Fulvia 1200 coupe

Dynamator fitted wired up and charging properly. Heres the dash lights for the charging all working as they should . 

from this side you couldnt tell the dynamator was there at all. 





A few shots of the fulvia in the sunshine.

Looks great.
Might have said it before but I love those wheels.

wow...I was really liking the way it looked before...but now, as it comes together, it looks even better.

way to go!

JP

Yep and I can listen to music have the full headlights etc on and they don't go dim when I get to a junction. Time to refurbish the stereo sytem that was in there. It used to be quite impressive but the speakers are all shot. 

Hahah.  I sure am... heres a few pics of car stuff Ive been to with the fulvia

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  A shot of the Lancia stand. The Van is the very special "Gino" the Super Jolly Van. (Thats a real name too) Very very rare and totally cool. Has an 1800cc lancia boxer engine from the Flavia (I think) and is fast.!!!
  

 fulvias a 1300 a 1600 my 1200 and the 1436 special



      Nice motors

         
  theres some from Brooklands motor museum. The Wiston steam Rally. and the local classic car show in Storrington. 

Ive been welding tonite to try and get the proper bonnet back on. The fiberglass one is definitely temporary.  these are some before. ..more pictures to follow. 

bonnet after a rubdown and then a couple of coats of zinc primer then white high build primer. I fitted the stainless strip down the middle with some small plates and stainless bolts. 

 then i could see that there were lots of ripples and bends in the curves so.....
   


it looks a bit drastic but very gentle pressure in the end got it.  Better shut lines and much less ripply. 



Made a couple of small cracks bending the edges that were filled. Then i repaired the plastic grill with a little filler and a bit of sanding down and shaping 



                                  

then coated with undercoat and then all I need is to find the sort of shiny silver that it was once. The bonnet fit isnt up to show standard but better than the fiberglass one. 

Then I moved the other Fulvia to a dry garage and now have some more welding ..... heres a few pics... gulp what have I done...more about that another time
      

Havent been able to do much on the fulvia recently as Ive had a pair of eye operations. One on each eye. So not been able to see that well for a few weeks. I cant drive yet but Its getting better everyday and I should have fantastic vision when its all done..... 
So now that I'm able to see well enough to do a few bits and spend a bit of time on the internet. 

Ive got to the end of the summer after a 17 year wait with the car fully back on the road and have covered about 1500 miles over the spring to the late summer.

Ive only had one slight break down in the fulvia if you take out the bonnet and windscreen meeting up and scaring the bejesus out of me.

That was the exhaust coming a bit loose as the mounting  bolt fell or snapped off. It wasnt too bad and i was able to turn round and go home and fix it without any disasters.

So that means Ive had a very good look over the car and now I've got a winter list with a deadline for the Trackday at Goodwood.



Heres some notes Ive made for winter

To sort the Squeaky front suspension and poor handling ...possibly busted leaf in the leafspring.

Koni classic shocks to fit.

Leak on the steering box

Slightly vague steering due to the steering box and idler needing a refurb.



Engine: Slight rattle on overrun inside the engine when hot. Could be a worn chain thats a bit stretched? possibly a Valve thats not quite right? Worn Valve guides?

Not too sure. They need to have the valve seats cut properly and may fit some valve guide oilseals as per the series 2 cars?



There are lots of body work tidying bit to do all over the car .

The worst is mainly rear driversside wing and bonnet

Wheels to refurb.

Brakes need to have the mastercylinder dealt with. The pushrod from the pedal isnt quite right. could be pushing off center and fouling the rubber gaiter.

Remove the subframe with the gearbox and engine intact. fix the leaking steering box. fix the suspect leafspring . fit new rubbers to the leafspring. fit new shocks.

Have a good look at the gearbox fill with the thick oil.

Dinitrol the sills and around the subframe boxes.

Fit new timing chain to the engine.

engine flush and fill with good oil. Oil filter.

connect up and fill heater.

fit new windscreen. 

Well thats about it for now.
heres a few pics of stuff to do as they are better than words .
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and a shot of a couple of italians at the Bopeep Hill climb

Yep I was scared....took me ten years to pluck up the courage. 
The list is a one at a time thing so I ont get snowed under.
Glad youve been out in the fulvia. they're great