Hello from Washington State

ratherlarge · Post by **ratherlarge** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:41 pm

Hello all... Im Geno from washington state. I just purchased my first Fiat. I bought a 78 spider. Im a professional mechanic and opened my own shop a year ago. I specialize in Ford products so working on this very old technolgy (yet rather advanced for its time) has become a bigger challange then i thought ! Its great to be here and please bear with the dumb questions i may have.

msrmd · Post by **msrmd** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:40 pm

Welcome

As a relative newbie I can assure you that dumb questions are allowed or they would have already asked me to leave.
Being a mechanic will be a great advantage in pursuit of the perfect Spider.
A word to the wise...post some pictures. You won't hear the end of it until you do.

kristoj · Post by **kristoj** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:11 pm

Welcome to the site! Being a porfessional mechanic, you already have a jump on most of us. We've all had to become backyard mechanics of sorts because we drive Fiats

Definitely would love to see some pix.

So Cal Mark · Post by **So Cal Mark** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:00 pm

welcome to the site! where about in Wa are you?

ratherlarge · Post by **ratherlarge** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:13 am

Im on the west side about 50 miles north of Portland. Live in Longview. I will have some pix up sometime within the week.

rlux4 · Post by **rlux4** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:14 am

Hello, and welcome to the forum.
I'm from your neighborhood originally and miss it bunches. I was just up there last week taking my mom home after the Mirafiori Oregon '08 campout. There is an active group in the Renton/Kent area if you want to hang around other Fiat nut cases, FEN (Fiat Enthusiasts Northwest)
Good luck with your new business and your new car.
Ron

mbouse · Post by **mbouse** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:48 am

pictures? did I hear pictures?

as a "professional" mechanic...do you have any bad habits that will prevent you from listening to the advice from us un-professional / shade tree boyz and girlz??

Darsella1 · Post by **Darsella1** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:09 am

I'm the Newsletter editor for that bunch of nut cases

.

Please feel free to join us:

http://www.fiatnorthwest.org/

rlux4 · Post by **rlux4** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 9:33 am

Darsella, I was going to say you were the exception to the "nut case" appelation, but then changed my mind when I thought of the decision you made to sell your anniversary model and start over with an 85-1/2. So, howdy fellow nut case!
Ron

ratherlarge · Post by **ratherlarge** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:07 pm

Well i was going to post some pics but i seem to be to dumb! ... Any help?

rlux4 · Post by **rlux4** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:42 pm

You need to upload your pictures first to one of the free photo sharing sites, flickr, photobucket, ect. They will have options to copy the photo's URL or make thumbnails and so forth. Come back to post a message and insert it. I have the best luck by copying a thumbnail at photobucket and just copy it here. No need to use the insert commands above the message box that way.
Ron

ratherlarge · Post by **ratherlarge** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:52 pm

ok....I will try that thank you ! Im a great mechanic...not so great at this computer stuff.. !

rlux4 · Post by **rlux4** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:57 pm

What? No teenage kids in your house?
Ron

ratherlarge · Post by **ratherlarge** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:41 am

rlux4 · Post by **rlux4** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:13 am

Very nice. Was the engine bay that pretty when you got it?
Ron

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