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"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike) 01/20/2018 at 08:09 • Filed to: Hour Rule

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Barchettas for everybody!

pip bip - choose Corrour > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/20/2018 at 08:23

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i certainly wouldn’t say no.

Ash78, voting early and often > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/20/2018 at 08:34

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The Moops.

When it’s almost the answer, but not quite.

TwoAngryCarbs > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/20/2018 at 08:42

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My neighbor owns one in deep red. Very cool looking car.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/20/2018 at 08:58

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404 - User No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/20/2018 at 09:11

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But I already have Barchetta’s....

...door mirrors.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/20/2018 at 09:31

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It’s like a tiny boat.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > pip bip - choose Corrour 01/20/2018 at 10:08

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Neither would I!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > 404 - User No Longer Available 01/20/2018 at 10:10

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Huh, is that actually where they came from?

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 01/20/2018 at 10:10

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They are quite similar, eh? :P

404 - User No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/20/2018 at 10:43

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Yup. Solstice is a well known parts bin car:

Airbag, steering column along with the infamous ignition switch came from a Chevy Cobalt / Pontiac G5

Fog light/turn signals came from a Pontiac Grand Prix

Door Handles came from the Chevy HHR

Door Mirrors from a Fiat Barchetta

Seat rails came from an Opel Corsa

Reverse lamps came from a GMC Envoy

Engine shared with the Chevy Malibu/Cobalt but with a 91 tuning

Rear differential came from a Cadillac CTS

Transmission came from a Hummer H3 / Chevy Colorado / GMC Canyon

Chassis tunnel design is a shortened Y-Body

Wheel knuckles came from a Chevy Malibu, last time when I was changing the front wheel bearing, my mechanic pointed out the FWD mounting on it, on a RWD car

That’s why I have zero concerns about mechanical longevity, I have a good bounty of substitution parts (worst case I’ll drop an LS in it, lol). Only bit I’m concerned are body panels and the already extinct soft-top parts.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > 404 - User No Longer Available 01/20/2018 at 10:45

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It’s odd because everything else you mentioned are GM companies, so why go with FIAT side mirrors of all things, haha!

404 - User No Longer Available > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/20/2018 at 10:52

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Maybe because GM was in a partnership with Fiat back then?

Let’s not forget the Alfa Romeo 159 and Brera are actually riding a GM platform that GM never used, lol.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > 404 - User No Longer Available 01/20/2018 at 10:59

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I did not know that!

MultiplaOrgasms > 404 - User No Longer Available 01/20/2018 at 13:47

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Also the amazing High-Feature 3.2 V6

404 - User No Longer Available > MultiplaOrgasms 01/20/2018 at 14:04

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Arguably GM had their own 3.2L variant too in the Antara.