Six Cylinders Motoring Notes - Getting ready to play car Tetris

[somewhatfoolish]

They've been trying to flog that Rio for yonks; the guide is at least twice what it's worth unless you're a Panther weirdo.

[AnthonyG]

I can only begin to imagine the sort of pain a custom built Triumph Dolomite with practically unique panels is to restore! 

[Six-cylinder]

The 323i is back with me now and this afternoon @ianbmw came to see what he see. It turns out the radiator is there but the water pump has been taken off and while it turns by hand it is rough.

Pipe to MAF is split

Unknown sensor is missing

Bonnet struts are useless

Rear spoiler is missing

The last MOT was done in March 2016 and the only advisory was a couple of brake pipes.

I will get a water pump and see how we go from there.

Just to check everything was ok I popped a battery on it and it started instantly!

 

Some other friends came other to review what it would take to clean it and washed off some panels to reveal the paint work is not too bad but will need a lot of work.

 

IanBMW bought his son with him who had borrowed his younger sisters small pink motorbike trouble is dad could not make it run and had to hand over his BMW 320d to compensate his son.

A good day and it feels like the 323i is savable.

 

[ianbmw]

Now let's get this right. I successfully completed a lap of the field on the PW before handing it over to my son,who then broke it after a lap......I blame my 9 year old child!

I'm pretty sure it was last MOT in 2017 I thought?

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[Six-cylinder]

27 minutes ago, ianbmw said:

Now let's get this right. I successfully completed a lap of the field on the PW before handing it over to my son,who then broke it after a lap......I blame my 9 year old child!

I'm pretty sure it was last MOT in 2017 I thought?

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Pink rebel - It was very difficult to start and did not sound right when you got back. 

323i - MOT expired 3 March 2017.

[Six-cylinder]

It has started today!

Last Nov I bought a Trevi, it was worse condition than I really wanted to take on, but with some encouragement from Mrs6C and knowing there are only a handful in the UK I went for it.

Since then we have had Christmas, winter and lockdown and nothing happened. I have now spoken to my usual garage who surprised me by agreeing to take it on if I did the parts searching.

First hurdle is the car was fitted with twin carbs, but was sold to me with a single carb and having run a 2.0 carb HPE I am quite happy with that. Trouble is there was no throttle cable with the car. Any ideas as to what cable I should be looking for?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

29 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said:

.... Trouble is there was no throttle cable with the car. Any ideas as to what cable I should be looking for?....

Would this one be any use?

[Six-cylinder]

1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Would this one be any use?

I just don't know. It would be unusual for a throttle cable from one model to fit another.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 minute ago, Six-cylinder said:

I just don't know. It would be unusual for a throttle cable from one model to fit another.

Only way is to suck it and see.....

[Zelandeth]

Wouldn't this be a case where it would be simpler to get the details of the two ends that the cable needs to attach to, the measurements and see if someone like Speedy Cables could make one up?

[Six-cylinder]

3 minutes ago, Zelandeth said:

Wouldn't this be a case where it would be simpler to get the details of the two ends that the cable needs to attach to, the measurements and see if someone like Speedy Cables could make one up?

Yes, but it is getting the pattern that is the problem.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Possible source in France?

Probably identical item

[Six-cylinder]

1 minute ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

Possible source in France?

France would be LHD and I have found out that are different.

[mitsisigma01]

Hi Mr6, would Venhill in Dorking be able to help? 

[Six-cylinder]

1 minute ago, mitsisigma01 said:

Hi Mr6, would Venhill in Dorking be able to help? 

They did my CX for me, but I had to supply a pattern and the end fittings.

[mitsisigma01]

Depending on the nipple shape at the pedal end, could the length of outer sleeve be supplied extra long and cut to size to suit and then if need be have a nipple made to suit or a clamp style fixing similar to a pushbike. Is a picture available of a LHD one for its "nipple pic" so we know what we are looking for. ?

[Noel Tidybeard]

a trevi is based on a beta, if only we knew someone with a beta for comparisons..... ?

[hairnet]

@Sir Chocolate Teapot

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[mitsisigma01]

Find where there was one parked and sift through the rust, I expect the cable would be one of the last things to self destruct ?

[mitsisigma01]

Doesn't appear to be much to them? 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184297737692

[SiC]

Bicycle shifter/brake cable set?

[lanciamatt]

Could you speak to maybe beta boys. They could  have the correct carb and cable in.stock, there is a few lancia specialists in UK. 

[Skizzer]

There’s a Beta Berlina in my shed, but it’s a 1300 so I’ve no idea whether it’s the same.

I agree that BetaBoyz is the way forward. They’ll be your new best friends pretty soon.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Here's all the Trevi parts held by Beta Boyz

[Six-cylinder]

1 hour ago, lanciamatt said:

Could you speak to maybe beta boys. They could  have the correct carb and cable in.stock, there is a few lancia specialists in UK. 

 

1 hour ago, Skizzer said:

There’s a Beta Berlina in my shed, but it’s a 1300 so I’ve no idea whether it’s the same.

I agree that BetaBoyz is the way forward. They’ll be your new best friends pretty soon.

I have registered with betaBoyz and their web site only show LHD throttle cables. They also say due to work commitments they have been very lapse in answering emails.

[dc2100k]

That Trevi is fabulous. Interior pics pls. ?

[Six-cylinder]

19 minutes ago, dc2100k said:

That Trevi is fabulous. Interior pics pls. ?

 

[dc2100k]

100/10.

[mitsisigma01]

That interior looks deceptively spacious ?

[Zelandeth]

Hmm.  Couldn't an LHD cable be used as a pattern at least to have one made?  Length will obviously be wrong, but the fittings at each end should be correct though shouldn't they?

Or am I applying far too much logic to a Lancia design?

The interior is fantastic.  Lancia were always mad in that department, but the Trevi dash is bonkers even by their standards!