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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 05:21 PM
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I caught this pristine little gem on the highway today after work. I don't think I have ever seen one before. Gee, I wonder why. According to WIKI, this should be 1 of 2132 for the 1990 model or 1 of 305 for the 1991 model. Based on the WIKI article, I am unable to tell what year this one is because both the 90 and 91 convertible models came with 16 inch wheels. I was able to see P205/55 R16 if I zoom in on the one picture.

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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 05:30 PM
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That car is clean. I tried buying one of these a couple years back. I loved it when I drove it. They are really cool cars.
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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 05:59 PM
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Yea, this one was pretty clean from what I seen of it passing by. From what I have read, some of these models included touchscreen DIC/stereo/HVAC control. 1991!!?? Touch screen back then?
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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 06:11 PM
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Yup sure did. The Toronao Troefo cars have a touch screen radio with nav and that was in the same time period. Talk about crazy.
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Old Nov 18, 2012 | 07:23 PM
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i guy i used to work with had a coupe. the touch screen was like the old green crt'*. he was still dd'n the thing. i dont remember seeing a convertible either
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Looks like a really clean car...
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Only the 1988/89 Reatta had the touch screen computer in the dash. There were a total of 21,000 made during their production run of 4 years. The 88/89 Reatta bodies were built in Italy by Pena Farina along with the Caddy Allante then shipped to Lansing, Mi for hand assembly. The convertibles were not built until the 1990 model year. The rarest of them are the two top versions with only 258 or so built.
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 01:09 PM
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Nice and clean, I love that blue!!
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Great looking car. I'd love to have a Reatta.
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Originally Posted by msmith1956
Great looking car. I'd love to have a Reatta.
Me too. Then I would drop a 3800 in it.
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