FLU Officers FLU Board John Montgomery Kevin Barnett [email protected] [email protected] (864) 304-1337 President Mike Bouse [email protected] Jon Logan [email protected] Denise Burchette Vice President [email protected] Tim Beeble David Corder [email protected] [email protected] Secretary Chris Fumagalli Scott Hill [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer Sam Germana [email protected] Volunteers Brett Melancon Chris Layton [email protected] [email protected] Editor/Publisher Brett Melancon Jon Prisbe [email protected] Website Coordinator Lee Putman Mike Bouse [email protected] [email protected] Membership Coordinator Bobb Rayner Marc Matzer [email protected] [email protected] Richard Ridge Check out the NEW www.flu.org Advertising Chair [email protected] Visit the web for the latest in what’s happening in YOUR club. Shaun H. Folkerts [email protected] FLU Ambassador We need your submissions! (516) 983-FIAT RICAMBI needs submissions from YOU! Anything from a simple photo and description of your car to a nice article telling about your car or interesting tech knowledge. Send photos and articles to [email protected] or call 865-604-3271 for instructions on how to submit your articles. FLU thanks you! For a list of FLU friendly clubs and vendors, visit Helpful Sources http://www.fiatlanciaunlimited.com/links.asp Bayless Fiat Lancia World 1111 Via Bayless, Marietta, GA 30066-2770 Editorial submissions can be sent in for consideration to: fax 770-928-1342 [email protected] Freeman Melancon Bryant Advertising Bruce’s Parts Bin Attn: Brett Melancon 6 B Enterprise Court, Sewell, NJ 08080 145 South Gay Street 856-582-7770 [email protected] Knoxville TN 37902 C. Obert & Co., formerly Fiat Plus All submitted material will be considered and is subject to edit- 2131-D Delaware Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831-423-0218 www.fiatplus.com (Check out NEW website!) ing to fit the format of RICAMBI. Material will not be returned unless arranged before submission. Questions regarding Fun Imported Auto and Toys submissions should be directed to Brett Melancon by emailing at 143 Tunnel Road, Vernon, CT 06066 860-871-1990 [email protected] [email protected] or calling 865-604-3271. International Auto Parts Editorial and photos may be submitted electronically via disk/ P.O. Box 9036, Charlottesville, VA 22906 CD or e-mail. All ads must be sufficient quality and format 800-953-0813 http://www.international-auto.com/ suitable for printing. I can accept material created in most soft- ware, contact Brett for details. Please do not send low resolution Midwest X1/9 graphics from web sites unless you check and discuss it 1115 Hudson St. Columbus OH 43211 614-784-8870 www.midwestx19.com beforehand. Midwest 124 Please send all checks for classifieds to Scott Hill, Club 3258 Scioto Farms Drive, Hilliard, Ohio, 43026 Treasurer, 3258 Scioto Farms Drive, Hillard, OH 43026 midwest124.com Veloce Publishing http://www.veloce.co.uk 10% discount to your members Vick Auto Sports 5200 Vesta Farley Road, Fort Worth, TX 76119 www.flu.org 1 800-466-3428 [email protected] FLU is spreading, if you would like to start a FLU chapter in your area, please contact John Montgomery for information on how to become an official FLU chapter. You may also sign up to be a regional contact. This is the first step to becoming a chapter. Join the fun! Arizona “Desert FLU” (chapter) Eric Lynn– (602) 524-0053 [email protected] Atlanta (chapter) John Montgomery– (864) 304-1337 [email protected] Blue Ridge (chapter) Jim Aitken– (434) 295-0990 [email protected] Carolina FLU (chapter) Denise Burchette– (eastern) [email protected] Kevin Barnett– (Western NC & SC) (828) 230-8470 [email protected] Chi-FLU Lee Putman– (847) 687-7291 www.chicagolandFLU.com [email protected] Delaware Valley (chapter) John Rome– (610) 336-8454 FIAT FREEZE OUT 2009!! [email protected] Make plans now! Saturday January 24, 2009. 6pm We will host the winter party Detroit (chapter) Ottawa Canada (chapter) at the Park Ridge Hotel on North Gulph Sue Watch– Jeff Schneider– (613) 733-5657 [email protected] [email protected] Road in Valley Forge, PA. This will be the site for FFO 2009. Come with or East Tennessee (regional contact) Brett Melancon– (865) 604-3271 Pittsburgh (regional contact) without your Italian steed and join other Jody Farr– car owners in the dead of winter. We’ve [email protected] [email protected] done this party occasionally in the past (chapter) Florida-FLU (chapter) and it has always been a great excuse to Kevin Barnett– (828) 230-8470 Roamin Chariots Ron Conlon– (405) 325-9498 get together with old and new friends. [email protected] [email protected] You can get a preview of next summer’s (chapter) Indiana Rocky Mountain (chapter) big show as we will do a presentation on Mike Walsh– (765) 345-9883 Joel Hailey [email protected] the plans so far for Freak Out 2009. This [email protected] will also be an opportunity to volunteer (regional contact) Mid-Atlantic Texas FLUud (Houston) (chapter) for any of many the needed jobs for FFO. Haz Neuman– (410) 836-1102 Mike Rutenberg The cost is $25 per person for dinner and [email protected] [email protected] there will be a cash bar. We need to have (chapter) an accurate count for dinner. Mid-South Toronto (chapter) Chris Layton– (207) 882-6207 Jerry Cucchiara– (416) 496-0071 [email protected] [email protected] Please contact Thad Kirk through (chapter) [email protected] to get on the North East VT/NH/ME/RI West Michigan FLU (chapter) Diane Curtis– (828) 230-8470 Jon Prisbe– (231) 788-1649 list. The Park Ridge Hotel is also holding [email protected] Jon Prisbe at [email protected] some rooms at a discount rate if any out or Mike Bouse at [email protected] Northeast Coast CT/NJ/NY/MA (chapter) of town people would want to stay for Tim Beeble– (203) 743-4954 the night. Contact the hotel direct and [email protected] WYNSO (Western New York, So. Ontario) (chapter) tell them you are with the Fiat group. Darryl Stacey– (716) 822-3812 (610) 337-1800 Ohio Valley (chapter) [email protected] Jim Hyler [email protected] For more info go to our local website: http://fludelaware.italiancarclub.com/ www.flu.org 2 Dear Members, Some people check the calendar, another import that took America by went. Jim and a team of lucky FLU others observe the color change in the storm many years ago. member caretakers took the 500 all leaves, but FLU people know that the Some of us old folks remember 45 across the fruited plains of the entire end of the driving season is here when years ago when the “Fab 4” arrived country, getting 50 MPG all the while! Tim Beeble puts his beloved 1974 Fiat from Ireland to make its musical debut Enthusiastic crowds gathered every- 124 Spider in winter storage up in here in America. The Beatles appeared where the car was parked. Men lusted, Connecticut. I got the word from him to a record 73 million viewers on the women swooned, children pointed and just a few weeks ago. Yep, it’s back in Ed Sullivan TV Show on February 9th, even little dogs wagged their tails in the barn. Sure, we get a little more time 1964. Ironically, newspaper reviews on excitement. We don’t realize it yet… down here in South Carolina, but the the following Monday morning said the but Fiat’s destiny in North America frost is definitely on the pumpkin. band “couldn’t carry a tune” and that will be changed forever by this car. Just The trees are bare, the Holidays are they were nothing more than a passing give it a little time, for the seeds have here and the first snows have blanketed fad. However, the public’s response was been sown my friends! We are going to much of the Northeast. Mike Bouse far different! The band played 5 songs see Fiat automotive fruit here in the has reported that the salt trucks are on Ed’s “Big Shoe”, Beetlemania was next few years, because it’s just too tasty clamoring down western Michigan born and music was forever changed. to hold back. roads. The band was very reluctant to come So, what happened to our tiny hero of Still, the sizzle of this summer is to America at first since they had no a car? The story only gets better. The remains in our hearts as we look back number one hit song here and were little white Fiat 500 has been adopted on a tremendous 2008. Wow, what a completely unknown just three months by Jeff Lane at the Lane Motor 25th Anniversary year! We returned to before appearing on American TV. So Museum (www.lanemotormuseum.org) the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania how did this unknown band pull in 73 in Nashville, TN. So much for being an where it all began back in 1983 to draw million viewers? The Beatles rise to orphan! Jim had to go back to Ireland, a full 25 year circle around the grand stardom in America can be traced back but we’re officially adopting him too! adventure that is Fiat motoring. We to the action of one person; 15 year old Meanwhile, I am happy to report that have more new photos from Freak Out Marsha Albert from Silver Spring, club membership is up to nearly 600 posted on the web so please go to Maryland. So who was Marsha Albert? current members and the amount of www.flu.org to have a look.