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69fiat124 · Post by **69fiat124** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 1:19 am

Hello everyone,
I am a 16 year old high school student who recently purchased a 1969 Fiat 124 Spider to work on in my limited free time. I plan on fixing the interior and the electrics. I will eventually repaint it because the current paint job is not very good. I am very open to help and advice because I definitely need it especially with my very limited technical knowledge. Thanks for your time.

-DJ

aj81spider · Post by **aj81spider** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 8:51 am

Welcome! It's great to see someone young succumbing to insanity ... I mean joining the hobby!

You've got a great car and you will learn a lot of fun things working on it.

narfire · Post by **narfire** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 4:18 pm

It's great to see someone young succumbing to insanity

Yeup, FIAT...Fixing It As Therapy.
I was 16 when I bought my first car, 70 Fiat. learned a lot about cars back then.

Once you get into it, you'll find the car easy to work on with a few metric tools. There are several vendors out there that provide quality parts.
Enjoy...

nelsonj · Post by **nelsonj** » Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:22 am

Welcome - I'm just outside of LA (Simi Valley). Does your car run and is it drive-able?

You will learn a lot - I got my spider when I was around 20. I hope you can post some pictures when you get a chance.

Peace.
Out.

69fiat124 · Post by **69fiat124** » Tue Oct 29, 2019 11:53 pm

nelsonj wrote:Welcome - I'm just outside of LA (Simi Valley). Does your car run and is it drive-able?

You will learn a lot - I got my spider when I was around 20. I hope you can post some pictures when you get a chance.

Peace.
Out.

Yes my car runs however I need to do the brakes and repair the drive shaft. I will post some pictures this week hopefully.

18Fiatsandcounting · Post by **18Fiatsandcounting** » Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:32 am

DJ, awesome, I inherited my '69 spider from my dad when I moved off to college, about 40 years ago. I still have it, and it's still chugging along. Upgraded to a 2 liter engine and several paint jobs over the decades, but otherwise original.

Great way to learn about cars and engines.

-Bryan

fiat218 · Post by **fiat218** » Thu Oct 31, 2019 7:27 am

is that car Lime Green and white

69fiat124 · Post by **69fiat124** » Fri Nov 01, 2019 6:01 pm

fiat218 wrote:is that car Lime Green and white

Yes I am afraid it is. It was originally a baby blue but one of the previous owners decided to paint it like this. Soon I will repaint it to the original color.

fiat218 · Post by **fiat218** » Sat Nov 02, 2019 10:58 pm

Is there metal plates welded on the shock towers, I recall seeing this on forums

CoupeFan · Post by **CoupeFan** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 9:52 pm

@ nelsonj

I thought I had the only Fiat in Simi Valley. I haven't seen one (the last local was an X1/9) for about ten years.

69fiat124 · Post by **69fiat124** » Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:26 am

fiat218 wrote:Is there metal plates welded on the shock towers

I do not think so but I will give it a closer look.

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