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Jan 18, 2018 21:11:37 GMT
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This is looking amazing, love it.
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Jan 18, 2018 21:18:11 GMT
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Awesome little car. I really like your work
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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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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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Jan 21, 2018 16:24:31 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.  |
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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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Jan 21, 2018 19:39:22 GMT
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The arches are from Golf MK1 on mine, which are often used as replacements as I've heard. The 127 is my first 70's car experience or in fact any restoration as cars go. I bought it as a wreck about 6 years ago when I was just 19 years old. Soon-to-come college studies and army service didn't leave me much time or funds for the car so it's been a long process . 127 used to be far more common here than 850, although mk1's especially beeing almost obsolete by now - there are around 5 of them on the road in the country and mine is the only one restored. The fact that they used to be so common but are almost gone now is one of the factors why I decided to restore it - would have been such a shame to see one more of those scrapped. There are only 2 850's registered as of now here, one of which, I know, is restored. Indeed in city traffic they are quite nimble, highway drives are quite a pain with the 4-speed and I usually try to stick to backroads. |
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Jan 24, 2018 14:24:09 GMT
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Big overall cosmetic improvements there.
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Big overall cosmetic improvements there. Thanks! Many small things add up to a huge improvement  |
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They are similar to the cork seals used on the bottom end of the BMC A-series engine. When I did mine recently, I left the longer curved sections overhanging by approx. 5mm or so (there may be an exact figure given in the relevant service manual for your car). First, you should soak the seals in engine oil prior to fitting them, then as the sump is carefully and evenly re-tightened , the seals get squashed down to form a good seal. A light coating of Blue Hylomar or similar gasket sealant would be useful for holding the flat strip sections in the correct place. My first car, a 1973 Fiat 126 also had the centrifugal type oil filter. I was too scared to touch it at the time, so just changed the oil and left it well alone!  |
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. But You know how it is, it's never really actually completed.
