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bcfiatguy
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Your car is a: 1969 fiat spider

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Nice to find some like-minded Fiat enthusiasts. I have owned this particular spider for over 20 years and I do plan to restore it some day. It started as a daily driver, then summer only and now is summer, dry days, top down only as I try to make it last. Besides paint, pretty much every piece is original. I enjoy the maintenance and went for a spin on most sunny days this summer. I have checked in with this forum on many tricky issues and it has always provided some insights I had not found elsewhere so I am happy to officially join the forum. Perhaps there will be some opportunities for me to help others in the same way.

Cheers, Doug.

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

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Hi Doug, welcome to the other Fiat forum.
I'd guess your snorkle is getting or about to get a workout up the hill tomorow. :P (gonna enact the 6 inch rule?)
Might be comming down at the end of the month, brothers 50th
Chris
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72 work in progress
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bcfiatguy
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Your car is a: 1969 fiat spider

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Hey Chris,

Just figured out the 2 forum bit. Not a soul on the hill today. Will likely engage 4 wheel drive on the way in tomorrow.

Cheers,
Doug
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Your car is a: 1972 Fiat 124 Sport
Location: Winston-Salem, NC

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Welcome Doug. Is your car a 70? It's a beaut!
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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Your car is a: 1980 Spider 2000
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Welcome, Doug. Glad you found this forum as well. This Forum has been around for a long time and has a huge knowledge base. You will find a lot of useful information and get a lot of help here.
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bcfiatguy
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Your car is a: 1969 fiat spider

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As for the year of the car, the door plate says Oct '69 as well as '69 stamped on the tail lenses. That said, I also figure it is more likely a 70 however all the paperwork on the car says '69 so I have always gone with that. It does have a rather unique feature in that the side markers are a 2 lense design which may be a clue to the year. Does anyone know what other years used this side marker?
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