Project Car Hell, Junkyard Fixer-Upper Edition: Fiat Spider, VW…

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Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! I walked into an East Bay self-service junkyard a few weeks back, and look what they had for sale!

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Down On The Junkyard

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1979 Fiat 124 Spider: Not Fixed Again By Tony

Down On The Junkyard

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Though we rarely see 124 Spiders on the street nowadays, they are still out there. Here's one that hung on long enough to see five different decades.

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Down On The Street

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1977 Fiat 124 Sport Spider

Down On The Street

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Once I found the Fiat Strada, I knew I'd have to be able to find a 124 somewhere on the island. Sure enough, on the same block as the aquamarine '65 Impala, here was this fine example of Italian Malaise. These things used to be quite common on the island (as were MGBs), but... well, you know the rest of that story.

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