500 (Classic) Newbie from Kent

[stueeee]

Hi to all. Brand new on here. I seem to have been awarded the job of maintaining/improving my girlfriend's 1967 Giardinera, so joining this interesting forum seemed like a really good idea.

Sue imported her Giardinera from Italy to the UK, it's been on the road here for a few years now, and at the moment just needs a few small jobs done for this year's MOT.

Later on, I would like to increase the power output of the car a bit so that it can better keep up with modern traffic.

Thanks, Stuart.

 

[kanewilsonjr]

Welcome on Board & You can't go wrong fetching here for knowledge Good Luck.

 

[the hobbler]

Welcome to the Forum Stueeee----if you look at my comments on 'just in my Fiat 500 Giardiniera 1963' you will see my suggestions regarding the 'enhancing' of the Giardy performance.

 

[AndrewHarvey]

Hi Stuart
Where are you based?
I'm in Canterbury and drive into east London five days a week so I must pass you
It would be fun to see your project
Mine has a thread called Canterbury 695 - I just had a full on engine built in Brands Hatch
Regards
Andrew

 

[stevehg]

Welcome on board, they are pretty simple to look after so you should be able to keep the girlfriend happy

cheers, Steve

 

[stueeee]

Hi Stuart
Where are you based?
I'm in Canterbury and drive into east London five days a week so I must pass you
It would be fun to see your project
Mine has a thread called Canterbury 695 - I just had a full on engine built in Brands Hatch
Regards
Andrew

Hi Andrew,
I'm based at Longfield, which is pretty much between Dartford and Sevenoaks. Had a read of your Canterbury 695 thread, very interesting, lots of great work done right there.

It has to be a worry about engineering capability in this country nowadays, with the trouble you had finding a company that was happy to bore your crankcase to a ± 0.1mm tolerance. I think I'll be doing mine at home.