My funny Fiat Barchetta
Discussion
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.
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.
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.I like the wheels too. Are they all 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.
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 connectedLee
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
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 connectedLee
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
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
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
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
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