1973 Fiat 124 Sport Coupe 1800
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I recall that in London in the 1980s a lot of Audi Quattros and Audi Coupes were being driven around very fast by cool looking women, but the cars didn't all look like this Mouton one -
Apparently, Mouton did not much like the Fiat 131 Abarth rally car, but she still managed to do well in it. Here she is at Monte Carlo -
Apparently, Mouton did not much like the Fiat 131 Abarth rally car, but she still managed to do well in it. Here she is at Monte Carlo -
Back on thread, Mark the mobile mech offered to come over from Worcestershire this morning to look at a hot starting issue on my Series 3 Land Rover, and while he's there he will give the Fiat a quick check and see if he can diagnose the idling and rough running issue. We have agreed that I will get a local generic old car garage* to do the clutch on my Lancia because that is a grotty job for one man to do on a gravel driveway.
*The sort of place that looks after ten year old moderns, but where the garage owners know and like classic cars and have seen a carburettor and a set of points before
*The sort of place that looks after ten year old moderns, but where the garage owners know and like classic cars and have seen a carburettor and a set of points before
1970s MY SMALL FIAT IS MORE INDESTRUCTIBLE THAN A VOLVO 144 DRIVEN BY CAPTAIN SCARLET SO THERE adverts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Fd_GvL_Wk&fe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmzxuxKQv-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Fd_GvL_Wk&fe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmzxuxKQv-8
Also...
Hey you! Yes, you! Vin Diesel! You know what? You can basically FRO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcMhm7X7BBA
Hey you! Yes, you! Vin Diesel! You know what? You can basically FRO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcMhm7X7BBA
Launching the 124 Berlina -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dulB5nlKYCk
This one is beautifully filmed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dulB5nlKYCk
This one is beautifully filmed.
Dang! I bought the wrong 124. If I had bought a Berlina I would have been able to pull 1970s Italian Jenny Agutter wearing riding clothes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnLBynEZcjs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnLBynEZcjs
Marco, mehanico marvelloso e mobile, is on site right now, and he says
The issue does look to be one of carburation and - guess what? - someone has taken off the Weber 34 DMS, and fitted some sort of Solex, that needs a repair (or replacement by a Weber). Marco is right now checking the timing as well.
I would take pics of the work in progress, but I am in London eating pasta, and the car is in Oxfordshire.
The issue does look to be one of carburation and - guess what? - someone has taken off the Weber 34 DMS, and fitted some sort of Solex, that needs a repair (or replacement by a Weber). Marco is right now checking the timing as well.
I would take pics of the work in progress, but I am in London eating pasta, and the car is in Oxfordshire.
The Haynes BOOK OF LIES claims that a Solex was an option for this car.
Talking of Haynes, the RAC's magazine "Pell Mell and Woodcote" recently ran a feature on the Haynes family and their business - quite a fun story.
Just remember, children, refitting is the reverse of removal. Rating: one spanner, piece of piss, even you could do it.
(twelve hours later, in the dark, bleeding from every knuckle, he finally runs out of swear words ...)
Talking of Haynes, the RAC's magazine "Pell Mell and Woodcote" recently ran a feature on the Haynes family and their business - quite a fun story.
Just remember, children, refitting is the reverse of removal. Rating: one spanner, piece of piss, even you could do it.
(twelve hours later, in the dark, bleeding from every knuckle, he finally runs out of swear words ...)
P5BNij said:
Ooof....! Only twenty miles from me, but where would I put it....?
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1235056
As for those fabulous old ads you've posted - I now can't stop talking in a very fast, butch cod Italian accent, throwing in the few Italian words I actually know..... ''Quando, quando, on days like these, multa bene, ciao Giancarlo, uno presente la Ferruccio Lamborghini vino avec un new motor, John....''.
And I still have a stack of '70s 'Politzia' films to watch on dvd, most of them have English subtitles but the ones with no subtitles at all are a joy to just sit back and take in....
That 127 is DA NUTZ. Just get it. It's a bargain.https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1235056
As for those fabulous old ads you've posted - I now can't stop talking in a very fast, butch cod Italian accent, throwing in the few Italian words I actually know..... ''Quando, quando, on days like these, multa bene, ciao Giancarlo, uno presente la Ferruccio Lamborghini vino avec un new motor, John....''.
And I still have a stack of '70s 'Politzia' films to watch on dvd, most of them have English subtitles but the ones with no subtitles at all are a joy to just sit back and take in....
Those polizia films are awesome! Mega hairdos, 'taches, leather jackets, massive amounts of violence, and car chases. Too good.
Meanwhile, back in the Boot, My name is Franco has a BC and a CC to sell you.
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C773231
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C790717
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C773231
https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C790717
citizensm1th said:
you know that afore mentioned can of worms
http://www.njfiats.org/joomla/images/stories/manua...
http://www.njfiats.org/
Grazie tanto, but NB US spec so query if bits and bobs different because 70s smog rules?http://www.njfiats.org/joomla/images/stories/manua...
http://www.njfiats.org/
OOOhya, and now be getting a bitta Busso in your life -
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
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