flashelmer
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Jan 26, 2018 21:01:55 GMT
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And they say that Gerrmans have no humor....
After reading your long and enjoyable writeup I came to the last photo and my mind got totally short circuited. They are she same, sort of, but not quite, not at all actually! So close but yet so far away.
Have a beer on me and better luck next time!
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flashelmer
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Jan 21, 2018 18:54:09 GMT
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Interesting thread, glad to see You're having fun with your Fiat. Nice car. I'm a sucker for old Fiats as well. I fully restored a 76' 127 and fitted with as many A112 Abarth parts I could find in Ebay. I also made the sacrifice of welding the wheel arches wider to give it the proper look with Cromodora CD92's along with the lowering kit . But You know how it is, it's never really actually completed. Thanks! You have a cool car and the photograph is well planned and executed too. I like!
I had two 127s in the eighties. I liked them a lot. They're surprisingly quick up to 50 km/h and extremely roomy for their size. I was in a band at the time and since I was the only one with a car we transported the instruments, including the drum kit, in my car and the rest of band took the bus - hahaha - those were the days!
I'm indeed having a lot of fun with my Fiat! This time I'm building my dream car :-) We'll see if I manage to stretch the arches to accommodate the wheels or if I have to fire up the welder. You've done a great job on your arches, very subtle! In Sweden the -76 came with rubber inserts in the bumpers, the older bumpers look much better though.
Keep up the good work!
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flashelmer
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Jan 20, 2018 20:28:21 GMT
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You are doing an excellent job there, love it! Would the Mini chrome window inserts not fit? Unfortunately the geometry is different as far as I can tell. Well - now they're there, and I have also fitted strips to the other side of the car. Fitting was quite straight forward and far easier than I feared :-)
While writing the entry above I also learned that "tall oil" is a Swedish word used internationally. "Tall" in Swedish means "pine" (the tree). I mean - "pine oil" would have been just fine hadn't it? "Vertically long" oil is quite incomprehensible :-P
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flashelmer
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Jan 19, 2018 10:55:46 GMT
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Thanks!
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flashelmer
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Jan 15, 2018 15:42:44 GMT
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flashelmer
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Looks great. Must be lightning fast nowš I did not dare to test the high speed capabilities since I have only put stripes on one side of the car. I was worried it'd warp...
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flashelmer
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Love your car, for the rear wheel camber you could try to find some 850 spider springs. they are 1,5cm shorter then the berlina ones. Thanks! Do you know if the coupe springs are shorter too?
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What chord will all those holes play at 45mph? Or does it play the Godfather theme as you accelerate from 20 - 60mph? Since the sound is made by holes Iām aiming for something a bit ācheesierā - the opening theme from the original āThe Italian Jobā.
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flashelmer
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It's looking very good! Much respect for the hand-tooled personal touches, & for "My Way". Keep posting! Thanks!
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flashelmer
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Nov 30, 2017 12:27:30 GMT
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I fully approve!
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