[DeTomaso] NPC: 850 Fiat Spider driving impressions

[Dave Aument]

Small world..... 
My first car was a '69 850 spyder. It too had the factory light-weight rust package installed. I drove the wheels off it as a 16 year old. I finally gave in to my need for speed and went through many small and large block Mustang fastbacks. I feel like I found my perfect car when I purchased my Pantera many years ago.



On Jun 8, 2013, at 7:08 PM, Sean Korb wrote:

> There is slight Pantera content, but come on.
> 
> My first car was given to me by my father when I was 11 years old: a 1969
> 850 Fiat Spider.  It wasn't much of a gift, as in the north these poor
> things rusted out in less than 5 years.  So I used my paper route money to
> buy a lot of bondo, and I bolted my swing set to the bulkheads to keep it
> from splitting in half.  I rebuilt the motor (cracked piston) and when I
> was 16 I started it up and drove it a few miles.  We couldn't afford to put
> it on the family's insurance policy so it sat, and when I was without a
> home the summer of my 17th year it was parked on the street and the city
> took it away.