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Lots of work,time,money
Plenty of talented people involved. The guys at custom motor bodies who did the paint work and Fintan,zack,Paul who did accident repairs/metal work. I just paid some bills and bolted it back together
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« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2018, 19:29:41 pm » |
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I liked it in yellow but I love it in red - think I've said that before! Hell of a transformation!
How were the repairs done? If Fintan is FH Ellis then I guess that the front wing and rear quarter panel were beaten back into shape, but the roof looked to be the most daunting. Did you get a body cut from another car or did the guys make it from scratch? I'd like to see photos if you've got them Dave, partly because I want to see how the professionals would tackle that sort of repair and they'd also be really useful to show my students at school!
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« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2018, 20:28:20 pm » |
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Thanks Neil, after all the work involved in repairing the car I decided to make it my own.
I don?t have many pictures of the repair work. The car was repaired using early NOS panels and and some parts from half a donor car I brought in Sicily, the roof was hammered out. The car was badly damaged in the crash and the B pillar was twisted from the impact. Luckily the Cotsweld roll cage kept the rest of the car ridged and the body sort of folded round it.
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« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2018, 01:33:18 am » |
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Thanks Neil, after all the work involved in repairing the car I decided to make it my own.
I don?t have many pictures of the repair work. The car was repaired using early NOS panels and and some parts from half a donor car I brought in Sicily, the roof was hammered out. The car was badly damaged in the crash and the B pillar was twisted from the impact. Luckily the Cotsweld roll cage kept the rest of the car ridged and the body sort of folded round it.
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« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2018, 18:05:50 pm » |
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Thanks, they did a great job
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« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2018, 10:12:33 am » |
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Love the new colour Dave  Great skills on show. |
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« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2018, 18:42:49 pm » |
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Very nice!
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Plan your work, work your plan, with precision and excellence.
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« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2018, 19:10:22 pm » |
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Love the new colour Dave Great skills on show. Thanks! Unfortunately I can?t take the credit for the repairs, I only did the nice bit of bolting it back together |
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« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2018, 21:52:58 pm » |
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Took the car racing last weekend. The low compression 2276cc ran a 13.2@104 in full street trim and radials at the less than perfect Crail Raceway. I also had some fun on the road too!
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« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2018, 17:47:58 pm » |
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Such a cool car - and it looks so much better in red (sorry Jeff!). Had a ride in it out to Terminal Island one night - boy was it scary. In a good way.  |
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« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2018, 19:48:56 pm » |
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« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2018, 21:33:40 pm » |
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Such a cool car - and it looks so much better in red (sorry Jeff!). Had a ride in it out to Terminal Island one night - boy was it scary. In a good way. Thanks, nothing but positive comments about the new colour so far. After the amount of repair work needed I decided I needed to make it my car. It?s a crazy car, I always used to enjoy chasing down the cars that got a better start than me with the turbo motor. |
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« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2018, 21:39:22 pm » |
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that town looks like Aberdeen  me and my cars are no longer welcome in the granite city! [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] |
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« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2018, 14:00:04 pm » |
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Took the car racing last weekend. The low compression 2276cc ran a 13.2@104 in full street trim and radials at the less than perfect Crail Raceway. I also had some fun on the road too!
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If you go to Crail again, give me a message and I will bring the bug along. |
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« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2018, 16:30:56 pm » |
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Will do, I?m sure I will be back again next year
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« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2019, 22:47:37 pm » |
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Waiting for the weather to get better and there to be less salt on the road
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« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2019, 00:43:22 am » |
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Great cars |
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« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2019, 21:44:09 pm » |
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Great cars Thanks |
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« Reply #18 on: February 18, 2019, 22:19:19 pm » |
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Finally getting to build my engine 7 years later than planned after replacing all the parts Jeff Denham never supplied me even though they were already paid for.
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« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2019, 22:30:29 pm » |
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Nice one Dave, Glad you are going to build this after all the shit you put up with. Will be a monster  |
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« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2019, 22:48:44 pm » |
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Thanks Lee. It’s cost me plenty of time and money. It will be a nice road engine
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« Reply #21 on: February 19, 2019, 00:03:41 am » |
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What are you going to use for cylinders? AA or something else? Good luck with your built,love the red color on the fiat Rgds Steve@flat4to6.com |
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« Reply #22 on: February 19, 2019, 07:39:53 am » |
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I have a set of AA cylinders, It might have taken him 4years to send them but I actually got those!!!
Thanks, I like the red too. It goes well with the car
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« Reply #23 on: May 21, 2019, 10:31:04 am » |
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Not much progress recently. I stopped stealing parts from the fiat for my bug and refitted a dynamo
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I also converted my bug to IRS. Thanks to Pete for the tracking /camber gauges and Richie for the loan of the jigs
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« Reply #24 on: August 01, 2019, 20:32:59 pm » |
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Finally got this out the garage again! Quick check over, washed it and then drove it [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] [ Attachment: You are not allowed to view attachments ] |
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« Reply #25 on: August 02, 2019, 10:53:15 am » |
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That looks great Dave.
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DaveN
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« Reply #26 on: August 02, 2019, 17:01:37 pm » |
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Thanks Stretch. This one gets cleaned a bit more than the bug  it felt a bit strange to drive too |
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« Reply #27 on: August 03, 2019, 19:38:31 pm » |
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Still building the 4" motor?
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« Reply #28 on: August 04, 2019, 15:16:18 pm » |
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Still building the 4" motor?
Built it months ago |
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« Reply #29 on: September 27, 2019, 21:00:21 pm » |
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Weathers getting worse so it’s back in the garage till next year
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