Mirafiori Archive : /F/I/A/T/ /B/S/ - You have to try hard to get your car in this condition

Mon 18th Dec 2006 02:51pm You have to try hard to get your car in this condition (Bradley Artigue (Atlanta, Georgia))
      Mon 18th Dec 2006 06:31pm Hey, it's in Ohio! I can grab it!!! (Jon W. Logan)
           Mon 18th Dec 2006 06:32pm Re: Hey, it's in Ohio! I can grab it!!! (Bradley Artigue (Atlanta, Georgia))
                Mon 18th Dec 2006 06:39pm Self ignited funeral pyre. (Jon W. Logan)
      Mon 18th Dec 2006 07:04pm nice shot of his bud taking a leak during photoshoot (fiathound)
           Tue 19th Dec 2006 06:00am Re: Oh Lordie! Nice observation! (Marc Sova)
      Tue 19th Dec 2006 07:41am Re: You have to try hard to get your car in this condition (Ron Conlon (Norman, OK))
      Tue 19th Dec 2006 02:24pm Check this one out (TurboFiat)
           Tue 19th Dec 2006 04:07pm Re: Check this one out (Eladio Garcia)
                Tue 19th Dec 2006 09:36pm Re: Check this one out (TurboFiat)
                Tue 19th Dec 2006 10:21pm Re: Check this one out (Val Danilov (Seattle, WA))
      Thu 21st Dec 2006 08:14am If he hadda added "rust, free" (Gil Nicholls (Vancouver, B.C.))

110336 Mon 18th Dec 2006 02:51pm You have to try hard to get your car in this condition (Bradley Artigue (Atlanta, Georgia))


I've seen Spiders parked in the swamp that look better than this one.  The
asking price of $25.00 may be a little high.

ebay Item # is 120064314426	

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1977-Fiat-124-spider-convertable_W0QQitemZ120064314426QQihZ002QQcategoryZ42606QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem






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110338 Mon 18th Dec 2006 06:31pm Hey, it's in Ohio! I can grab it!!! (Jon W. Logan)

NOT!
 well, maybe....  Pull the head, carb, and intake, and just take the rest to 
the dump!

Jon W. Logan
Midwest-124, Ltd
www.midwest124.com
parts@midwest124.com

110339 Mon 18th Dec 2006 06:32pm Re: Hey, it's in Ohio! I can grab it!!! (Bradley Artigue (Atlanta, Georgia))

The pictures look like an engine fire occured sometime in the past.  The car
probably tried to burn itself to death.


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110340 Mon 18th Dec 2006 06:39pm Self ignited funeral pyre. (Jon W. Logan)

Bradley Artigue (Atlanta, Georgia) wrote:
: The pictures look like an engine fire occured sometime in the past.  The car
: probably tried to burn itself to death.

Not worth it.  Besides how many homeless rodents would there be in Ohio if I 
bought it?

Jon W. Logan
Midwest-124, Ltd
www.midwest124.com
parts@midwest124.com

110341 Mon 18th Dec 2006 07:04pm nice shot of his bud taking a leak during photoshoot (fiathound)

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110344 Tue 19th Dec 2006 06:00am Re: Oh Lordie! Nice observation! (Marc Sova)

fiathound wrote:
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110345 Tue 19th Dec 2006 07:41am Re: You have to try hard to get your car in this condition (Ron Conlon (Norman, OK))

There is a buyer in Allentown who wants it...hmmm.


Cheers
Ron
"I ride a horse, I drive a car, I pilot a boat, I fly a plane, I aim a gun but 
I just point that SUV."
The Sagebrush Sage



79 Fiat 124 Spider
93 Miata

110349 Tue 19th Dec 2006 02:24pm Check this one out (TurboFiat)

Here's what happens when you leave a silver Brava sitting out in the East 
Tennessee weather for 15 straight years. 

http://users.chartertn.net/jseabolt/temp/brava1pc.jpg
http://users.chartertn.net/jseabolt/temp/brava2pc.jpg
http://users.chartertn.net/jseabolt/temp/brava3pc.jpg
http://users.chartertn.net/jseabolt/temp/brava4pc.jpg
http://users.chartertn.net/jseabolt/temp/brava5pc.jpg

Yes this is my parts car. I paid $50 to have it hauled home. I friend told me 
about it and when I called the guy and started asking questions about the 
condition he said, "Look if you think you can use anything from this car, your 
welcome to it but you have to haul it off, my parents want it off their 
property".

The trunk lid was so paper thin I was able to open it with a crowbar. I have 
no keys to this thing. Look at the sills and how the rear bumper has sank. The 
doors won't properly shut because of the structural rust.

Bummer the windshield is cracked. Glass Doctors want's $650 for a new one. And 
like all Bravas I've seen so far (like all of mine) if you let them sit long 
enough the windshield will pop out at one of the upper corners and leak water 
into the cabin and rust the floorboards out.

It has no engine but the 5 speed transmission was in the trunk. I don't know 
what happened to the engine. Beleive it or not I've been using some interior 
components and other little nick-nacks from it.

The foam rubber in the back seat is good but the frame is rusted. But the 
frame is good in my grey Brava. So the guy who is going to recover the rear 
seat is going to make one good rear seat out of four pieces.


James Seabolt  
Tennessee, United States
Homepage --->>> http://users.chartertn.net/jseabolt/

2003 Subaru Baja 
1980 FIAT 2000 "turbo" Spider
1968 Ford Fairlane 500 (Not a Ford Galaxie!!)
1987 Yugo GV 1500cc also turbocharged
1979 131 Brava Future project
1980 131 Brava Current project.

110353 Tue 19th Dec 2006 04:07pm Re: Check this one out (Eladio Garcia)

Is the transmission from the brava for sale?

110365 Tue 19th Dec 2006 09:36pm Re: Check this one out (TurboFiat)

Eladio Garcia wrote:
: Is the transmission from the brava for sale?

I'm going to hang onto it for now. Just in case the automatic in my 80 model 
craps out. I think most of the pieces are there to make the conversation.



James Seabolt  
Tennessee, United States
Homepage --->>> http://users.chartertn.net/jseabolt/

2003 Subaru Baja 
1980 FIAT 2000 "turbo" Spider
1968 Ford Fairlane 500 (Not a Ford Galaxie!!)
1987 Yugo GV 1500cc also turbocharged
1979 131 Brava Future project
1980 131 Brava Current project.

110367 Tue 19th Dec 2006 10:21pm Re: Check this one out (Val Danilov (Seattle, WA))

I now have an extra 131 tranny for sale in Seattle.

Val D.

Eladio Garcia wrote:
: Is the transmission from the brava for sale?

110397 Thu 21st Dec 2006 08:14am If he hadda added "rust, free" (Gil Nicholls (Vancouver, B.C.))

he'd be making a lot more $$!

Gil Nicholls


Bradley Artigue (Atlanta, Georgia) wrote:
: I've seen Spiders parked in the swamp that look better than this one.  The
: asking price of $25.00 may be a little high.
: ebay Item # is 120064314426	
: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1977-Fiat-124-spider-
convertable_W0QQitemZ120064314426QQihZ002QQcategoryZ42606QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
: ------------------------------------------------------------
: http://www.artigue.com/fiat
:    - Fuel Injection, Carburetion, and Performance Guides
:    - Wiring Diagrams