Attention Old Car Junkies

[twowheelnut]

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Enjoy!

 

[RadioHowie]

Never was one much for old cars. A lot like music, I became "automotive-aware" in the mid/late '60s, so anything prior is pretty much meaningless to me.

However, saying that, my greatest automotive loves were the most unreliable pieces of crap ever to sport 4 wheels and a folding roof.

But god, are they beautiful:

Lord, I can hear it rusting in the picture! :lol:

Can someone guess what that is without reading the pix properties or following the link in the image?

 

[radman]

Rust and lack of reliability, plus beauty. Gotta be Italian, Fiat maybe? I owned a couple, so yes, I'm a sick ****.

 

[boogahboogah]

After I cheated & looked at the image name I was reminded of my fire engine red 124 Sport Spyder, a fun piece of machinery that ran well mechanically & rusted apart on me body wise. Got to the point where I was afraid of it & decided to sell it...

You'll never guess what car I got next ...

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A Chevy Nova hatchback, so plain it didn't even have a cigarette lighter !

Guess what I replaced the Nova with ? ...

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A White Triumph TR6 with electric overdrive !

Yeah, I hear yah. Fun car to duh-mobile back to fun car...

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Maintenence nightmare to runs forever to maintenence nightmare...

 

[twowheelnut]

If I remember right that is a Fiat. Dino, body by Pininfarina... aka, "The Poor Man's Ferrari." Circa 1967 - '72 or 3?

 

[RadioHowie]

Rust and lack of reliability, plus beauty. Gotta be Italian, Fiat maybe? I owned a couple, so yes, I'm a sick ****.

Three quarters correct...Italian and a Fiat pedigree, but no cigar.

 

[RadioHowie]

After I cheated & looked at the image name I was reminded of my fire engine red 124 Sport Spyder, a fun piece of machinery that ran well mechanically & rusted apart on me body wise. Got to the point where I was afraid of it & decided to sell it...





You'll never guess what car I got next ...

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A Chevy Nova hatchback, so plain it didn't even have a cigarette lighter !

Guess what I replaced the Nova with ? ...

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A White Triumph TR6 with electric overdrive !

Yeah, I hear yah. Fun car to duh-mobile back to fun car...

OR

Maintenence nightmare to runs forever to maintenence nightmare...

Jeezus what a crouton for punishment you were...

A Fiat 124 Spyder (I had a '69) to a TR6.

What's amazing is you didn't commit automotive-induced suicide after that experience. The only thing that could have been worse would to have owned a Cosworth Vega in that chain.

But -100 points for cheating.

The reason you were reminded was that from the front wheel well to the rear wheel well is it WAS essentially a 124 Spyder. However the nose, tail and motor were pure Ferraristi.

 

[RadioHowie]

If I remember right that is a Fiat.  Dino, body by Pininfarina...  aka, "The Poor Man's Ferrari."  Circa 1967 - '72 or 3?

Why am I not surprised you're the first 100% correct contestant? I've got a feeling you had some sort of Italian nightmare in your past.

Exactly right..."The Poor Man's Ferrari". Basically a Fiat Spyder with a Dino V-6 shoehorned into the nose. God what a beauty. God what a high maintenance POS.

After watching (first) my 124 Spyder and (then) my 2400 Dino collapse into separate piles of iron oxide, I absolutely swore that at no time, at whatever cost, would I ever own an Italian vehicle EVER again.

Jeez they both were fun to drive, looked like a million bucks, and had the reliability of a pet cobra.

And like boogahboogah, but even worse and more self-flagellatory, I went from a 124 Spyder to a 2400 Dino to an MGB-GT to a Triumph Stag to a Mazda RX3.

I barely made it out of the seventies with my sanity intact. :dribble:

And guess what I was driving (actually riding) while all that automotive insanity was broken down and/or awaiting parts? First a Kaw 500 Triple, then to further solidify my death-by-vehicle-wish, a Kaw 750 Triple. Wow, could those bikes go fast........straight.