Barchetta My Barchetta

This is how it looks now......

loving it mate, real nice, good choice

Front & o/side fully painted, new hood from Germany, new bumper from Fiat £377 Cat back powerflow exhaust (initially too long now shortened).

Oil/filter change, air filter change, new plugs, new rear bearings.

Just need a set of alloys to finish probably one of these.......

Hope you like her....

jaysenysen said:

loving it mate, real nice, good choice

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Thanks

That is one good looking Barchetta!
go for the 5 spoke wheels, get rid of them Venoms!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree the venoms are crap & well marked the 5 spokes are on ebay at the mo with a couple of days to go.

the red hood looks ace

id go for the darker alloys you posted we all know silver cars and dark alloys are the best combo

Wow it's lovely! Think I need a new car! :worship:

The 1st darker wheels are well nice too and will go great with the car

Thanks, all the alloys are black with dia cut face so I'm still undecided

Very Very nice Alan, your car has made me give the barchetta a second look, dismissed them before, but yours is stunning.

I love the first wheels, as Charlie says, dark grey and silver go together a great and the colour of them is gorgeous. Ultimately its your decision. go with your personal preference and what you think would match the car even if you like them all equally

Jordan

Another Cumbrian seen a few on recently although I am usually a hermit on the Panda section thanks for the nice words

Looks yummy mate. If you don't mind me asking how much have you spent getting her back up to scratch?

Look ace! i'd say the first set of alloy will look the best by far

FuzzyPanda said:

Looks yummy mate. If you don't mind me asking how much have you spent getting her back up to scratch?

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No Problem...

Car...............................................£1601
Bodywork.........................................£600
Bumper............................................£377
Hood from Germany............................£200 approx 320 euro's
Powerflow exhaust & oval pipe.............£300
Service & new rear bearings..................£90

Total about.................................... £3200

Not forgetting MOT £40, Tax £90 and Ins £307 F**K me I'm Skint

17" alloys & tyres will be about £500 but that don't count cause it's faffing about

seems expensive as i just looked it up on parkers for prices as follows:

Franchised Dealer £ 2605
Independent Dealer £ 2330
Private Good £ 2020
Private Poor £ 1310
Part Exchange £ 1795

I know but the parkers prices just don't compute unless selling to the dealer Still saw 95 models making £3500+ on ebay (not minted) but models with damage no MOT made £1600 or less.

I would rather restore the 97 myself than pay much more for one that will need doing later as most are stone chipped small dents scrapes wear & tear etc where mine is now nearly done cheaper than I would have got one from ebay autotrader. I've never seen one in a trade auction. They are rare to begin with and will become more & more so.

I think list price for the 97 R is 1K odd in parkers

I had no idea the bumper would be that much. But it had to be done I suppose. I think you've made a worthwhile investment.

...Now go and chase up Fiat about that gorgeous red one you bought off the phone.

Na it fell through they started quoteing stupid finance deals as they said they couldn't get Fiat finance to take it on so got my deposit back.

One of the best looking cars on the forum and worth every penny spent doing it up. Well done. I like the wheels on the car btw.