m4ff3w
m4ff3w GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/23/08 12:39 p.m.

The spoiler if of unknown origin, but most likely came from another car. Anyone think of anything that might match it?

MiatarPowar
MiatarPowar Reader
7/23/08 1:32 p.m.

Front or rear?

Front looks like 240Z to me.

bluej
bluej Reader
7/23/08 1:45 p.m.

no clue on the front but the rear looks c4-ish to me.

neon4891
neon4891 HalfDork
7/23/08 1:48 p.m.

Is that a beritone touring(something or other)? Wish my sisters M-I-L was willing to sell hers, it has been off the road for 3 years now

+1 on the rear wing looking like a C4 peice

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt HalfDork
7/23/08 1:59 p.m.
bluej wrote: no clue on the front but the rear looks c4-ish to me.

C4s didn't come with rear wings in stock trim.

patgizz
patgizz GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/23/08 2:08 p.m.

no but it looks like every aftermarket c4 spoiler

m4ff3w
m4ff3w GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/23/08 2:14 p.m.

Front spoiler, not the rear wing.

Thanks.

m4ff3w
m4ff3w GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/23/08 2:15 p.m.
neon4891 wrote: Is that a beritone touring(something or other)? Wish my sisters M-I-L was willing to sell hers, it has been off the road for 3 years now +1 on the rear wing looking like a C4 peice

Fiat X1/9 (later sold as Bertone)

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
7/23/08 2:27 p.m.

I vote for first-gen RX-7.

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
7/23/08 2:54 p.m.

Yeah, it looks a lot like the Victoria British RX7 front spoiler. Don't care for the rear wing, but the little front 'bumperette' is sorta cool looking.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
7/23/08 3:21 p.m.

When I worked at Automod (a million years ago) we sold a ton of Xenon front spoilers for the early RX-7. The Xenon pieces were made of a thick black rubber. You could fold one in half and not break it. The one on that Fiat has a similar sheen.

fiat22turbo
fiat22turbo GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/23/08 3:27 p.m.

The little bumperette is actually a stock 1977/78 rail-road track aka dual rail style bumpers, cut in half with one of the rails tossed away and the bumper ends cut down.

Mike Mittlestead came up with this solution, and that is his car shown above, and rightly so, that bumper conversion has been called "Mittlestead Bumpers"

Neon, if your sister's M-I-L wants to resurrect her Bertone, hit up XWeband check out the "best of" section for common failures, repairs, hop-ups and mods to improve the cars in general.

m4ff3w
m4ff3w GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/23/08 4:04 p.m.

I found some pics of the Xenon spoiler:

fiat22turbo
fiat22turbo GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/23/08 5:22 p.m.

Mathew, that's a Zender front spoiler

Discussion on Xweb

Good luck finding one.

m4ff3w
m4ff3w GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/23/08 5:35 p.m.

Thanks.

It looks like the Xenon are avaliable though. Might try to find one so I can go bumperless (cant find any metal spoilers around here)

neon4891
neon4891 HalfDork
7/25/08 1:48 a.m.
m4ff3w wrote:
neon4891 wrote: Is that a beritone touring(something or other)? Wish my sisters M-I-L was willing to sell hers, it has been off the road for 3 years now +1 on the rear wing looking like a C4 peice
Fiat X1/9 (later sold as Bertone)

But if a person owns a Bertone version, don't call it a fiat. I really need to make Connie an offer on hers. Might be challenge material.

ddavidv
ddavidv SuperDork
7/26/08 6:31 a.m.

Call it a Fiat. Real owners know that's what they are. We only call them Bertones to differentiate them on a timeline basis, not as some ego driven belief the Bertone built cars are any better.

neon4891
neon4891 Dork
7/26/08 10:40 a.m.

I would, but I don't want to deal with a pissed off social climbing nurse.

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