I just bought a thing...

"DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully" (danceswithrotors) 01/13/2014 at 18:13 • Filed to: Fiat Spider

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I'm going back to pick her up, Saturday... Also, bonus Jalop points if you can identify what that is, lurking in the shadows...

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 01/13/2014 at 18:14

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Saab Sonnet in the background?

That and a Fiat 124... Nice.

Saw an older listing on BAT the other day for a 124 with a Honda S2000 engine in it...

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 01/13/2014 at 18:15

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Looks like a Sonett to me

dogisbadob > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 01/13/2014 at 18:18

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I knew the Sonnett!

I don't see a VW Thing though :p

wkiernan > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 01/13/2014 at 18:19

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A 124 Spider and a Sonett? That's a nice garage all right.

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 01/13/2014 at 18:28

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Not my Sonnett, but still a cool Sonnett. The older guy I bought the Fiat from is cutting down on his projects, and I took the 124 off his hands.

CPT Speedbump > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 01/13/2014 at 18:29

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A thing you say??

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 01/13/2014 at 18:31

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Sweet dude, nice to finally see it!

CAR_IS_MI > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 01/13/2014 at 18:45

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OOO a Sonnet (cant tell if II or III).

is it for sale too?

tylinol > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 01/13/2014 at 18:52

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I think I saw this car for sale; struck me as a great deal. Congrats, from a fellow TN Fiat owner!

Chase > CAR_IS_MI 01/13/2014 at 19:03

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Its a III, the II's have a more rounded back end, and i'm pretty sure they didnt come in a color anywhere near that bright

Chase > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 01/13/2014 at 19:05

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Oooh, Sonett III, in a fun color too. Looks like it's a 70-72, and the 73-74 cars had way chunkier bumpers (US crash regulations). That is also it's hood on the wall in the first pic, which means you got to look at the engine bay. how'd it look? (and why you no take more pictures?)

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 01/13/2014 at 19:13

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You bought the Fiat :) good man. Looking forward to some more posts on this.

Nice Saab too :)

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 01/13/2014 at 19:29

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Awesome! Nice to see you pulled the trigger. Get that girl sorted pronto, and you will wonder why you waited. I actually found a few pics of mine from back in the day, circa `88. Damn I'm old...

Mine didn't have the luggage rack though... I honestly wished that it did.

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > CAR_IS_MI 01/13/2014 at 20:15

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It is... The guy wants $1800 for it, and if I had the space, I'd have gotten it, too. Real nice older retired guy owns it, too.

http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/4236389918…

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > tylinol 01/13/2014 at 20:16

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Wait, there's more than one of us? Whereabouts are you?

(Just kidding... My landlord drives a 500c... That makes three of us.)

tylinol > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully 01/13/2014 at 21:04

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Gallatin currently, but I'll be moving to Nashville shortly. I've got an 850 Spider in mid-restoration. There's a gentleman in Chapel Hill who runs a bit of a rescue service for 850's, so parts in this neck of the woods are actually quite easy to come by!

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > tylinol 01/13/2014 at 21:59

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Very, very awesome about the 850. I'm in Hermitage right now, but I'm looking at getting out toward Old Hickory or Smyrna, since I want a place with a garage.