1979 Fiat 124 Spider

[RicksAlfas]

Looks great. It's often the little jobs which can make a big difference.
Love the bonnet bulges!

[RC1807]

Looks great .... now when do I get a spin out in it?

[Krikkit]

Car looks fab, great result on the window polish!

[lemansky]

Agree with all the above; a most impressive bout of fettling where it's all gone right and the end result is a night/day improvement.
Excellent work!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

It was a chilly but beautiful sunny day here so, on the way to a walk, I checked out a house for sale that I'm interested-in. Seemed a good opportunity to see whether the car looked at home there.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Then in the car park for the start of the walk.

[skidrisk]

Beautiful car, I love everything about it.

Edited by skidrisk on Sunday 24th October 19:49

[P5BNij]

There's not a bad angle, line or proportion on the car anywhere, it really is a Pinifarina gem

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Thanks for the comments chaps, much appreciated.

I really ought to look into why the wipers aren't wiping.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Finally got the spare tyre replaced to match the other 4. It's another Falken Euro All Season and it cost 63.25 EUR fitted; seemed very reasonable to me.

[JeremyH5]

Just the wipers to fix now then, so you can see the pretty white flakes falling.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Yeah, I'm still stumped by that actually. Need to have another go at it.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Not really an update, but a funky pic lifted from the 'I have been doing a bit of painting' thread.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...






A reminder of better weather, but hopefully it won't be too long before the roads are no longer salty and we can get out.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

About 5 months after its last use, the Spider was fired-up today for some driving action in the glorious sunshine. The car has been on a battery conditioner over the winter but, nevertheless, it starting on the third turn of the key was something of a (welcome) surprise.

What a wonderful little thing it is. Smells great, sounds terrific, and gets smiles and thumbs-up from randomers.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Whilst I was whizzing about the local villages, I passed this Lancia Montecarlo. I went back later to take pictures and the owner popped out for a chat, saying he'd heard my car. We were linguistically challenged but got on well enough to share the delights of ageing Italianana.

I was hoping he'd offer to sell his rather wonderful car to me but he seemed quite keen to keep it for a while yet, to add to his 9 years ownership. Nice chap and a nice little moment for two ageing chaps to talk about their two ageing cars.

Edited by CharlesdeGaulle on Sunday 27th March 21:36

[CharlesdeGaulle]

[Ken986]

Great photos of both cars .

[lemansky]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Very handsome little thing.
Love it.

[TR4man]

Is the Lancia a convertible or is the black area a vinyl roof?