My funny Fiat Barchetta

[iva cosworth]

When my Escort Cosworth went wrong this summer for the umpteenth time,what do you do ?

You go out and buy a convertible sports car obviously.

I have always liked the Barchetta [little boat in English]and as the UKs top specialist

and the original importer of most of the cars ,as Fiat didn't sell them here, is local,it was

easy enough to find one to buy.

So on December 1st i picked up this.





Stuck that on just yesterday



At the SS @ Goodwood today



When i got home from Goodwood ,top off since i left house at 7.45am.

One niggly problem so far is the speedo needle keeps not working.I took it back on the 8th

and a quick re-solder on the back of instrument fixed it.....for a week.It is playing up again

and speed displayed now is a bit hit and miss on accuracy,so phoning them again tomorrow.

[iva cosworth]

Nearly forgot my interior shot with compulsory "Flat Eric" companion.

Black leather interior........nice

[wolfy1988]

Very nice, I forgot just how pretty they are!

I like the wheels too. Are they all LHD?

[anomaly]

Lovely cars. My barchetta was one of the best cars I've every owned. The original steel wheels on yours are beautiful too

[iva cosworth]

wolfy1988 said:

Very nice, I forgot just how pretty they are!

I like the wheels too. Are they all LHD?

Yes,almost all are LHD.

Some were converted by the importer but they say on their website that the conversion took

100+ hours so really wasn't economical.

There are some other cars converted too,very badly with instruments stuffed into glovebox slot

or something similarly awful.There was 1 on Ebay recently too.

[iva cosworth]

anomaly said:

Lovely cars. My barchetta was one of the best cars I've every owned. The original steel wheels on yours are beautiful too

I prefer the steel wheels TBH.

The alloys some have are just a bit bland IMO.

[Gorilla Boy]

Aha! Knew i guessed right

Looks a nice little number

[Ordinary_Chap]

Nice little cute car.

What up with the Cosworth? And what are your plans for it?

Lee

[iva cosworth]

Ordinary_Chap said:

What up with the Cosworth? And what are your plans for it?

Lee

Replaced fuel pump and now have a new starting problem and i don't know whether it's connected

with the pump or another fault entirely.

I also paid for some work which i wrongly assumed would get me an MOT pass,it didn't.

I drove it home,very quickly as it may have been my last drive of it.

It might get fixed in the summer or sold or something

[Ordinary_Chap]

iva cosworth said:

Ordinary_Chap said:

What up with the Cosworth? And what are your plans for it?

Lee

Replaced fuel pump and now have a new starting problem and i don't know whether it's connected

with the pump or another fault entirely.

I also paid for some work which i wrongly assumed would get me an MOT pass,it didn't.

I drove it home,very quickly as it may have been my last drive of it.

It might get fixed in the summer or sold or something

Oh

I know your pain, I drive a classic Impreza that has cost me a great deal in maintenance even though its had a fortune spent on it over the past 5 years. It had over 7k spent on it in 2010 alone although to be fair some of that was upgrades and not required.

Keep the faith!
Lee

[tbc]

christ almighty at those wheels

haven;t seen ones like those since a Ford Transit pulled up

Nice car these but think i'd go for a Fiat Coupe given the choice

actually make that one of earth

[Gooly]

I do hope your cossie gets fixed and you keep it, I love the fact that you actually use it and haven't tarted it up or anything.

Nice barchetta as well, always had a soft spot for them.

[Rosscow]

Flat Eric

[Max M4X WW]

I like it, watched you park up at Goodwood after the Marshall asked if you wanted to put it undercover!

[iva cosworth]

Max M4X WW said:

I like it, watched you park up at Goodwood after the Marshall asked if you wanted to put it undercover!

Yeah.i looked straight up at a clear sky and said"Nah,it'll be fine out here" or similar

[Max M4X WW]

iva cosworth said:

Max M4X WW said:

I like it, watched you park up at Goodwood after the Marshall asked if you wanted to put it undercover!

Yeah.i looked straight up at a clear sky and said"Nah,it'll be fine out here" or similar

I was thinking the same!

[bazza1000]

Not seen one of these for years, nice little boat!

[TwigtheWonderkid]

iva cosworth said:

,as Fiat didn't sell them here,

They did, towards the end.

[Maxus]

Cool little cars these. I had mine for a couple of years with no problems. A couple of very memorable trips to Spain in it. Quite a rorty engine from what I remember.

LHD adds to the occasion.

Enjoy it.

[iva cosworth]

So today return trip to DTR to get the speedo fixed again.

They fitted a whole different [not new] clock pod and all seems good now and i have

also "lost" 50% of my KMs so all's good.

Whilst there i wandered around the other Barchettas in their worshop and.......







after the comments on alloys on these,i quite like all 3 designs above.

It also seems like silver is the most popular colour as i keep seeing silver cars


The yellow car also has partially yellow seats......bit loud