Well Barry,
I guess this is where I "confess" to have had THREE Fiats in my younger days.
My first car was a two year old '69 124 Sport Coupe(nice car...only problems: Starter replaced, and the heater-valve replaced)
Traded that one in on a new '74 X1/9. Solid little wedge-shaped(the vogue then) targa-topped mid-engined car. No problems....but that little 1.4L engine made it really underpowered. Sold it around '77, so I could buy one of them there new fangled Kawasaki JET-SKIs and a nice used little Toyota station-wagon to haul it around. Sold both, a couple of years later.
After a few other cars('65 Mustang Convertible among them...yeah, there's one that got away, darn it...also had at least one M/C during all this time), I remembered that I always liked the 124 Spiders, and so in '84, bought a very low mileage '77. Sold that in '99.
Gonna get me another Spyder(spelled with a "Y' this time)...'cuz I WILL get me a Beck(Porsche replica)550 Spyder within the next year or two.(I KNOW I can find a nice used one for around $20K)
(The wife's still giving me that "yeah right!" look, every time I mention this)
Cheers,
Dwight
(by the way Mark....I DO cut my own hair....but THAT(and owning an X1/9) doesn't make me a "Hairdresser", now does it???!!!)
