Guest Breadvan72 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 The steering rack is OK at anything above parking speed. The replacement rack is in the boot. The brakes are much better than they were, and the Pirellis have transformed the grip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Yes pliz! Xxx I'm driving around Birmingham most weeks so should be able to pick the doors up. If it's going to Will it would probably make more sense to drop them off up there as I'm driving up to Durham on the 27th via the M62. I'm not sure what I'll be driving though, I've been offered a Tourneo to use but if it goes out on a last minute booking I'll be in the Cherry. That said it probably won't be that long till I'm heading north again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 SFQ - but if it's twin cam, is it 16 valve?Is it as flat as a fart and then unbelieveably revvy?I knew nothing about valves back in 78.Or it would appear, when I saw it at shitefest and asked all the rong kwestionz. explosive-cabbage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 ACE. I'm chuffed to bits that this sexy Italian beast is coming north. I'll have to call by & drool over it when it arrives (OK, perhaps not directly over it as the extra moisture might kill off any remaining metalwork) explosive-cabbage and KruJoe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 SFQ - but if it's twin cam, is it 16 valve? Is it as flat as a fart and then unbelieveably revvy? I knew nothing about valves back in 78. Or it would appear, when I saw it at shitefest and asked all the rong kwestionz. It'll be 8-valve, I think - the Italian tax laws encouraged high-performance sexy small engines, and going twin cam but 8 valves was a cheap way of being sexy. cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 8 valve. Peak power at about 5500, and needs to be revved a lot to make it go, but 1970s Italian 1300s can feel as fast as other people's 1970s 1600s. M'coli 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partridge Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Yaaaay it has been savicated, well done Autoshite, pat yourself on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I loved the fact that when I drove this car, it took me in circles I had no intention of taking. Top purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explosive-cabbage Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 ACE. I'm chuffed to bits that this sexy Italian beast is coming north. I'll have to call by & drool over it when it arrives (OK, perhaps not directly over it as the extra moisture might kill off any remaining metalwork) You should call up sometime. My number is Oh787four twothreetwo 837. Just send me a text and we can arrange a brew. You need to have a blast in that 205 - its great.And I have a new toy! You will be over the moon with it I'm driving around Birmingham most weeks so should be able to pick the doors up. If it's going to Will it would probably make more sense to drop them off up there as I'm driving up to Durham on the 27th via the M62. I'm not sure what I'll be driving though, I've been offered a Tourneo to use but if it goes out on a last minute booking I'll be in the Cherry. That said it probably won't be that long till I'm heading north again. Thanks!Don't put yourself out the way for any reason, I can soon nip down to Brum in the veg-wagon if you can't fit it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Let me know whether to get the doors to my place or leave them at Brum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudsprint Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 8 valve. Peak power at about 5500, and needs to be revved a lot to make it go, but 1970s Italian 1300s can feel as fast as other people's 1970s 1600s. I can second that. My single cam 1300cc Fiat 128 3Ps just flew along (10.3secs to sixty in 1976 was pretty quick then) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explosive-cabbage Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Will the doors fit inside the car if we lay the seats down? Or is it a seperate trip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I very much doubt that they would go in. You would need an estate car, SUV, van or trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Mattress on roof, then a door, then another mattress, then the other door. Tie the whole lot on with hairy yellow string... sorted KruJoe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KruJoe Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Don't forget we have one of those inflatable roof rack things somewhere Will. Alternatively, you could cut the frames off the new doors and roughly fit the bottom halves for the drive home, and leave the rusting remains of the old ones as mementos on Breadvan's garage wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 That could be done, as the frames are Spider frames. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explosive-cabbage Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Where there is a Will there is a way. Might be best leaving them in Brum for now till someone in the Autoshite delivery system can bring them closer. Its a shorter trim to Brum then Oxfordshire if I need to go down and get them too. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 The doors have been at my mum and dad's for months and can stay there. I will check them for rust when I am there over Xmas, and spray some oil on them. They are covered so that roving scrappies don't blag them. They are red, BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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