-=> Quoting Kurt Weiske to Nancy Backus on 31 Jan 14  07:33:19 <=-

 NB>> Our policy is that as long as the repairs are less (over the course of
 NB>> a year or so) than the cost of new car payments, might as well keep an
 NB>> older car... as long as it is willing to run...  :)   And nowadays,
 NB>> the bodies don't rust out so fast, either, so that isn't an issue....

 KW> I'm getting sick of throwing things away, and so keeping an old car
 KW> running has some allure to me.  :)

Understandable... :)

 KW> I drove Fiats in my younger days. You could keep the engines going,
 KW> but the bodies fell apart. Those were fun cars to work on - simple as
 KW> could be back then -- a little Weber carb on top, points, distributors,
 KW> and no electronics. 
 KW> Except for the X1/9, basically a Fiat 128 with the engine sideways and
 KW> behind the driver. Fun to drive, a bear to work on.

I had a friend with a Fiat, years ago...  His main complaint was that you
couldn't get parts easily, all imported from Italy...  ;)  He thought it
was a fun car, too...  :)

ttyl        neb

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