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1. what car was it? (score: 1): Author: "Plunk, Eric" <Eric.Plunk@allegiancetelecom.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:44:30 -0500; This weekend I saw a small convertible which reminded me of an MGB. It had some MGB styling, but with some modern touches. Could someone help me identify it? The windshield looked like an MGB's, but; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00194.html (8,122 bytes)
2. RE: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: "Patton Dickson" <kpdii@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 12:20:14 -0500; Could it have been an Alfa Romeo Graduate. There is chrome and black on the nose, but the shape and black spoiler sound right. Here is a picture of a 1990 model http://www.collectorcarads.com/Picture; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00195.html (8,732 bytes)
3. Re: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: Paul Root <proot@iaces.com>; Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 12:22:01 -0500; Alfa Romeo Spyder? Here's a picture of a boattail version. Later (80s) versions had the cutoff backend and a lip was an option. -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: proot@iaces.com 600 Stinson Blvd N.E., Fl 1S PA; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00196.html (8,788 bytes)
4. Re: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 10:38:18 -0700; Actually, that sounds like a Alfa Romeo Spider (also known as a Duetto). Except I wouldn't think you could have missed the Alfa shield-shaped grill. But the flat rear with black spoiler and two chara; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00198.html (9,038 bytes)
5. Re: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>; Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 14:06:34 -0400; I seem to recall Fiat also sold that body here as one of theirs, an upscale 124 I think. -- Stephen West-Fisher Coastal Data Systems 727.418.9774 http://www.coastaldatasystems.com/ /// or try http://; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00200.html (8,303 bytes)
6. Re: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:19:19 -0700 (PDT); Stephen West-Fisher SEZ - Was that the Fiat Spyder? I can't believe that at one time in the 70s I actually considered buying an X-1/9. (X/1-9?) -- David Breneman | "Just because something doesn't Dis; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00203.html (8,262 bytes)
7. Re: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: CYNAMONB@aol.com; Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 14:22:00 EDT; If not an Alfa how about a Jensen Healey with a spoiler?? http://www.jensenhealey.com/jensen/jensen.html Bruce Cynamon Peterson Industries, Inc. 305-691-7943 800-432-8549 305-693-0754 FAX bruce@peter; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00204.html (7,895 bytes)
8. Re: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 11:24:43 -0700; Hmmm, I don't think so... that would be like selling a Jaguar as an MG -- a serious case of down-marketing. Perhaps you are thinking of when the FIAT 124 Spyder was marketed under the Bertone brand,; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00205.html (8,749 bytes)
9. Re: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>; Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 15:10:55 -0400; Fiat called a lot of cars Spyders, I had an 850 Spyder back in the '70s. You are probably thinking of the 124 Spyder, I believe it was the most common. -- Stephen West-Fisher Coastal Data Systems 727; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00206.html (8,310 bytes)
10. Re: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: Stephen West-Fisher <steve@coastaldatasystems.com>; Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 15:15:18 -0400; Could have been it. They could have used the Fiat dealer network for all of them. I do recall seeing them both in the same showrooms at various dealers while I was trying to scrounge up parts for my; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00207.html (8,768 bytes)
11. Re: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 15:54:13 -0500; I really liked the wee 850 Spyders; I've owned five over the years. Wish they were still available without rust. I worked as a mechanic for a FIAT dealership for some time and always hated the 124 Sp; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00212.html (9,032 bytes)
12. Re: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: Kevin Smith <ksmith40@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 22:36:15 -0500; Solely as a FWIW I've owned a Fiat 124 Spider (no y in the name, Lancia used a y) and a Bertone X1/9. Sometime in the eighties (my X1/9 was an '85), Bertone took over the X1/9 and Pininfarina took ov; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00227.html (9,400 bytes)
13. Re: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: "Brinkman, Gerardo V" <GB127167@teradata-ncr.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 08:52:07 -0400; an X-1/9. Reaally !!!!. I thought they were great cars for their time. The mid- 70s to the mid 80's were a total disaster for the automobile industry. The cars being produced were truly atrocious wi; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00234.html (9,309 bytes)
14. Re: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: WSpohn4@aol.com; Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 09:16:00 EDT; Like all Italian cars, the rust-proofing in the early years was rudimentary, and most rusted away in a few years. I was just talking to another owner of an early Lambo like I have who told me that wh; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00235.html (9,175 bytes)
15. RE: what car was it? (score: 1): Author: "Plunk, Eric" <Eric.Plunk@allegiancetelecom.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 09:31:33 -0500; Ok. It was definitely an Alfa Romeo. Now that I have a starting place, I've been searching the internet. The Alfa Romeo Graduate most resembles the car I saw, except the nose was different. The car w; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00236.html (8,565 bytes)

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