Project Cars

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=200 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="84000fb2dvldtc.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> back to                                                     </div> <bR> <div> <B>By the way, see that list of cars on the left ? They are just there to look at , but not available for sale. I just leave them there as art.   Some cool stuff there !</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="890c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=214 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="8a7fcc00dvldtc.jpg"> <div>                                                   </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id125.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fulvia 1.2 Coupe "><U>Fulvia 1.2 Coupe</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lancia Fulvia Resurection"><U>Fulvia 1.3 Resurection</U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=280 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div>                                                      </div> <bR> <div>  It seems I always have a project car around. Something that I found by either deep digging, lusting & hunting, or that I just drove by on a street and noticed leaves under the</div> <div>  tires. </div> <bR> <div> For me a project car needs a certain hint of unmolested originality to qualify as interesting. Ideally something rare & Italian, but I did have several other wonderful experiences with more</div> <bR> <div>  common cars that were just in the right condition to consider bringing back to life. ( Those Corvairs come to mind. I even saved a GEO Metro XFI one time. What mileage that thing got ! )</div> <bR> <div> Just recently another great old car landed in my lap & it occurred to me I should construct a little portion of the website to relish the ones that were revived. I can't say how many there have been, but I</div> <bR> <div>  remember my first one was a 1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spyder that I bought in pieces before I even had a drivers license. Augie, my first Appia was a save from a chicken farm. The motor was out of the car,</div> <bR> <div>  but almost hermetically sealed by an inverted 32 gallon garbage can. That cute little Appia motor just fit inside and it kept the chickens from standing on it. </div> <bR> <div> Actually there is an interesting link between Augie & starting this page. My phone rang the other day & it was Aiden, the guy who bought Augie from me a good 25 years ago. We hadn't spoken in decades </div> <bR> <div> & the call was just like we had last chatted the week before: </div> <bR> <div> "Hey Jaan, It's Aden the guy who bought Augie. How are you ? "  </div> <bR> <div> " Aiden ? wow. It's been years. Whats up ?"</div> <bR> <div> " I've got a dead Fulvia in my backyard. It's been there since 1986. Want a project car ? "</div> <bR> <div> "Sure."</div> <bR> <div> Once again, off & running. </div> <bR> <div> In the left collum you will find links to some of these wonders. Click on the car description & it will take you to that page. At the top is the Fulvia 1.2 Coupe I just described, & as that elusive "free time " shows up in life I will get on to updating these pages.</div> <bR> <div> Here's to old cars !</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>