Seicento Monster Cento/ECU Master Thread

[fingers99]

As would we all!

In the States you can, it seems, buy glassfibre Topolino bodies which folk put small block v8s in..........

 

[Palmerino]

I actually have a full spare Abarth body kit in silver and boxes full of Cinq spares (including a manifold and a turbo), however if I do another small Fiat it would have to be something like this:

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I'd like to do a project that is actually worth more than when I started for a change... lol

An 850?
That's a bit random is it not?

 

[Honeymonster]

An 850?
That's a bit random is it not?

Not really that random just an earlier example of one of Fiats many great small cars. It's insanely cool looking and a classic to boot. Most importantly it's an investment rather than just a cool toy.

 

[blu73]

surely its just so cool looking should be reason enough! but yeah i agree, would be nice to own a car that gets worth more the longer you keep it, or at least not lose value.. That would be so novel!

 

[fingers99]

Integrale?

But the cheap ones are an aweful lot of work.

 

[Honeymonster]

No thanks, cool looking car but...

My friend had an Evo 2 and although I have to admit he should of used it a bit more than he did, that car was a permanent headache. Constant rust, electrical problems, pipes blowing off the turbo, doors and windows seizing up etc. Sounds like a proper Italian car I know lol. Also (this will some cringe) I scrapped a non Evo HF turbo when they wern't valuable some years back because it needed a turbo (I wanted the leather interior).
The car was fairly clean until we started cutting up, then we discovered it was like a reversed Dime bar, chewy on the outside but crusty in the middle. Man rust protection sucked in this era, you really have to be keen to own something like this. I like little Fiats anyway, easy to manage, simple to work on, cool looking and things like the 850 are as rare as a good mortgage deal during a recession. :devil:

Little Fiats FTW :slayer:.

 

[trogdor]

Yes little fiats are the best! Would love a proper 500 but they are so expensive!

An 850 would be even better but have never seen one in real life.

I was looking at old fiats on account of this page and there are more Ferrari s for sale on carandclassic than fiats :-(

 

[fingers99]

A lot of the nicer Italian cars of that era went to Japan -- lots of 101 Alfas, 500s, 600s, etc.

 

[centoproject]

there's a Integrale near me looks in ok condition will get a picture of it next time im out and about i assume its being used daily as it is on the main road just were the gritter goes past

 

[fingers99]

They're still one of the fastest point to point weapons out there. Not a car for the timorous. But the Audis of the same period are said to be at least as problematic to rebuild.

The Boss!

 

[Honeymonster]

They're still one of the fastest point to point weapons out there. Not a car for the timorous. But the Audis of the same period are said to be at least as problematic to rebuild.

The Boss!

By todays standards they are pretty damn slow, at least in standard spec. As with most turbo charged cars plenty more available. As I understand it the engine is very tunable. The one I mentioned before was supposed to have gained a tremendous amount of power just through some basic modifications and a remap. It was quick, but didn't feel mind blowing by any means.

The boss, hmm not in my opinion plenty of cars I'd rather have, much prettier and quicker ones too. They are fairly rare/exclusive though and you can't deny their muscley look.

I'd rather have a classic Alfa or something pre that era. Most cars of that generation are damn ugly.

 

[fingers99]

The Boss not for looks (I'd prefer a Giulietta) but for an utterly overwhelming competition history. But still a cute car. I like the Maser Ghibli which -- stylistically, at least -- is from the same era.

On a dry, straight, road lots of stuff will leave the 'grale for dead. On something like the Futa, or Snake, introduce a bit of rain, and it'll be a somewhat different story.

Fulvias are cheaper than they should be, and have lots of snap, crackle and pop.

 

[Honeymonster]

Fulvia

65 Sprint

Fiat 131

and...

BMW 2002 would all look nice on my drive.


But.. I'd still have some small Fiats.

 

[fingers99]

And why not.

The 2002s are cute -- if you could sort out the "I'm going to kill you, now" handling (needs saner engine management and suspension revision) -- they'd be fun.

 

[Brooky]

Renault 8 or a110 for me, rally spec obviously

 

[fingers99]

Renault 11 in tarmac rally spec?

 

[Honeymonster]

Renault 8 or a110 for me, rally spec obviously

Both fine choices.

Please don't forget the 5 turbo 2 a car of much awesomeness, but no where near as pretty.

 

[blu73]

this has become a name random cool old car thread lol.. I'll take a lotus cortina please

 

[Honeymonster]

this has become a name random cool old car thread lol.. I'll take a lotus cortina please

Another car of much coolness :




I'm a real fan of the American style batmobile back end on it.

As for going off topic, as Woj always reminds me it's what I do best. :devil:

All the aluminium pipes have arrived from Ash today. Nothing left to buy just things left to fit.

 

[blu73]

i know a guy with a rally cortina and a track cortina (amongst other things), i hate him really haha