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Classics by the Beach: January, 2024

We've got a bit of an Italian theme happening for the first Classics by the Beach of 2024, starting with Darren's lovely 1980 Fiat Spider and ending, somewhat ignominiously, with some yobbo's*  scabrous Fiat 128 3P.  There's also a recently restored Alfasud and two classic Fiat 500s, before moving on to some other countries' marques:  Lucky 13 Garage's magnificent Chevrolet truck, a  fast-back GT 350 Mustang, a genuine ZZ/R Gemini and a beautiful XW Fairmont, plus a few other cars thrown in for good measure. Darren's rightly proud of his Fiat Spider.  So proud, in fact, that he's owned it twice, having sold it and then spent sixteen regret-filled years searching for it Australia-wide via Fiat forums, on-line car sales sites and through word of mouth, only to find it listed on GumTree a few years back.  So, where was it all that time?  Not twenty minutes' drive from his Eastern Shore home, tucked up in a collector's shed in Moonah!  This lovely Al