850 Fiat Love Stories

Note to self: Create blog that collects memories from my 1970-1973 "coming of age" period, by highlighting events that center around this classic piece of Italian scrap iron - my very first car, a 1967 Fiat 850 Coupe. Isn't it Sweet?

The blog will, no doubt, evolve into my personal version of George Lucas' memory dump, "American Graffiti". Initial thoughts that come to mind include: cruising Whittier Blvd, Tastee Freez, two-wheel parking, fog lights at La Habra drive-in, 4-track tape deck, reverb and railroad tracks on Beach Blvd, mildew-encrusted yellow shag carpet, Craig speakers, 3-day engine rebuild with STP and sliced-off fingertips, Foster Road industrial park, The Bull Pen with Red, Horseface and Pugsley, Phil's muffler, Myron's velvet-covered volkswagen, Clay Smith 3/4 grind cam, Hurst shift handle, "Brown Sugar", American Records, Der Weinerschnitzel, Tijuana Smalls, the Whittier Quad, Bali High and Friendly Hills, red angora and black terrycloth, fiberglass buckets and foam rubber, Huntington Beach (city or state?), push starts, road racing in La Habra heights, Dorthea Road, chrome megaphone exhaust tip, car fire at 50 mph, Westley's Car Polish (with dimethylpolysiloxane), heating the springs, and oh so much more...