New Member from TX

[Youngmgbuilder]

Hi all, just thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Olin, and I live in Texas. I don't "technically" own a Spider, but my mom does and I will be restoring it this spring. It is a 1980 Fiat Spider 2000 Pinnifarina, automatic trans, hardtop, 4 cyl. Pretty rough car but no rust from what I can tell, although I'm not very experienced with Fiats. I have a 1972 and 1977 MGB Roadsters, they will be my first car (I'm only 13) They both need restorations, and I'm in the middle of the '77s at the moment.

I thought I would join this site just in case there is something my Haynes manual doesn't cover. Although my dad had a '74 124 back in highschool, he lives in Vermont so he's not much help . He said that it was the funnest car he's ever owned, but also the biggest pain in the butt.

Thanks
Olin

P.S. How do you post pictures?

[dmwhiteoak]

Hello and welcome to the forum. Where in Texas are you?

[MDM]

Where is White Oak?

[124JOE]

Hi all, just thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Olin, and I live in Texas. I don't "technically" own a Spider, but my mom does and I will be restoring it this spring. It is a 1980 Fiat Spider 2000 Pinnifarina, automatic trans, hardtop, 4 cyl. Pretty rough car but no rust from what I can tell, although I'm not very experienced with Fiats. I have a 1972 and 1977 MGB Roadsters, they will be my first car (I'm only 13) They both need restorations, and I'm in the middle of the '77s at the moment.

I thought I would join this site just in case there is something my Haynes manual doesn't cover. Although my dad had a '74 124 back in highschool, he lives in Vermont so he's not much help . He said that it was the funnest car he's ever owned, but also the biggest pain in the butt.

Thanks
Olin

P.S. How do you post pictures?

join PHOTOBUCKET upload pics there then copy the IMG code and paste it here

[RRoller123]

Welcome aboard, young man! You will find many friendly, helpful and knowledgeable people here.

[Youngmgbuilder]

I am in Athens, TX

[dmwhiteoak]

I am in Athens, TX

Im about 50 miles northeast of you.

Where is White Oak?

East Texas

[vandor]

Hi Olin,

Welcome to the site! Glad to see another Texas Fiat.
I'm in the DFW area, but there is an active group in Houston, they have monthly meetings, tech session, drives, etc.
They also have an email mailing list, if you like I can put you in contact with them, just send me a PM.

[SergeantSavage]

Greetings and welcome, young builder. Ask anything, these guys know it all...and I'm not teasing--they really do.

[TX82FIAT]

Welcome, Your dad knows what he is talking about. In my opinion, the Spider is a better all around car than the MGB. You may want to give some consideration to changing the timeline of what project you work on first pushing the Spider up in priority. I owned an MGB before buying my first Spider in the late 80's and after the spider never looked back.

It's really cool that a young man at 13 is turning a wrench to drive his first car. The mechanical knowledge you pick up will serve you well the rest of your life. My brother and I did the same thing with a 1970 Maverick Grabber. Car had none of the finesse of a spider but it was cheap, Fun and at that time powerful. Good luck. again, very cool

[Youngmgbuilder]

Thanks guys for all the input. But sorry, won't be pushing the Fiat up on the priority list. I'm half British and have to stick with my native car Joking, but from my point of view the MG has a certain something that draws me in. Not saying the Fiat is bad, but a MG is a MG, and considering my dad always wanted one makes me not want to lose these things and regret it years later........ Thanks again though

Olin