General imola the blue cinq sporting (the free cinq)

[Lecook]

ive got one but i like it better with just one lol

lee

 

[blu73]

but chop out the opening and put an oil cooler behind it, you know it makes sense!! I'm with james on this one, all cinqs should have it either cut-out with a trim or smoothed over completely. (IMO)

 

[Lecook]

but chop out the opening and put an oil cooler behind it, you know it makes sense!! I'm with james on this one, all cinqs should have it either cut-out with a trim or smoothed over completely. (IMO)

13 row cooler on the cards gotta go pick up the new block today
will hopefully be getting the dremel out soon to remove all the grille in the bumper, might take out the back of the vent at the same time

lee

 

[blu73]

you gonna keep the squares and cutout all the individual little pieces or just cut the whole thing out and mesh it??

 

[jatkinson]

Please dont cut the whole bit out and mesh it , it looks silly imo , its better when you cut all the squares out , you getting your oil cooler from mocal ?

 

[blu73]

i suppose its allowed on an abarth then is it james?? lol

 

[Lecook]

Please dont cut the whole bit out and mesh it , it looks silly imo , its better when you cut all the squares out , you getting your oil cooler from mocal ?

thats what i meant lol, i cut the whole thing out on my first cinq and it looked pants lol

lee

 

[blu73]

My cinq turbo was like that, i loved it but perhaps it looked right cause the bumper was all smoothed.. Have seen cinqs it looks gash on too.

 

[Numptey]

I can see your from up North, gash to us old folks down here means something completely different lol

 

[blu73]

i've seen some of them that look gash too

 

[Numptey]

Luckily most of them keep there "gash" hidden down here, not the same in Newcastle in the middle of winter thought apparently

 

[blu73]

i wouldn't know, i'm not a geordie!

 

[Lecook]

Well aftera few weeks of no posts i thought i might get some piccys up and let you guys know whats been going on, so ive fitted a new steering wheel and new abarth kit that i picked up for next to bugger all

piccys

shes filthy at the moment but after a good wash and polish im sure she'll look 10X better, ive just realized i have no pics of the steering wheel so ill get one taken for tomorrow, and maybe she'll get a wash and polish and maybe even a few coats of wax tomorrow if the weather allows ,

also i have found a 1242 8v block thats in the process of being rebuilt, maybe a few weeks from now we'll have another engine swap under way, nothing exciting but ill see if i can document it a little more and maybe even do a step by step guide


cheers guys

lee

 

[sevans91]

Thats looking awesome lee!!! :worship:
Will have to have a meet up when my cars in working order

Sevans

 

[Numptey]

Wow yep shes looking foxy (assuming its a she?)

 

[fingers99]

Needs mesh and white MOs.



Imola Blue's rear end (all credit to J333EVO)

 

[blu73]

yeah but what does it look like now???

Gorgeous car or at least it was back then.

 

[fingers99]

yeah but what does it look like now???

Gorgeous car or at least it was back then.

Much the same, but with 15" Alfa wheels, and in need of a wash.

It'll not change much visually (externally there's nothing that cam be improved, aesthetically, although it always looked -- seems to me -- better from the back than the front) just get lighter, stiffer, faster.

Like all cars (and most paintings) it looks better in pics than in reality, but mechanicals and interior are the main places where it could obviously be better.

 

[Lecook]

Looks smart fingers , I'm thinking of some cream bits, like before but maybe a little more 'in yer face' hopefully once the new cinq is mot'd and taxed I can go to town on the imola we will see

Lee

 

[blu73]

does it still have that uber rare magnex back-box fingers? or did it get a custom wider bore exhaust in the end??

Sorry to hijack thread Lee, its my last question, i promise