Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
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.
The thing I liked about FIATs is that they made my Sprite seem as
reliable as a Honda. I drove it to an Autocross in Sacramento one day
with several friends in X1/9s. I think we stopped about every 30-40
miles to fix one of the FIATs. On the way back, I was getting bored
waiting for FIAT repairs to finish so I tried fixing a very very minor
leak where my radiator hose clamped to the line to the heater, and ended
up tearing the hose in half. Fortunately we had stopped next to a parts
store and I was able to get a hose that would get me home.
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.
I had a student one day at Sears Point in some turbocharged Peugot. It
was like driving a turbocharged living room bolted to the deck of a
small boat. It's not so much that the handling was nautical, but going
into a turn it was about as steady as a la-Z boy recliner balanced on
four innertubes int he water.
Good memories with both of them. Hmm. Broken motors was a theme for me and my
friends for a while there. ;-)
G
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