The Broken Fiat Club

In the latest round of "but you have all of these unfinished projects....what are you thinking?!?!?"

I've acquired a real project, one that might keep me busy for a long time. It'll be a while until I can get my hands on it and get started, but here are some initial shots.

lol

So it’s arrived in Texas, or most of it. The hood vanished in transit. Thankfully a spare was packed.
Properly Italian, I need a translator for the gauges.

In the early 70's several guys in the sportscar club I was a member of , in Va. had 850's. They spent about the same amount of time working on them as driving them. I wish you luck.

As soon as I finish my latest repair I need to see your disaster.

sportfan wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 7:31 pm In the early 70's several guys in the sportscar club I was a member of , in Va. had 850's. They spent about the same amount of time working on them as driving them. I wish you luck.

I can see why that is. I got hold of the owner's book online and the maintenance tasks are extensive. Even when it's running well there seems to be stuff to do. This is definitely a little sports car that thinks it's an Italian exotic.

So I'd made a decision to park this car up until I've completed the existing projects that I'm behind on, and until the weather in Texas was more reasonable.

That said I have been poking around to see what the future might hold.

The first thing I noticed is the engine is tiny. It also has stuff that I don't understand, I guess I'll have to learn what was going on in 1970 when the car was built. My eyes were also drawn to some numbers written under the trunk lid (is that the correct name for a rear engined car, rear hood?). Those look a bit like compression numbers, so that suggests some internal issues. I was planning to dissemble the engine anyway, but still.... I started pulling out the interior to clean things up a bit. Discovered that there were some extra ventilation points under the seats. I also test fitted the spare hood (frunk?) since the original is somewhere between Vegas and Houston. It fits well, but now I have some doubts about what color scheme I want. Thankfully I'm probably years from that decision needing to be finalized.

I also found a partial, mangled original FIAT tool kit, so some positive news (clutching at straws here).

After I finish my project, would you like me to drop my engine hoist off at your place?

MadFiat wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 4:33 pm After I finish my project, would you like me to drop my engine hoist off at your place?

That would probably be smart, although the engine weighs less than 50lbs.