	Editorial By Ron Conlon: Wintertime is our time to repair our cars and prepare for the 2007 season. A couple of events have happened that appear here and are documented. Our Chapter of FLU and club is now 8 years old and although spread thinly across 4 states, that seems more a strength than otherwise but also invites and needs local events like coffee or a technical help session among small groups. I am helping Jim Chandler disassemble a wrecked 79 Spider and am getting my hands and head around areas that were unknown to me. So ask questions and request help or parts through the club and someone will step forward. Our executive officers are president, Steve Wood (1 year remaining), treasurer Jim Wagner (2) and secretary Ken Dickson (also website manager) (3). Steve and Ken are from St. Louis and Jim is from Wichita. We change one member each year. Mike Greer has been our FLU representative and Ron Conlon does the newsletter. Every member is invited to be involved as they wish to host events, submit to the newsletter or whatever. We want to hear from you and to feel a part of something even if you are the only Fiat in 200 miles and I know a few like this. Our big event is MOFLO and the dates are June 8-10 in Osage Beach MO at the Scottish Inn. Get your reservations early so we control the motel as usual. FLU has Fiat Freakout 07 in the Detroit area on the July 27-29 weekend and we are going in a loosely organized convoy called the Herd of Cats Tour - see FLU or Mirafiori event websites. More events are below.
Ron's Winter Project: This winter project was to freshen my interior. I bought the Spider in 1999 with a decent velour look interior that has worn over the years and wasn't the original tan leatherette. So I installed new seats and panels from a 79 parts car and cleaned up some old electrical fixes. I found that 3 radios had been installed in the past and every one was wired differently with the old harness stuffed deeper into the dash. The Spider came with original radio and speaker wiring but this strangely was never touched. I did a lot of work to hide some dash cracks but they are reappearing. I now have a courtesy light that welcomes any door opening though provides little in the way of real illumination. I replaced all the door and window felts/seals and that has removed many years from the overall feel of the car. A new windshield topped things off. I drove to Missouri last year for the glass and discovered that local shops would install one for what I paid and they stock them so shop wisely. I submitted the project to Classic Motorsports Magazine and it was written up. Giving good press about these Italian cars will never hurt and mine has been a joy to own.
Winter Lunch Ô07:
Richard Crump Ferrari
	Ron Takes a Spider to the Gulf Coast: Last year my brother, Doug from Ottawa Canada, bought Jim Hannon's very fresh fully restored Pininfarina Spider and drove it home. It has since been in cold storage until the spring thaw. So to warm him up and go on a long discussed junket, he flew into Norman and we packed the Spider and headed south. We drove about 2000 miles in two weeks through Austin and Surfside, Texas. The spider was perfect and thoroughly impressed this ex-MG owner who now has a better idea of what is sitting in his garage. Imagine, he stated, if he had not bought the Pinin how he would feel as he drove through the pretty back highways of Texas with the twin cam purring and top down. The weather held up just as well and we rented a beach house. Side trips were made to Galveston and we stopped in Austin both going and returning. We plan to meet up with spiders in Detroit for FFO-07.
		Vick Autosport at TWS Our friends at Vick A utosport ran some cars at Texas World Speedway on March 9^th and send us some pictures. Csaba states that the cars were good and ran reliably but the drivers wellÉ Our club is always welcome to join them at trackside and view racing from the inside.
Hallett Raceway BBQ On April 1, 2007 a small group gathered at Hallett Raceway near Stillwater to catch some vintage racing and tailgate. Ron was there with Jim Wagner and a new trailer that carried the BBQ supplies.
Jim Wagner and the trailer	Toly's Zagato bodied Flaminia and Jim Chandler's Fulvia Zagato
The two Zagato's attracted this Maserati Bird Cage reproduction It belongs to Bobby Brummett in Bixby, OK
Upcoming events Gather at Jim Wagner's in Wichita on May 5 watch for details in e-mailsFrom: Jim Wagner Hi all, I'm planning on having a BBQ Tech session/ get together here on May 5th. Tech session can be anything or learn how to do something on your cars that you'd like to try. (Wiring, relays, adjustment etc.) Also I have BOXES and BOXES of parts I would like to sort though & find happy homes for, and know what some of them fit, (most is what ever Allen was driving). Smile... And I really would like to have space back in shop to do more playing. Send a note or call to let me know if coming and what you might want to do in a Tech session...Hopefully weather will be nice and everyone will enjoy the drive. Info is:Time-- Come early and stay late... More time to do Tech stuff or just BS.. Planning on BBQ about 1pmWhere--- 9145 S. 127th E. -- Derby, Ks. 67037Contact-- Home Ph# 316-777-1847 Cell # 316-250-4668E-Mail jlwagner@grapevine.net Direction coming from the South--After getting off at exit 33 from turnpike, turn right on 53 hwy. After the tollbooth and head to Mulvane (about 3.5 miles) will cross some RR tracks and 53 curves to the left at stop light turn right (is Main St.), go 1 block. Turn left (is 2nd St) stay on 2nd St. for .9 miles. At Stop light go straight across. 2nd St now becomes Rock Road...Go 2.2 miles to 95 St.. Turn right on 95th and go 3 miles to 127th...Turn left on 127th and go .5 miles and YOU ARE HERE. If coming from the North (or from Wichita) : At 54 hwy. (Or also know as Kellogg) and Rock Road... Go south on Rock Road 11.1 miles to 95th St. South. Turn left on 95th. Go 3 miles to 127th. Turn left on 127th go .5 miles and YOU ARE HERE. Note to all: 127th is a dirt road so that last .5 mile is dirt/sand. Usually is in good shape...Just might want to go slower.
MOFLO June 8-9-10 in Osage Beach Similar to past years soon registrations will be posted. http://www.moflo.org/ Fiat Freakout 07 Pontiac Michigan July 27-29http://fiatlanciaunlimited.org/ The Great Race of oldtime cars will go through Norman on July 5^thand is worth seeing. http://www.greatrace.com/greatrace/gr2007usa/ Italian CarFest in Grapevine Texas will be Sept. 21-23. They will select a best Spider from an elite group. http://www.iccsw.com/
For Sale Allen Lofland who does superior restorations has his Lancia beta Zagato for sale. http://zagato.lofland.net/main.php

Editorial By Ron Conlon:

Wintertime is our time to repair our cars and prepare for the 2007 season. A couple of events have happened that appear here and are documented. Our Chapter of FLU and club is now 8 years old and although spread thinly across 4 states, that seems more a strength than otherwise but also invites and needs local events like coffee or a technical help session among small groups. I am helping Jim Chandler disassemble a wrecked 79 Spider and am getting my hands and head around areas that were unknown to me. So ask questions and request help or parts through the club and someone will step forward. Our executive officers are president, Steve Wood (1 year remaining), treasurer Jim Wagner (2) and secretary Ken Dickson (also website manager) (3). Steve and Ken are from St. Louis and Jim is from Wichita. We change one member each year. Mike Greer has been our FLU representative and Ron Conlon does the newsletter. Every member is invited to be involved as they wish to host events, submit to the newsletter or whatever. We want to hear from you and to feel a part of something even if you are the only Fiat in 200 miles and I know a few like this. Our big event is MOFLO and the dates are June 8-10 in Osage Beach MO at the Scottish Inn. Get your reservations early so we control the motel as usual. FLU has Fiat Freakout 07 in the Detroit area on the July 27-29 weekend and we are going in a loosely organized convoy called the Herd of Cats Tour - see FLU or Mirafiori event websites. More events are below.

Ron's Winter Project:
This winter project was to freshen my interior. I bought the Spider in 1999 with a decent velour look interior that has worn over the years and wasn't the original tan leatherette. So I installed new seats and panels from a 79 parts car and cleaned up some old electrical fixes. I found that 3 radios had been installed in the past and every one was wired differently with the old harness stuffed deeper into the dash. The Spider came with original radio and speaker wiring but this strangely was never touched. I did a lot of work to hide some dash cracks but they are reappearing. I now have a courtesy light that welcomes any door opening though provides little in the way of real illumination. I replaced all the door and window felts/seals and that has removed many years from the overall feel of the car. A new windshield topped things off. I drove to Missouri last year for the glass and discovered that local shops would install one for what I paid and they stock them so shop wisely. I submitted the project to Classic Motorsports Magazine and it was written up. Giving good press about these Italian cars will never hurt and mine has been a joy to own.

Winter Lunch Ô07:

Richard Crump Ferrari

Ron Takes a Spider to the Gulf Coast:

Last year my brother, Doug from Ottawa Canada, bought Jim Hannon's very fresh fully restored Pininfarina Spider and drove it home. It has since been in cold storage until the spring thaw. So to warm him up and go on a long discussed junket, he flew into Norman and we packed the Spider and headed south. We drove about 2000 miles in two weeks through Austin and Surfside, Texas. The spider was perfect and thoroughly impressed this ex-MG owner who now has a better idea of what is sitting in his garage. Imagine, he stated, if he had not bought the Pinin how he would feel as he drove through the pretty back highways of Texas with the twin cam purring and top down. The weather held up just as well and we rented a beach house. Side trips were made to Galveston and we stopped in Austin both going and returning. We plan to meet up with spiders in Detroit for FFO-07.

Vick Autosport at TWS

Our friends at Vick A utosport ran some cars at Texas World Speedway on March 9^th and send us some pictures. Csaba states that the cars were good and ran reliably but the drivers wellÉ Our club is always welcome to join them at trackside and view racing from the inside.

Hallett Raceway BBQ

On April 1, 2007 a small group gathered at Hallett Raceway near Stillwater to catch some vintage racing and tailgate. Ron was there with Jim Wagner and a new trailer that carried the BBQ supplies.

Jim Wagner and the trailer

Toly's Zagato bodied Flaminia and Jim Chandler's Fulvia Zagato

The two Zagato's attracted this Maserati Bird Cage reproduction
It belongs to Bobby Brummett in Bixby, OK

Upcoming events

Gather at Jim Wagner's in Wichita on May 5 watch for details in e-mailsFrom: Jim Wagner

Hi all, I'm planning on having a BBQ Tech session/ get together here on May 5th. Tech session can be anything or learn how to do something on your cars that you'd like to try. (Wiring, relays, adjustment etc.) Also I have BOXES and BOXES of parts I would like to sort though & find happy homes for, and know what some of them fit, (most is what ever Allen was driving). Smile... And I really would like to have space back in shop to do more playing. Send a note or call to let me know if coming and what you might want to do in a Tech session...Hopefully weather will be nice and everyone will enjoy the drive.

Info is:Time-- Come early and stay late... More time to do Tech stuff or just BS.. Planning on BBQ about 1pmWhere--- 9145 S. 127th E. -- Derby, Ks. 67037Contact-- Home Ph# 316-777-1847 Cell # 316-250-4668E-Mail jlwagner@grapevine.net

Direction coming from the South--After getting off at exit 33 from turnpike, turn right on 53 hwy. After the tollbooth and head to Mulvane (about 3.5 miles) will cross some RR tracks and 53 curves to the left at stop light turn right (is Main St.), go 1 block. Turn left (is 2nd St) stay on 2nd St. for .9 miles. At Stop light go straight across. 2nd St now becomes Rock Road...Go 2.2 miles to 95 St.. Turn right on 95th and go 3 miles to 127th...Turn left on 127th and go .5 miles and YOU ARE HERE.

If coming from the North (or from Wichita) : At 54 hwy. (Or also know as Kellogg) and Rock Road... Go south on Rock Road 11.1 miles to 95th St. South. Turn left on 95th. Go 3 miles to 127th. Turn left on 127th go .5 miles and YOU ARE HERE.

Note to all: 127th is a dirt road so that last .5 mile is dirt/sand. Usually is in good shape...Just might want to go slower.

MOFLO June 8-9-10 in Osage Beach Similar to past years soon registrations will be posted. http://www.moflo.org/

Fiat Freakout 07 Pontiac Michigan July 27-29http://fiatlanciaunlimited.org/

The Great Race of oldtime cars will go through Norman on July 5^thand is worth seeing. http://www.greatrace.com/greatrace/gr2007usa/ Italian CarFest in Grapevine Texas will be Sept. 21-23. They will select a best Spider from an elite group. http://www.iccsw.com/

For Sale
Allen Lofland who does superior restorations has his Lancia beta Zagato for sale.
http://zagato.lofland.net/main.php


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