Colltech
'85 and '83
Last Saturday, Dennis, Ric, Walter and I crashed a local Austin FIAT Club gathering with our X's. I had heard about the event and thought "let's go show these FIAT 500 guys what real FIATs look like! Well the event was just OK - maybe 6 or 7 500's and a cool Alfa 4C showed up.
I came away thinking that the group was pretty dysfunctional and no one appeared to be in charge. Also, they met in the parking lot of a pretty crappy burger joint in Austin - not very glamorous at all.
So....I got to thinking that the local Austin FIAT dealership might benefit from our holding our get togethers there. I called them and suggested it and was met with great enthusiasm! They are ALL over it now and want to tie it to the 5th Anniversary Celebration. They are coming up with a budget and were talking about food, prizes, T-Shirts, a contest, etc.!
The point is.......
If this goes well, maybe some of you in other geographies might want to hook up with YOUR local FIAT dealers and offer them some X1/9 love as well.
Just a thought.
Ed