126 Eklipze3k's Latest Toy

STOP PRESS! STOP PRESS! STOP PRESS!

Had a package arrive for me today from Berlin :chin:


Oh my! Can you guess what it is yet?? :devil:


OH YEAH BABY!!!!


Just gotta her thru the MoT and then it'll be time to scare some chavs

:slayer::woot:

Very nice bud, very nice.... Need to get a vid of the car when that bloody thing is attached... Do so google image searches on the Fiat 126... get some right lookers! lol

That new Exhaust looks amazeing cant wait to hear it. I f you are haveing problems finding the 19mm Socket for the wheel nuts i'm sure i will have one if you want a lend of it.

Marti155 said:

That new Exhaust looks amazeing cant wait to hear it. I f you are haveing problems finding the 19mm Socket for the wheel nuts i'm sure i will have one if you want a lend of it.

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I got hold of the required bits ... the wheels are off, the drums are dismantled but I need to get new flexi's as well, so he's parked up on axle stands at the moment looking a bit sorry for himself. Am hoping to get the new pipes ordered as soon as we get paid and got a few days off at the beginning of March so fingers crossed it'll all be done and he'll be rolling again by about the 11th of March

Brakes done, need more fluid though as it took me so long it all leaked out

Taken the headlights out as I found a guide for switching to H4 bulbs so got some nice blue tinted ones going in there, he looks funny with no eyes though

MoT passed yesterday! :slayer:

Brake pipes still need looked at but spoke to the technician and he said they're solid just pitted so should last a wee while yet.

Got to order new manifolds and bolts to fit the exhaust as I sheared one of the bolts trying to take the old one off Also going to order an engine blind kit to stop water getting in the engine bay. Really need to pull my finger out of my proverbial and fit the new accelerator and choke cables but they're a pain in the arse so I've been putting it off

now all you need is that exhaust fitted, screw everything else

Munkul said:

now all you need is that exhaust fitted, screw everything else

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That'll be done before St Andrews for sure, get the new manifolds & bolts at the end of the month, got the gaskets already

I can't wait to hear this exhaust. When mine broke a pipe it sounded like a Harley. Just didn't accelerate like one.

Venters said:

I can't wait to hear this exhaust. When mine broke a pipe it sounded like a Harley. Just didn't accelerate like one.

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So it actually accelerated?....harleys don't accelerate they just get louder!

I saw a Bis the other day...such a cool looking little car...but I wouldn't like to drive one on the motorway, i've seen bigger Invalid carriages! Looks rather odd against a back ground of modern cars...even my small car monsters it!

StevenRB45 said:

even my small car monsters it!

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to be fair, a 126 makes even a cinq look big!

great news about the mot

Venters said:

I can't wait to hear this exhaust. When mine broke a pipe it sounded like a Harley. Just didn't accelerate like one.

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Am gonna do a before and after video for comparison. Oddly enough, there's a Harley in the carpark at work with a can that looks almost identical to the one that's going on the 126

StevenRB45 said:

So it actually accelerated?....harleys don't accelerate they just get louder!

I saw a Bis the other day...such a cool looking little car...but I wouldn't like to drive one on the motorway, i've seen bigger Invalid carriages! Looks rather odd against a back ground of modern cars...even my small car monsters it!

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Yes, it's currently residing in a sea of modern metal at work and is so small everyone asked me if I had driven in 'cos they couldn't see it! As for motorways, we'll see how it is at the end of May

mrcinquecento said:

to be fair, a 126 makes even a cinq look big!

great news about the mot

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Yeah, having it sat next to the Sei gives a great idea of perspective but also funny to think of the modern take of a small car being nearly twice the size in some cases! A new 500 is not small, it's positively huuuge!!!

Gonna have a bash at fitting the new one tomorrow so in the meantime, here's a vid of the current exhaust



Enjoy!

Brilliant!

I love these wee beasties, shame they can't be picked up for peanuts any more. That one looks to be in awesome condition.

JonnyBoy said:

Brilliant!

I love these wee beasties, shame they can't be picked up for peanuts any more. That one looks to be in awesome condition.

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Cheers, it's got a few wee spots of rust developing - it's had a respray at some point fairly recently and I don't think it was sealed very well

As you can see/hear tho, the engine is in good nick as are the rest of the mechanicals, suspension and steering are great too so for a 25 year old car it's not in too bad shape really

Sounds like a diesel

Get the new exhaust on asap:devil:

Your exhaust broke the camera
Can the fog light be moved its a bit big and chunky up there. Or is it drilled into the boot

Adrian Bravo said:

Your exhaust broke the camera
Can the fog light be moved its a bit big and chunky up there. Or is it drilled into the boot

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It's drilled in

At some point I may build it into the bumper and smooth the holes back off again but I'll leave it as is for now since it works