New 1980 2000 owner!

[john3313]

Hi all, I just picked up a 1980 Fuel Injected Spyder. My wife and I absolutely love the car. We are from the Clearwater, Fl area and look forward to many days of driving around the beach area. John.

[mbouse]

Hey John.

Hi and welcome. Post some pictures of that beauty as soon as you can. The car, i mean...

[So Cal Mark]

welcome! Is this your first Fiat?

[rlux4]

There must be a lot of fun loving people in Florida, sure are a lot of Spiders there!
Welcome to the forum, and post some pictures please. We have the ooohs and aaahs all ready.
Ron

[Gunsmith]

Welcome to the forum fellow Fiat Floridian! Where did you find your new toy? I have seen several for sale in your area over the past few months. What color, condition, needs etc.?

[john3313]

Thanks for the welcome. We recently visited friends of ours in Dade City. He has a large workshop / Garage. Of course, I had to go and investigate. The Fiat was in there. It is a five speed, and without a spot of rust. He had listed it on Craigs list, so I drove it (big mistake), I was hooked. We picked her up last weekend. It eventually will need some minor cosmetic stuff like window seals etc. and a paint job. It was green originally but is now bright red and has the tan interior / top. I'll get some pics up soon. Thanks again!

[YourNameHere]

Wow Florida AND no rust! I'm impressed. Sounds like you have a great ride. cant wait to see the pics.

[flyboy]

Welcome! I am just down the road in Gulfport with a '78 1800. The support on this site is fantastic! I hope you like to work on the car yourself. I suppose you do our you wouldn't have bought a fiat. With all of the helpful advice on this site, mine is now a daily driver - of course I only go about 5 miles at a time before it starts to smoke (seal will be on order soon) and I really need to do the brakes. But the top down in FL doesn't get much better. If I could only figure out how to flyfish for tarpon from it it would be ideal.