[Spridgets] FIAT

[HealeyRick]

Anyone that bad mouths the '70s FIATs never drove one.  I owned two 124
Spiders, a 1.4 and a 1.6 that made the MGB of the day look sick.  Only problem
I had was plug fouling, that was cured with a CD ignition.  Otherwise, that
motor would run up to 7k rpm all day long.  Also had an X 1/9 that would out
handle just about everything (ok, don't lift the throttle in mid-corner).  The
euro models were even better and if you had the bucks, crazy Al Consentino of
FAZA in Brewster, NY could hook you up with the Abarth parts to get your car
running like it was meant to.My first 124 got totalled out by a drunk in a
Pontiac Bonneville, but the others served me well for over 100k mi.  Rust,
eventually killed 'em, but they were great cars, nonetheless,

Rick

--- On Fri, 5/8/09, David Lieb <72spridget at gmail.com> wrote:
From: David Lieb <72spridget at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] FIAT
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 5:05 PM

Interesting article on the Fiat X1/9 in a recent issue of Hemmings
Sports & Exotic Cars. I found it hard to believe how heavy the car is.
David Lieb
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