Howdy from SoCal! My name is John Edwards and I have been involved with Fiat's since 1966 when I bought my first Fiat 600. My passion for these cars has grown...
Good to see a group more attuned to racing activities. My involvement with Fiat, more particularly Abarth derivatives started in 1969 when I helped a fellow...
Karl Severson here. I lived in Lynwood until 1975 and in 1969 a college buddy and I went to the Fiat dealer in Compton on Rosecrans where he bought a '69...
Welcome Karl, I used to live behind the phone company @ Compton Blvd & Santa Fe where the Fiat - Studebaker dealer was located, knew them well. Used to deal...
My name is Derek Greenwood and I have been racing 850s and 600 based Abarths since 1981. At first I raced a 1968 850 Spider and then later a 1966 Abarth Corsa...
Welcome to the Group Derek, Glad you came aboard, your knowledge about Solo 2 racing will be a valuable resource for the group. How's the 037? project coming...
John: Funny how many dealerships were shared with or were former Studebaker. The Mercedes Benz dealer I worked for in Pasadena still had the "S" logo on the...
Still building the 037 on paper. About to start some engineering studies on the chassis then will do a study on the suspension. I figure I would spend more...
If memory serves, the dealer was Caldwell Motors. It's possible that they moved over to Rosecrans in 1969, because I moved out of Compton in late 1968. Stop by...
My friend Steve Glusman (Spitfire) sent me this link about autocross vehicle setup. It has some really good info on shocks & tyres that is well worth the read....
Howdy John: Thank you for building a new Fiat 850 group! It seems to me that there will be plenty of Fiat 850 "Hot Rodders" out there to keep it very ...
John et al: I bought my first 850 back in about 1979.? It was a former AutoCross car that I converted to road racing work.? Raced it at Seattle, Portland,...
Chuck, Welcome to the Forum! Sound like you have plent 850's to keep you busy. I too hope that this will be THE forum for us hot rod guys and I look forward to...
As usual - I fight to get everything set up on the group- dang newfangled technology! Glad to have a spot to post stuff where I'm not bombed for daring to...
Really nice looking sports racer. What a fun project! John, did you ever come up to Seattle and autocross an X1/9 say in the early to mid 90's? Derek...
I am looking for a throttle pedal assembly for a 600 based car. The previous owner installed a dune buggy pedal that just looks silly. So I need to convert...
David, Welcome to the group. I hope that we can discuss more than floor mats and wiper blades here, oh yeah and the odd fuel pump problems. This is gonna be a...
No, by then I was teaching and all the race car stuff got put on the back burner. Then by 1993 I started my writing career and that has kept me hopping. I am...
Another new member. I got my first Fiat 600 when I was 14 in 1967. I had 7 600s altogether including one Multipla. I started autocrossing in 1969 and raced at...
Welcome Jeff, This is NOT the other forum, all who have joined so far are all like minded about performance. I hope that you will enjoy your new home! You are...
Yep, I'm in Los Gatos (for the last 30 years). Once I lower using the reverse eyelet spring, I'll know whether I want to use the height of the spring perch as...
One the front... returning the spring to its normal configuration and installing lowering aluminum spring perch (pix soon), installing delrin bushings on the...
When your leaf spring separators have finished their life, go down to your local plastics shop and order some UHMW (ultra-high-molecular-weight) plastic to...
I saw the notice posted on the Yahoo! Fiat site and clicked over here to join up. I'm hoping this group will target my kind of car better than the old one...
I was making some test laps at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, CA a couple of years ago. While we were there, there was a vintage racing club making runs...
or you can do what I did! take the abarth style aluminum crossmember with coil overs and a-arms but make it twice as wide for rigidity. Coil overs are cheap...
Welcome to the Group Steve, What a great story about your car(s). It's always good to hear about how cars have managed to stay alive. Hope this group will live...
Derek, Thanks for the great nugget, will try and find a 124 bar and see what I can do to make it work. I did find that the mounting bolts had all worked loose...
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