by "RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
Published 10/07/2017 at 13:28
by "RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
Published 10/07/2017 at 13:28
Tags: Malaise
STARS: 1
...so Malaise!
The adapter is the best part as that means you could hook a cassette adapter up to it and stream Bluetooth through a factory 8track stereo! :P
"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve)
10/07/2017 at 13:35, STARS: 2
There for a while you could build an entire early CJ from a JC Whitney catalog. I remember looking through the big catalog my dad had when I was about 14 and he told me that so I decided to test it. It came out to nearly $20k.
"nafsucof" (galinskiomatic)
10/07/2017 at 13:41, STARS: 1
So let me get this. 8 player=>cassette player adaptor=> cassette to 1/8” adaptor=>Bluetooth. Checks out!
"vondon302" (vondon302)
10/07/2017 at 13:45, STARS: 1
The van scene was huge back then. I’m old enough to actually order some crap out of one of these. A multiple sound horn and a hippie foot gas pedal.
Lol good times
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
10/07/2017 at 13:48, STARS: 0
In 1971 I bought a Fiat camshaft and head gasket set with other items including 2 day shipping for under $60 from Whitney.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
10/07/2017 at 14:39, STARS: 0
Impressive! What was the FIAT? :)
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
10/07/2017 at 14:39, STARS: 0
Wow, that’s hilarious....and $20K back then was a LOT of money :S
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
10/07/2017 at 14:40, STARS: 2
Yeah man! Genius! I bet the sound quality would be amazing! :P
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
10/07/2017 at 14:40, STARS: 1
Any car with an auto needs these.
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
10/07/2017 at 18:43, STARS: 0
My first car a 1968 Fiat 850 Spider with a rusted out drivers floor, leaky top, 3 good tires and a bad cam. It had 75k miles on it and the prior owner gave it zero love . The paint was even so bad that I spent about $75 at Earl Scheib autobody for a cheap repaint. Spent $500 for the car and put $400 on repairs.I did some of the work. After the cam, floor repairs,tire, muffler/header , plugs and paint I drove it for over 2 years. Got $1000 on trade towards a new car so I profited . It was a fun car and strangely more reliable than the Triumph TR4 I had several years later.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
10/07/2017 at 18:51, STARS: 0
Thanks for the story - and for giving it at least a little love in it’s lifetime! :)
I wish I had the skills as getting one and fixing it up would be a fun project...I’m partial to the much uglier 850 sedans though, but I am weird :P
"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
10/07/2017 at 19:47, STARS: 1
I’ve thought if I ever found an 850 Sport Coupe I’d consider it. There was one in the orange/yellow color in Kitty Hawk back then. One of the very few Fiats on the Carolina beachs in those years. There were a couple of 124 Spider, maybe 3 sedans , some 128 and a lone 1500 Spider.