My first car was a baby blue 1974 spider (rip). That is what got me hooked on fiats and ultimately made the lifelong career path I took. I wasnt easy on that car at all a most teenagers of the time and probably to day are. Because of owning that car I visited a junk yard very often that specialized in only fiats and lancias. Due to the frequency of my visits I was offered a job there. And lets say the rest is history.
I did drive that car daily, once it was gone I rescued a 124 coupe from the junkyard. Put well over 100k on that car. Took the remaining parts off of that and put them in a very nice 75 spider shell I acquired. Drove that daily until I bought a 79 spider at a dealership. Traded it in on a demo Turbo spider (I was working at the dealership at that point as a tech)... So you see where this is heading
Wonder what this time capsule would have been worth today. Thats my white suburban in the photo, best race car hauler i ever had besides my f350 dualie!
Photo circa 1985. to say i parted out over 1000 fiats is probably not a stretch. I turned every bolt, could recognize every part of any fiat / lancia sent to the US. All of this is prior to my own shop ownership, My own salvage yard. etc.. I actually purchased a large portion of this business' inventory when it went out of business(owner retired) in 1995 ish