fulvia1436
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Thom, I'm sorry, I misunderstood your question. The "transfer box" is my design to enable driving the Kugelfischer pump off the back of the inlet cam. It has to be stepped up to clear the transverse spring box. Ah! wished Lancia had done that also with the later models instead of using the cambelt for the power steering. Lovely construction! As an Italian car nut I wonder how faboulous the Lancia's and Alfa's would have been if they would have slept one night over certain ideas and invested 25.000 Lire per car in rust treatment.... Thom Yes, Thom, totally agree. And the same principles apply, much more recently, in the wrong-decision-making offices at Fiat! |
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'59 Austin A40, '59 VW Beetle, '63 Mk1 Cortina, '57 Austin Gypsy, '68 Fiat 850 Coupe, '68 Alfa Duetto Spider, '72 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S, '73 Lancia 2000 Sedan ie., '72 Lancia 2000 Sedan, '67 Lancia Fulvia 1.3, '83 VW Passat GL5 Estate, '81 Volvo 245 Estate, '85 Lancia Thema 8V Turbo Estate, '99 Lancia Kappa 20V Turbo Estate, '00 VW Sharan VR6, '06 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '10 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '66 Lancia Fulvia 1.3
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Apr 17, 2020 17:56:47 GMT
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Butler TB Blasting, Hailsham, are advertising on Facebook at the moment. Insta: tb_blasting www.tbblastcleaning.co.uk FB Page: @tbblasting |
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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fulvia1436
Club Retro Rides Member
Finally started a thread for my Fulvia life
Posts: 343
Club RR Member Number: 63
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1966 Fulvia Iniezione fulvia1436
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Butler TB Blasting, Hailsham, are advertising on Facebook at the moment. Insta: tb_blasting www.tbblastcleaning.co.uk FB Page: @tbblasting Thanks. I've found a company called Bulldog Blasting, in Ringmer, who I've spoken to. They sounded very good so I'll try them when some funding materialises! |
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'59 Austin A40, '59 VW Beetle, '63 Mk1 Cortina, '57 Austin Gypsy, '68 Fiat 850 Coupe, '68 Alfa Duetto Spider, '72 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S, '73 Lancia 2000 Sedan ie., '72 Lancia 2000 Sedan, '67 Lancia Fulvia 1.3, '83 VW Passat GL5 Estate, '81 Volvo 245 Estate, '85 Lancia Thema 8V Turbo Estate, '99 Lancia Kappa 20V Turbo Estate, '00 VW Sharan VR6, '06 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '10 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '66 Lancia Fulvia 1.3
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fulvia1436
Club Retro Rides Member
Finally started a thread for my Fulvia life
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Club RR Member Number: 63
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1966 Fulvia Iniezione fulvia1436
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Spent a couple of days making and fitting the battery cradle. Having so much time to play only means you do everything several times!! Just need to organise some strapping. Might adapt an old timing belt for that. More to follow...  |
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'59 Austin A40, '59 VW Beetle, '63 Mk1 Cortina, '57 Austin Gypsy, '68 Fiat 850 Coupe, '68 Alfa Duetto Spider, '72 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S, '73 Lancia 2000 Sedan ie., '72 Lancia 2000 Sedan, '67 Lancia Fulvia 1.3, '83 VW Passat GL5 Estate, '81 Volvo 245 Estate, '85 Lancia Thema 8V Turbo Estate, '99 Lancia Kappa 20V Turbo Estate, '00 VW Sharan VR6, '06 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '10 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '66 Lancia Fulvia 1.3
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1966 Fulvia Iniezione ballbagbagins
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I've got on of those batteries. I bought a fitting kit for it, it's two angular u clamps that bolt into an ali baseplate thing.
What about a mini rachet strap?
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fulvia1436
Club Retro Rides Member
Finally started a thread for my Fulvia life
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Club RR Member Number: 63
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1966 Fulvia Iniezione fulvia1436
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I've got on of those batteries. I bought a fitting kit for it, it's two angular u clamps that bolt into an ali baseplate thing. What about a mini rachet strap? I'd rather do it myself where possible. And as I'm using 2, which I'll explain, there's no bracket or cradle as tidy as this, in the available space. Due to crazy cam timing, there's very little compression at normal cranking revs, so I've adopted a series/parallel relay to double up the voltage for starting. Mini ratchet straps sounds perfect. Any links? |
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'59 Austin A40, '59 VW Beetle, '63 Mk1 Cortina, '57 Austin Gypsy, '68 Fiat 850 Coupe, '68 Alfa Duetto Spider, '72 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S, '73 Lancia 2000 Sedan ie., '72 Lancia 2000 Sedan, '67 Lancia Fulvia 1.3, '83 VW Passat GL5 Estate, '81 Volvo 245 Estate, '85 Lancia Thema 8V Turbo Estate, '99 Lancia Kappa 20V Turbo Estate, '00 VW Sharan VR6, '06 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '10 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '66 Lancia Fulvia 1.3
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Buy small ones for a motorbike and cut most of the strap short?
Cool car, btw.
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fulvia1436
Club Retro Rides Member
Finally started a thread for my Fulvia life
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Club RR Member Number: 63
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1966 Fulvia Iniezione fulvia1436
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Buy small ones for a motorbike and cut most of the strap short? Cool car, btw. Thanks, I had a trawl on fleabay, and I've decided to make mine out of an old, mod'd timing belt. Everything available would require mod'ing anyway, so might as well go it alone :-) |
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'59 Austin A40, '59 VW Beetle, '63 Mk1 Cortina, '57 Austin Gypsy, '68 Fiat 850 Coupe, '68 Alfa Duetto Spider, '72 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S, '73 Lancia 2000 Sedan ie., '72 Lancia 2000 Sedan, '67 Lancia Fulvia 1.3, '83 VW Passat GL5 Estate, '81 Volvo 245 Estate, '85 Lancia Thema 8V Turbo Estate, '99 Lancia Kappa 20V Turbo Estate, '00 VW Sharan VR6, '06 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '10 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '66 Lancia Fulvia 1.3
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Leather pants belt and buckle from the autojumble?
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fulvia1436
Club Retro Rides Member
Finally started a thread for my Fulvia life
Posts: 343
Club RR Member Number: 63
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1966 Fulvia Iniezione fulvia1436
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Leather pants belt and buckle from the autojumble? LOL. It'll require an element of stretch, and less weight! Thanks, though :-) |
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'59 Austin A40, '59 VW Beetle, '63 Mk1 Cortina, '57 Austin Gypsy, '68 Fiat 850 Coupe, '68 Alfa Duetto Spider, '72 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S, '73 Lancia 2000 Sedan ie., '72 Lancia 2000 Sedan, '67 Lancia Fulvia 1.3, '83 VW Passat GL5 Estate, '81 Volvo 245 Estate, '85 Lancia Thema 8V Turbo Estate, '99 Lancia Kappa 20V Turbo Estate, '00 VW Sharan VR6, '06 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '10 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '66 Lancia Fulvia 1.3
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fulvia1436
Club Retro Rides Member
Finally started a thread for my Fulvia life
Posts: 343
Club RR Member Number: 63
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1966 Fulvia Iniezione fulvia1436
@fulvia1436
Club Retro Rides Member 63
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I followed my initial instinct, and have completed my security strap project. The timing belt* is a very strong material, and flexible, and with a bit of work on the grinder, turns out a prefect solution. The ends were a challenge, but eventually mod'd a bit of steel tubing. Pleased to say it works, and will get past any scrutineer/MOT man; not that I need an MOT * My view of timing belts driving camshafts is that whoever designed and imposed the system on the motor industry is a very rude curse word and should have been imprisoned without rights! Just saying...    |
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Last Edit: May 11, 2020 16:02:33 GMT by fulvia1436: Typo
'59 Austin A40, '59 VW Beetle, '63 Mk1 Cortina, '57 Austin Gypsy, '68 Fiat 850 Coupe, '68 Alfa Duetto Spider, '72 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S, '73 Lancia 2000 Sedan ie., '72 Lancia 2000 Sedan, '67 Lancia Fulvia 1.3, '83 VW Passat GL5 Estate, '81 Volvo 245 Estate, '85 Lancia Thema 8V Turbo Estate, '99 Lancia Kappa 20V Turbo Estate, '00 VW Sharan VR6, '06 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '10 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '66 Lancia Fulvia 1.3
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Extra kudos points for use of 12pt metric socket bolt(?), aka cap screws (US/SAE term). John
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fulvia1436
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1966 Fulvia Iniezione fulvia1436
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Only hex socket cap screws, but I like using them for inaccessible bolts really. Ball-ended hex spinners are nice tools to use :-)
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'59 Austin A40, '59 VW Beetle, '63 Mk1 Cortina, '57 Austin Gypsy, '68 Fiat 850 Coupe, '68 Alfa Duetto Spider, '72 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S, '73 Lancia 2000 Sedan ie., '72 Lancia 2000 Sedan, '67 Lancia Fulvia 1.3, '83 VW Passat GL5 Estate, '81 Volvo 245 Estate, '85 Lancia Thema 8V Turbo Estate, '99 Lancia Kappa 20V Turbo Estate, '00 VW Sharan VR6, '06 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '10 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '66 Lancia Fulvia 1.3
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fulvia1436
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Finally started a thread for my Fulvia life
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Club RR Member Number: 63
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1966 Fulvia Iniezione fulvia1436
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May 17, 2020 10:32:29 GMT
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Started reassembling the newly blasted, 2pk'd subframe.   I've completed the subframe/suspension build. I am not injured by the curse word of a front spring, and just need a recommendation for someone in East Sussex who will machine a pair of discs for me, to complete the task and put the thing back on it's wheels. Then I'll put the engine/box in.   |
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'59 Austin A40, '59 VW Beetle, '63 Mk1 Cortina, '57 Austin Gypsy, '68 Fiat 850 Coupe, '68 Alfa Duetto Spider, '72 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S, '73 Lancia 2000 Sedan ie., '72 Lancia 2000 Sedan, '67 Lancia Fulvia 1.3, '83 VW Passat GL5 Estate, '81 Volvo 245 Estate, '85 Lancia Thema 8V Turbo Estate, '99 Lancia Kappa 20V Turbo Estate, '00 VW Sharan VR6, '06 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '10 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '66 Lancia Fulvia 1.3
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thomfr
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Trying to assemble the Duett again..
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May 17, 2020 13:35:35 GMT
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How beautiful complex and over engineered this is compared to a Alfa Giulia (just folded steel) or Volvo Amazon frond axle... ;-)
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73' Alfa Giulia Super
64' Volvo Duett
65' Volvo Duett
67' Volvo Amazon 123GT
09' Ford Focus 1.8
20' VW ID4
71' Benelli Motorella
65' Cyrus Speciaal
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goldnrust
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May 17, 2020 17:29:42 GMT
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How beautiful complex and over engineered this is Thats a Lancia! Battery strap solution looks neat to me  Subframe looks good too. It's amazing how much there is to it, that fits under the front of that small car! When I had my Fulvia I didn't initially realise just how big the subframe assembly was, as you don't see much of it when it's in the car. But I guess the Fulvia doesn't really have much body forward of the front bulkhead, the subframes doing a lot of the work. |
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v8ian
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May 17, 2020 17:36:32 GMT
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How do you rate Odyssy Batteries, and why 2? I have a Optima, which dosent seem to do the job, read the reviews on Optimas and they seem to not be as good as they used to be, possibly because they are now made in Mexico, I need to have a gel Battery to get it tucked away on its side.
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Atmo V8 Power . No slicks , No gas + No bits missing . Doing it in style.
Austin A35van, very different------- but still doing it in style, going to be a funmoble
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fulvia1436
Club Retro Rides Member
Finally started a thread for my Fulvia life
Posts: 343
Club RR Member Number: 63
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1966 Fulvia Iniezione fulvia1436
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May 17, 2020 18:12:58 GMT
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How do you rate Odyssy Batteries, and why 2? I have a Optima, which dosent seem to do the job, read the reviews on Optimas and they seem to not be as good as they used to be, possibly because they are now made in Mexico, I need to have a gel Battery to get it tucked away on its side. I've had these 2 for about 3½ years,and they've been no trouble. I have them wired 12/24 with a series/parallel relay affair. 24v to the starter only when cranking, as my cam timing has huge overlap, so no compression at very low revs. Starting was hard, but not now! I don't know where they were made. Varley Red Tops are the (expensive) alternative |
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'59 Austin A40, '59 VW Beetle, '63 Mk1 Cortina, '57 Austin Gypsy, '68 Fiat 850 Coupe, '68 Alfa Duetto Spider, '72 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S, '73 Lancia 2000 Sedan ie., '72 Lancia 2000 Sedan, '67 Lancia Fulvia 1.3, '83 VW Passat GL5 Estate, '81 Volvo 245 Estate, '85 Lancia Thema 8V Turbo Estate, '99 Lancia Kappa 20V Turbo Estate, '00 VW Sharan VR6, '06 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '10 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '66 Lancia Fulvia 1.3
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fulvia1436
Club Retro Rides Member
Finally started a thread for my Fulvia life
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Club RR Member Number: 63
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1966 Fulvia Iniezione fulvia1436
@fulvia1436
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May 17, 2020 18:17:14 GMT
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How beautiful complex and over engineered this is compared to a Alfa Giulia (just folded steel) or Volvo Amazon frond axle... ;-) Thom Rear wheel drive allows greater simplicity at the front, of course, Thom |
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'59 Austin A40, '59 VW Beetle, '63 Mk1 Cortina, '57 Austin Gypsy, '68 Fiat 850 Coupe, '68 Alfa Duetto Spider, '72 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S, '73 Lancia 2000 Sedan ie., '72 Lancia 2000 Sedan, '67 Lancia Fulvia 1.3, '83 VW Passat GL5 Estate, '81 Volvo 245 Estate, '85 Lancia Thema 8V Turbo Estate, '99 Lancia Kappa 20V Turbo Estate, '00 VW Sharan VR6, '06 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '10 Fiat Multipla 1.9 JTD, '66 Lancia Fulvia 1.3
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thomfr
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May 17, 2020 18:54:38 GMT
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How beautiful complex and over engineered this is compared to a Alfa Giulia (just folded steel) or Volvo Amazon frond axle... ;-) Thom Rear wheel drive allows greater simplicity at the front, of course, Thom You are right, but two McPhersons and lower wishbones and some folded steel would have done the job (as they do in biljons of cars) but this is so much nicer. Thom |
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73' Alfa Giulia Super
64' Volvo Duett
65' Volvo Duett
67' Volvo Amazon 123GT
09' Ford Focus 1.8
20' VW ID4
71' Benelli Motorella
65' Cyrus Speciaal
The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys
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