 am
Your car is a: 1980 124 spider
Location: Naramata B.C.

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Nope, they are 4 X 98's made in Italy. I was told they were well balanced,only a gram or two per wheel.
Bought from Clemente's 4 play autosport in Vancouver.
80 FI spider
72 work in progress
2017 Golf R ( APR Stg. 1)
2018 F350 crew long box
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So Cal Mark

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car's looking great, nice front spoiler!
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spiderrey
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Joined: Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:08 pm
Your car is a: 70 124 spider-74x19-03 ranger edge
Location: San Dimas, Ca

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do they have a website?
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kmac33
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Joined: Thu May 22, 2008 11:19 am
Your car is a: 1974 Spider
Location: Lilburn/Stone Mountain Georgia

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Chris,
Car is looking beautiful. I am quite jealous as mine is currently in pieces. Enjoy!
Kevin McMullen

1974 Fiat Spider - Restoration Complete! But the mods/refinements continue
1980 Fiat Spider
2013 Subaru WRX
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TulsaSpider
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Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:33 pm
Your car is a: 1978 Spyder 124 2L
Location: Tulsa, Ok

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Stunning!!
1978 Spyder 1800 make that 2L! Finally making real progress!
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rlux4
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Your car is a: 1982 2000 Spider
Location: Granite Falls, Wa

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Lookeen good mang!
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Flyingthere

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SWEET!
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htchevyii
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Your car is a: 1982 Spider hers 1972 Spider his
Location: Hydesville, CA (NorCal)

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Post by htchevyii »

Looks terrrific! I don't like most modern whels on Spiders, but those look great!
Trey
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1982 SPIDER 2000, 1964 CHEVYII, 1969 Chevy Nova, 2005 DODGE RAM, 1988 Jeep Comanche
1972 Spider, 78 Spider rat racer 57 f-100,
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FiatColombia1

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nice Job! where did you get that red color from? there is a good contrast with the wheels. do you have the color code?
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kilrwail
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Joined: Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:49 am
Your car is a: 1978 Fiat 124 Sport Spider
Location: Perth, Ontario

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Chris - The car looks terrific! Of course I'm especially partial to the colour (heh, heh). The paint distributors will find it in their catalogues under Porsche Guard's Red 1967-2009 - Dupont also calls it Dale Jarrett #88 red - go figure. It requires a white base coat to turn out right.
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Peter Brownhill

1978 Fiat 124 Sport Spider - original owner
1977 Porsche 911S - track car
2022 Ram 4 x 4 - hauler
PCA National Instructor and Motorsport Safety Foundation Level 2 Instructor
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narfire
Posts: 3959
Joined: Sat Dec 27, 2008 2:14 am
Your car is a: 1980 124 spider
Location: Naramata B.C.

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Thanks for the complements. I'm looking forward to driving the car now the weather is more suited to top down.
I'm not sure how to link web sites but I "googled" Clemente 4 play autosport and his web site came up. I believe his brother is a contributor here" fire breathing fiats".
Not sure of the paint code, in BC we have a jobber store called Lordco similar to NAPA that did the mix for me.
Thought you might like the colour Peter,Theres a few older 911's around here as well.
This was in a zillion pieces once upon a time as well,Image
It does get better and is all worth it.
Now after re- shingling our roof, the better half said I might be able to look for another project.
80 FI spider
72 work in progress
2017 Golf R ( APR Stg. 1)
2018 F350 crew long box
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ROOK1

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narfire wrote:yea,the car is ready for the summer...sort of. 80 FI
Picked it up from the shop a couple of weeks ago and have been putting it back together,and driving when I can.
This is the second go-around as the first paint job was a barter and they got the better deal. Two different shades and swirl marks left in the primer,where they used it.They don't go to the local pubs anymore,seems their faces keep running into fists from other unhappy customers.
Still some mechanical issues,but is drivable but not a long distance yet. Have a front crank seal to change and I want to take the head off and re-surface and put back together without anything but a head gasket.(last guy put some kind of gunk and the head is weeping oil).
rear bumperettes being put back on this week
Image
Image
Image

Colour is Porche "Guards Red"
Wheels are "Toora" 15 X 7 & tires 205/50 Toyo's
Veneer over the wood dash and consol
Mikes short shifter with a lump of yew wood I had lying about
All new upolstery, Neighbour did it as he used to work on the finishing of yachts
headers and the just right noisy ansa muffler
Can't show you my grin,Think everyone has one of those after driving their car
Now back to yard work
Chris
Just fixin it for ya. Looks great.
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