1988 Fiat Uno Turbo i.e.
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Wouldn't be the £999 Challenge without a fast Fiat or two. Here's my entry for 2010. See you there? 
I love the Phase 1 Turbo, had a pink Horman one (that's how I bought it) a black anti-skid (ABS, who said that earlier?) and a Blue one with a knackered engine that got a Delta Hf 1.6 transplant and a front mounted intercooler.
I love the Phase 1 Turbo, had a pink Horman one (that's how I bought it) a black anti-skid (ABS, who said that earlier?) and a Blue one with a knackered engine that got a Delta Hf 1.6 transplant and a front mounted intercooler.
jr@ said:
Don1 said:
Bob Fossil said:
What a cracking little car! You really don't see many around these days.
IIRC, didn't somebody once drop a Maserati quad-turbo jobbie in one of these in the '90's?
It was the quad turbo from the EB110, but always looked like a photoshop to me. Google Images doesn't help for once...IIRC, didn't somebody once drop a Maserati quad-turbo jobbie in one of these in the '90's?
Nice,
My second car was a white (dodgy flaking blow over a black original) E reg Turbo. Loved it. Had the boost wound up (internal boost controller) to 1.5 bar, cosworth intercooler, Integrale fuel pressure regulator, hybrid turbo, gas flowed head, shocks and lowering springs, 15 inch five spokes, scorpion exhaust etc etc..Friends used to call it the Millenium Falcon as it used to rattle, shake and break down but when on boost would rocket up the road. Less said about the courners the better though.
If I remember rightly I used to change on a regular basis clutch cables, exhaust manifolds and CV joints. Happy days!
My second car was a white (dodgy flaking blow over a black original) E reg Turbo. Loved it. Had the boost wound up (internal boost controller) to 1.5 bar, cosworth intercooler, Integrale fuel pressure regulator, hybrid turbo, gas flowed head, shocks and lowering springs, 15 inch five spokes, scorpion exhaust etc etc..Friends used to call it the Millenium Falcon as it used to rattle, shake and break down but when on boost would rocket up the road. Less said about the courners the better though.
If I remember rightly I used to change on a regular basis clutch cables, exhaust manifolds and CV joints. Happy days!
I love these cars so much. During the 80's my dad had Stradas (not the 105/130's alas) and Regatas which were very unreliable but as he spent so much time at Shaw and Kilburn (fiat dealer in Hemel Hempstead) they used to often send him away in an Uno Turbo as a courtesy car.
They were awesome and a load of mates had them (mainly mark 2's) in the late 90's and early 2000s... some had serious engine work and were very fast. My favourite was an all white mark 1 though.
Absolutely love them. Anyone remember the Cann Durant ones? I recall there being a red one and a blue one.
On a slightly different note I was always a bit disappointed they didn't do anything spectacular with the MK1 and MK2 puntos. There were rumours of a 160BHP, LSD'd MK1 Punto Abarth (would have had by far the most powerful engine in it's class in '93) and of course there was the monster Puntograle.
I'm getting carried away now but it's a shame they've dropped the Abarth Punto now. I suppose it overshadowed by the abarth 500.
They were awesome and a load of mates had them (mainly mark 2's) in the late 90's and early 2000s... some had serious engine work and were very fast. My favourite was an all white mark 1 though.
Absolutely love them. Anyone remember the Cann Durant ones? I recall there being a red one and a blue one.
On a slightly different note I was always a bit disappointed they didn't do anything spectacular with the MK1 and MK2 puntos. There were rumours of a 160BHP, LSD'd MK1 Punto Abarth (would have had by far the most powerful engine in it's class in '93) and of course there was the monster Puntograle.
I'm getting carried away now but it's a shame they've dropped the Abarth Punto now. I suppose it overshadowed by the abarth 500.
Deluded said:
Robert060379 said:
Broom yellow Phase II. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm! 
It was actually a Renault colour, but side by side, you wouldn't know the difference :P
Edited by Deluded on Thursday 21st January 00:27
Considering there are seventeen different Broom yellows from 1971 to 2009 it's an easy mistake to make. My Coupe looked like BMW Dakar yellow before I got the T'cut and a mop to it.
Edited by Robert060379 on Thursday 21st January 20:34
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