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Re: [Roadsters] Just your thoughts OT Fiat 850

To: "vociferouschicanery@yahoo.com" <vociferouschicanery@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Just your thoughts OT Fiat 850
From: "Brad Lustig (brad@lustigconsultingllc.com)"
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:31:56 -0400
Trailed or lapped?

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From: "steven boortz" <vociferouschicanery@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, Aug 25, 2010 1:29 pm
Subject: [Roadsters] Just your thoughts OT Fiat 850
To: "Aaron Polivka" <aaron@polivka.org>, "datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net"
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>

hi everyone
the other night I was looking longingly at race cars for sale on eBay, and
saw
just such an 850 Spyder race car for sale.  i went back today and it was
gone,
or I would have posted a link.  the cool thing is that there were many racing
photos in the ad, and in one, the little car was being trailed by a roadster
and
a 240Z.  anyone else see it?  anyone smart enough (i sure wasn't) to download
the pic?
s
675MIZU




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From: Aaron Polivka <aaron@polivka.org>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 9:03:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Just your thoughts OT Fiat 850

I've driven and rode in a Fiat 850 spider.  It actually handles quite
well (if all the suspension bits are working properly, which is a big
if) but has the all the "performance" of a 60s beetle. It's pretty,
though, and has a certain amount of charm, but a roadster is a much
better driver. As I recall, 1st gear was a "grinder" (no synchro). Even
a 1600 puts out about twice as much HP.

I'd also hate to be in an accident with at 60s rear engined Italian
sports car.  Most of these were rusty within a couple of years of new,
and that cheap, thin metal in front didn't give me a feeling of safety.
Other than looks, and MG Midget is a much better car, and a Midget is
one somewhere between "junk" and "crap" on my scale of desirable cars.
:)

The 124 coupe was way cool.  Probably twice as fast as an 850 and a
great looking design that has aged very well IMO.  But tin worm and
horrible reliability has got 99.9% of them sentenced to the crusher by
now.
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