On 4/19/05, Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> No, a "spider" is a body style. A lightweight convertible sporting vehicle.
> See Pinin Farina who designed the first one for Alfa in the Guilietta
> series startiing in 1955.
> Many others make one today, not the least of which is Ferrari...

Yes.  You're right.  I was talking of the pronunciation and etymology
of the word, not the meaning, which I've always taken to be a two seat
topless sports car (but maybe they don't have to be two-seaters).

cheers,
frank 


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