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Hobo
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Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:23 pm
Your car is a: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000
Location: Fort Mill, SC

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blurple124 wrote:WOW. That looks like a brand new car! I thought for a second that FIAT started producing the Spider again! :D

What is the decal in front of the rear fender? Is that factory or installed by a P.O.?
The origianal owner hand some hand painted pin striping down on the car. Not much but I think it is pretty cool even though not original to car. I really lucked out on this car. It has the original tires and the car is immaculate.

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Hobo
Posts: 55
Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:23 pm
Your car is a: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000
Location: Fort Mill, SC

Re: First Fiat Pin Striping from original owner

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Will post soon
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Hobo
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Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:23 pm
Your car is a: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000
Location: Fort Mill, SC

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bellafiat wrote:I saw this car advertised..out of Orlando,Fl I believe...

The car came from Jacksonville, FL. I purchased car after a couple of ebay bidders failed to keep up there end of the bargain-lucky for me and their unresponsiveness after the bidding process assisted me in getting a great deal on the car.
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Hobo
Posts: 55
Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:23 pm
Your car is a: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000
Location: Fort Mill, SC

Re: First Fiat

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blurple124 wrote:WOW. That looks like a brand new car! I thought for a second that FIAT started producing the Spider again! :D

What is the decal in front of the rear fender? Is that factory or installed by a P.O.?
Original owner had sum hand painted pin stripping performed on car. Not origianl but definitely unique and cool.

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Hobo
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Your car is a: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000
Location: Fort Mill, SC

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Ky2000

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I saw the car on EBay and thought it looked great too. Nice Find... Here's mine that i bought in Jan.
New Top in garage, but not installed yet. And the side emblems are installed now. 75K

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11 edits... to get the Pic size right. I might need a Beer ! :lol:
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Hobo
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Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:23 pm
Your car is a: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000
Location: Fort Mill, SC

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Ky2000 wrote:I saw the car on EBay and thought it looked great too. Nice Find... Here's mine that i bought in Jan.
New Top in garage, but not installed yet. And the side emblems are installed now. 75K :D
Really nice! This car came with a new top and the guy is in the process of shipping it to me. Are the tops difficult to install
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Hobo
Posts: 55
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Your car is a: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000
Location: Fort Mill, SC

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Hobo
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Your car is a: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000
Location: Fort Mill, SC

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Ky2000

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I'm sure if we take our time, and follow the directions that came with it, I'ts not to hard to install.
But i'd rather let a Pro do it, so know it's done right.

It would be alot cheaper to do it myself.
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Hobo
Posts: 55
Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:23 pm
Your car is a: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000
Location: Fort Mill, SC

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Hobo
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Your car is a: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000
Location: Fort Mill, SC

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Ky2000 wrote:
Hobo wrote:
Ky2000 wrote:I saw the car on EBay and thought it looked great too. Nice Find... Here's mine that i bought in Jan.
New Top in garage, but not installed yet. And the side emblems are installed now. 75K :D
Really nice! This car came with a new top and the guy is in the process of shipping it to me. Are the tops difficult to install
I'm sure if you take your time, and follow the directions that came with it, I'ts not to hard to install.
But i'd rather let a Pro do it, so it's done right.
Yes. I would rather also but finding one in the Charlotte, NC area has not yielded any leads. My friend said he installed his ownand it was not too complex of a task. The issue you normally run into is specialized tooling. I will research/read the directions first then see if I had tools to tackle such a task.
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Hobo
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Your car is a: 1982 Fiat Spider 2000
Location: Fort Mill, SC

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The original owner had some custom pin striping done on the car.


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Your car is a: 1980 Fiat Pininfarina Spider 2000 F.I.
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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that is beautiful, now I can see the end result if I paint mine wow
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124JOE
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Your car is a: 1978 124 fiat spider sport 1800
Location: SO. WI

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the top isnt hard to put on
even if its wrong if you put as much effort into it as you did getting the pics right
all will work out in the end

remove trim and old top then
center the top on the top bow and tighten
center the top at the rear bar mount
push the rear down and tighten
close the top
then pull the cables with vicegrips and tighten the mount
re install trim

ive done it four times
when you do everything correct people arent sure youve done anything at all (futurama)
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