Hello from NE PA

[pafiatman]

With some help I made it here. Had some registering/log-in problems, but, no more. Thanks so cal mark.
I have a 80 and 81 Spider along with a 87 X 1/9. i'm in Towanda, Pa. by the shores of the mighty Susquehanna.
Not exactly Fiat Country, but, nice nonetheless.
And I like Fiats, I guess you can do worse in life.......I think.......

This is a great site!!

[So Cal Mark]

welcome! glad we got the login trouble sorted out

[mdrburchette]

Welcome to the site. Have any pictures? We were up your way a couple weekends ago for the Fiat Freakout. You weren't there by any chance, were you?

[mbouse]

What were the chances i drove right past your house with a gaggle of Fiats on July the 11th ?? Where in NE PA are you?

welcome to the site. please post some pics as soon as you figger it out.

[kristoj]

Mike,

He said he is from Towanda, which, according to Google Maps, is right on US Route 6 just NW of Scranton. So the Fiat parade that you organized literally drove right down Main St. in Towanda on July 11 on the way to the Fiat Freakout! Small world isn't it?

[mbouse]

holy shamoly!! we stopped for lunch in Towanda. at the burger king right on us6. gased up across the street. I think there were 8-10 in our party at that time, including a red 128 on a dolly, and a gray Spider being pulled.

whadda small world this is.

any chance you saw us?

[pafiatman]

Thanks for the welcome! No I didn't go to FFO.....dumb!! I only live 2 1/2 hours away too. Next year.
I got the 81 Spider out this evening and took a few pics of Towanda, my home.

Where the FFO'ers gassed up and gassed up.
The Bradford County courthouse they drove by.

[mbouse]

right you are!!

i left about an hour's worth of hard earned cash at that Gulf station too. and, another hour's worth at the BK. Seems to me those streets were MUCH MORE busy when we were there. apparently we attracted quite the crowd, or you found a sleepy Sunday early morning to snap those pictures.

[pafiatman]

mbouse,
No early Sunday morning pics, they were taken last night(Thurs.). Rt. 6 in Towanda during the day and especially Fridays is very busy and congested. Across the river in Wysox is even worse. Damn, I wish I would have known your route of passing through town and I could have waved you on to FFO. Where did you pick up Rt. 6 at? Very nice drive it is and especially west of Towanda IMO.

<Note to self: Go to FFO next year.>

[mbouse]

we congregated in Bowling Green OHIO and traveled across US 6 until we hit i-380 when we turned right to head south. we stopped for lunch PM on Friday in your little burg, after overnighting in Warren PA.

even if you needed to miss FFO, it would have been kinda fun for you to tag along with us to give the locals something go gawk at.

[pope]

You mean that they still have Gulf gas stations? Havent seen on of those in years.

[pafiatman]

Gulf stations are now only in the northeast.
http://www.gulfoil.com/index.asp

[pope]

No wonder their going out of business, they cant ever spell GOLF right.

[pafiatmanII]

It's still me, couldn't log in as my former name.

[baltobernie]

Gulf stations are now only in the northeast.
http://www.gulfoil.com/index.asp

Gulf headquarters was in Pittsburgh, PA. Their skyscraper building had a glass pyramid roof, illuminated internally with red or blue lights, which flashed in Morse "GULF" at night. If tomorrows weather forecast was fair, the color was red; foul was blue. It seemed that every other gas station in the area was their brand. When Chevron (?) bought them, they decided to keep the Gulf name in their home market, to retain some loyal customers.

Here in Baltimore, we have the Bromo Seltzer clock tower as our contribution to wacky stuff. Hmmm, I smell a new thread here ...