Book excerpt: A reference guide for owners and enthusiasts of the 1966 - 1985 FIAT and Pininfarina 124 Spider. Covers identification, evolution, controls and instruments, body and interior, carburetion, fuel injection, and all major mechanical systems. This third edition of Maintaining the Italian Roadster is a significant update of the prior edition. There are more servicing procedures and more details on the car itself. A generous outpouring of information from friends in the Spider community has led to modifications and improvements of some procedures and some errors have been corrected.