Thanks for all the comments! It's been quite fun to read through them. :-) > On Jan 18, 2016, at 8:13 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very nostalgic. My brother had a 128, the same colour, when he lived in > Durban. Eventually rust got the better of it & the whole front end collapsed. > I had a metallic brown 504 (S/H) from 1976 to 1979. It is the only can I have > had which could do over 200kph!
FIAT 128 … I sent the photo of the model to my uncle. He responded, "I remember that car. You gave me a ride to pick up my car at the dealership (he had a Porsche at the time). That was the fastest, most terrifying drive in a car I ever had. It's what made me realize that when it came to speed insane, you and your brother were off the charts." The FIAT was an wonderful little bastid to drive: no power, just leave your foot on the floor all the time and slam the shifter around as needed. I ended up giving it to a friend at some point, for some reason. He drove it until the motor broke. Peugeot 504 … Mine was a 1976 diesel model, bought cheap ($600), old (in 1988), and very used (over 200,000 miles when I got it). I think it would make it to 80 mph (128kph) with a tailwind, downhill on a good day. ;-) It was delightful to drive anyway, but it broke the timing chain about a year after I got it and was too expensive to fix. Good memories with both of them. Hmm. Broken motors was a theme for me and my friends for a while there. ;-) G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
