Earl, Karen, and Kris At Earl's House
Ready for the 875mi Trip Home
It was kinda dark.

Help File

All of us need help with our projects. Here is a list of the people involved with Red's
and a short description of my experiencewith a most important part
of any project, the vendors. My thanks to all involved.
Each experience was positive in one sense or another. Please also visit
Red's Upgrade Diary

Kris and His Dog "Pal" at a Cracker Barrel in Kansas for breakfast the next morning. The car is sporting the Parrish Plastics HardTop. Kris has ideas about the Fiat

Earl Fourroux
Red's most recent Previous Owner. Currently Earl is restoring a Corvette, but sent an email recently that he is looking for another spider. Go Earle!!!

Pete Angel
Fiat enthusiast. Pete gave pre- sales advice and preperation before I purchased red. Located in Colorado Springs. A frequent poster on Mirafiori, Pete runs a valve shim exchange for DHOC Fiat owners, and is currently working on Reds IDFs. Check out his web page on mirafiori.com.

Caribou Imports
Carpet, door panels and interior seat covers. Pleasant but slow. Ed knows Fiats and usually can steer you to the right part. Tough to get on the phone (always busy).

IAP
New hard plastic dash (I like it) Abarth repo D/S Mirror. Very quick service on in stock parts. Good prices.

Vics Auto Sports
Vics sent out new top seals, some weather stripping, and some interior bits and pieces. A great resource for "normal" spare parts. Good prices and quick service. Fiat people and lots of parts "in stock" Highly recommended

Chris Obert
New Exhaust system and various hard to find bits. These folks know Fiats and are willing to go the extra mile to get the unusual part. Special bits can be pricy, but normal parts are very competitive in price and they ship quickly. Also highly recommended.

Csaba Vandor
Csaba seems to own a field of used Fiats for parts. A lot of stuff to rebuild Green, and a bunch of stuff for Red. A good person to know for used Fiat parts. To Find Csaba you will have to check out mirafiori.com for his present address.

FiatSteve / Steve Furst
Pinninfarina HT . Bought complete in good condition, but arrived in St. Louis as a kit top in pieces (many of the hard to find pieces were missing also). Steve was of no help. Extremely disappointing and expensive to repair. I would use Steve only if I lived nearby.

Al Cosintino
The original American (Italian/American) Fiat fanatic. Somewhat of a legend in his own time (Fiat World), he is known for finding and selling obscure Fiat race/restoration parts. He works this in between races. While a bit slow and some say unreliable, Al is full of lots of information learned first hand. I bought the IDFs from him when he was in Daytona Beach. His present location is somewhere in California. Best if you live close to him.

Art Bayless
Abarth steering wheel and checkered flag horn button. Used to be "the" place for mail order parts. I believe Art has a website and is still in business.

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