Apparently mom found this in an old box in the basement while I was away this morning...

"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike) 10/07/2017 at 13:28 • Filed to: Malaise

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...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 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/07/2017 at 13:35

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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 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/07/2017 at 13:41

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So let me get this. 8 player=>cassette player adaptor=> cassette to 1/8” adaptor=>Bluetooth. Checks out!

vondon302 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/07/2017 at 13:45

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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 > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/07/2017 at 13:48

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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 > Dave the car guy , still here 10/07/2017 at 14:39

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Impressive! What was the FIAT? :)

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 10/07/2017 at 14:39

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Wow, that’s hilarious....and $20K back then was a LOT of money :S

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > nafsucof 10/07/2017 at 14:40

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Yeah man! Genius! I bet the sound quality would be amazing! :P

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > vondon302 10/07/2017 at 14:40

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Any car with an auto needs these.

Dave the car guy , still here > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/07/2017 at 18:43

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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 > Dave the car guy , still here 10/07/2017 at 18:51

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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 > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 10/07/2017 at 19:47

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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.