New to me 1979 Spider

[Timebandit]

Picking up my new to me 1979 spider on sat. Will post pics once i get it home.
Previous owner has had the car since 1993. Needs a little bit of interior work but nothing i cannot handle.
The only major work I'll need to do is to fix the transmission secondary shaft "plug". The last ride it went out, the plug basically popped out on the way back in the garage. Time to get the parts book and manual out for this one.

Btw, I'm from the Ottawa, Ontario area, anybody from around my place on this forum?

[RRoller123]

Welcome aboard! You will find plenty of knowledgeable and friendly people here.

Here is a thread on how to post pictures directly to the forum:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21014

And here is a great picture-posting thread edited by SLOSpider:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic ... 12&t=23084


Pete

[rjkoop]

Picking up my new to me 1979 spider on sat. Will post pics once i get it home.
Previous owner has had the car since 1993. Needs a little bit of interior work but nothing i cannot handle.
The only major work I'll need to do is to fix the transmission secondary shaft "plug". The last ride it went out, the plug basically popped out on the way back in the garage. Time to get the parts book and manual out for this one.

Btw, I'm from the Ottawa, Ontario area, anybody from around my place on this forum?

Yep. I'm in Kanata. And there are others from the Ottawa area on these forums as well. Still restoring my 1981 Spider. Right now have an oil leak on the camshaft housing I'm trying to resolve.

Richard

[spiderdan]

Hey timebandit
As Jay (also from Ottawa) would say "Welcome to the best place on earth"
I'm out in Hunt Club.
We have an Italian Car Club in here Ottawa, which is free to join.
http://www.italiancarclubottawa.ca

Ciao

[4uall]

Dan is a poop head and stole my line

I am in Nepean, feel free to ask away, drop by, borrow tools etc

[spiderdan]

Dan is a poop head and stole my line

Sorry Jay but your line is "Hello & welcome to the greatest place on earth"
I quoted you as saying "Welcome to the best place on earth"

Dan poop head for not quoting you correctly.
You poop head for not noticing.

Timebandit, now you know how much fun you will have with all us Ottawa Fiat poop heads.

[Timebandit]

a few pictures of when i went to purchase it.

[4uall]

Shiny

Was this bought in Ashton?

[Timebandit]

Shiny

Was this bought in Ashton?

Picked it up in Oxford mills just west of kemptville.
The owner bought it in 93 as a 50th b-day present, he now decided to sell it after 20 years.

[Timebandit]

Home in it's new sleeping quarters...

[rjkoop]

Home in it's new sleeping quarters...

Those little ramps are cool. Where did you get them? I need to do some work under the car and they looks perfect.

[Timebandit]

Those are car dollies I picked up at Canadian Tire a couple weeks ago on special at $69/pair
I can move the car around in the shop to work and or park it tight into a corner to save space.

Home in it's new sleeping quarters...

Those little ramps are cool. Where did you get them? I need to do some work under the car and they looks perfect.