Hi all , I am new here , but not new to Fiats at all.
In the 80's I used to race a 128 for a few years , and have owned a couple of 124 sports (AC 1400 and a BC 1600) , a few 125 specials , and perhaps seven or more 128's over the decades. I keep coming back to them for their simplicity and reliability.
I am semi retired now , but my work was race car engineering supplemented by rust 'restoration' work. Thats 'restoration' , not patching over with plastic filler.
Now a gray-blue '83 Uno has fallen into my lap.
It was owned by an 87 year old guy who bought it new , drove it for a few years and then garaged it. It has never been in an accident , has no rust at all , and has 42,000kms. Thats 42,000 , not 142,000 or 242,000 :-D
Unfortunately it has the 903 engine, hardly a speed machine. Not that I would really know as I haven't even driven it myself. It is just sitting in my car garage . I do sometime go and sit in it.. In the seats that have no wear on them.
Ahh ,, maybe I need to make up a 200hp turbo engine and waken the beast within.
Regards gW
PS , I was making fast turbo 4's back in the old days when people didn't think it was even possible.
In the 80's I used to race a 128 for a few years , and have owned a couple of 124 sports (AC 1400 and a BC 1600) , a few 125 specials , and perhaps seven or more 128's over the decades. I keep coming back to them for their simplicity and reliability.
I am semi retired now , but my work was race car engineering supplemented by rust 'restoration' work. Thats 'restoration' , not patching over with plastic filler.
Now a gray-blue '83 Uno has fallen into my lap.
It was owned by an 87 year old guy who bought it new , drove it for a few years and then garaged it. It has never been in an accident , has no rust at all , and has 42,000kms. Thats 42,000 , not 142,000 or 242,000 :-D
Unfortunately it has the 903 engine, hardly a speed machine. Not that I would really know as I haven't even driven it myself. It is just sitting in my car garage . I do sometime go and sit in it.. In the seats that have no wear on them.
Ahh ,, maybe I need to make up a 200hp turbo engine and waken the beast within.
Regards gW
PS , I was making fast turbo 4's back in the old days when people didn't think it was even possible.