New Guy

[DougC]

Hi,

I just bought a '77 Spider and am really excited to get into Fiat ownership! It has 72K miles on it, and I paid $2,200 which seems like a good deal to me. It's not perfect, but the little things it needs will be keeping me occupied for a while.

Glad to be here!

-Doug

[rocky]

Doug,

Welcome. I'm pretty new here myself. I picked up a '77 Spider last week (pictures are on the post Ready to buy, below). I'm having a great time with it and am also just sorting things out. The folks on this board are terrific, friendly and really helpful. Good luck with it.

Greg
'77 Spider
'74 AR GTV

[rlux4]

Welcome to the forum Doug. $2200 sounds like a great deal, especially if it's fairly rust free. Any 30+ year old car will have some little issues, so that's to be expected. Even if it were perfect, most of us would find something we'd want to do to it.
Congratulations, and have fun!
Ron

[mdrburchette]

Welcome to the forum, Doug. When you have a chance, post some pics of your new ride and let us know what part of the world you're from!

[DougC]

Welcome to the forum, Doug. When you have a chance, post some pics of your new ride and let us know what part of the world you're from!

Thanks guys. Yes, it's nearly rust free, so it should be a good gradual restoration project. I am from Ravensdale, WA which is a little unincorporated area SE of Seattle.

As soon as I figure out how to post pics I'll put some up.

Thanks!

-Doug

[rlux4]

Here you go Doug, a good turorial on how to post pictures:
http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic ... res#p37831
We're waiting......
Ron

[Zippy]

Ravensdale! I'm in Federal Way. Welcome to the group. Yes, the people here have been very helpful through my project to replace my head gasket. Look forward to meeting up someday.

Al

[NJFIAT1981]

Welcome Doug. Your going to love this site. Photo's of you Spider when you can. George

[DougC]

OK,

Here are a couple of pics:





Thanks for the kind welcome!

[rlux4]

Put a roll bar in it and it would look like the younger brother of SoCal Mark's car!
I'd say you saved at least $1000 on the buy.
Pretty car, thanks for the pics.
Ron

[Zippy]

Doug,

Very nice. Looks to be all stock. Looks well cared for, still has the original hub caps and hood. Great buy.

Al

[kristoj]

Looks like you stole that car based on the pix. Congrats and welcome to the forum.

[kmead]

Looks great! A very nice Spider. Good luck with chasing the details. Welcome to the forum.

[mbouse]

doug...

loookin' goood, man!

welcome