Oh no...tranny woes

[Joe_Black]

Fiat synchros......AAAARRRRGGH!! Next you'll want your Webbers balanced, or that first-gen GM fuel injection to work. I'd sooner resurect my mom's old Citroen SM. YOU, are a masochist!

LOL! No worries my friend, I let go of my 124 Sport Spiders a while back and only have the two trannies, three blocks, a couple heads and assorted spares lying about. I had one head completely reworked with an original intake and dual 40 IDF Webers that I got a pretty penny for on eBay some time ago. Buyers on eBay are loony for stuff from Turin!

I do have to admit, if I were to only have one car it would likely be a '74 124 Sport Spider. Love the way the tranny shifts, that incredible 1800 twin-cam and just the classic Pininfarina styling. Plus it's got loads of room for the long-legged! Not to mention you can put the top up single-handed at 65MPH.

Wayne, we've got to get together again and sling some verbal grease.

[Chopper]

That Fiat was on my wish list back then. I had grenaded the MG-B GT I'd gotten for graduation, and was soldiering on, in a "gently used" Spitfire. Every weekend, I'd get spanked by the Fiats, and one particular Alpha coupe. Those Fiats seemed so refined, compared to the farm equipment I was driving... they even had door handles on the inside, and brakes that not only actually worked...they had a built in backup! Amazing stuff back then. All wasn't cheery tho...I remember them being delivered to the dealerships with rust already in place. They went away pretty quickly up north. Have you seen the new Alpha coupe? 80C I believe it is...Angelina in auto form...spectacular!