Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: December 2nd, 2011, 8:11 pm
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Fiat 125s in South Africa
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Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: December 5th, 2011, 8:52 am
hi Rishal,
Making good progress here, you're not wasting time.
Good restoration, nice to follow it by pictures.
regards
Tom
Making good progress here, you're not wasting time.
Good restoration, nice to follow it by pictures.
regards
Tom
Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: December 5th, 2011, 3:45 pm
Thanks Tom,
A 1962 Fiat 1500. This was the best Fiat that my dad owned. This car was original.
Wish we never sold it.
A 1962 Fiat 1500. This was the best Fiat that my dad owned. This car was original.
Wish we never sold it.
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Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: December 5th, 2011, 10:35 pm
You may want to be a bit more careful with the paint work. Even tho you will probably polish it later, it's a waste to damage it even more now. Working on that steering rack is a lot "safer" if you'd at least put a bit of cardboard between the rack and the trunk lid. Proper would be not to use the trunk as a work bench, but I know how these things happen. I have a few cars with things stuffed on them in the workshop as well, but they have cardboard or plaids on the paintwork to protect them.
Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: December 13th, 2011, 5:34 pm
I used these cars for spares. A 124 and 125
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Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: December 13th, 2011, 5:45 pm
a pink 124 Special.
Love it!
G
Love it!
G
Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: December 27th, 2011, 11:47 pm
Hi Rishal
Good work with what looks like limited resources.
I'm 32 and even with my photographic memory I can't ever rember seeing any Fiat 124 saloons on Uk roads,they where sold here in their thousands aswell......now judging by how rotten that one is in a place like South Africa its no wonder, they must of all turned to dust within 6 months of coming off the production line!
Good work with what looks like limited resources.
I'm 32 and even with my photographic memory I can't ever rember seeing any Fiat 124 saloons on Uk roads,they where sold here in their thousands aswell......now judging by how rotten that one is in a place like South Africa its no wonder, they must of all turned to dust within 6 months of coming off the production line!
Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: January 2nd, 2012, 10:57 am
This is a 2 liter engine that was taken out of a 131 superstrada. Sump was removed so that it could be cleaned, as well as the siff. Block was then painted with high heat black. Crank and rods are stock. Cylinder head was not removed so not sure on the piston size and compression.
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Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: January 2nd, 2012, 11:04 am
Can you do something about your photo quality please? They look rather 'fuzzy'. Taken with mobile phone?
Let me know by pm if this is a problem for you please.
Thanks,
G
Let me know by pm if this is a problem for you please.
Thanks,
G
Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: January 2nd, 2012, 4:35 pm
Hi Guy, i think Rishal takes photos with traditional camera and then scans them. They look just like that and some of them have a name of "Scan..." wich is generated by scanner. I'm I right?
Otherwise nice project!
Otherwise nice project!
Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: January 2nd, 2012, 6:27 pm
Yes, traditional camera and then scanned. Mobile phone as well. Sorry for the bad quality pictures. At that time I did not know about this forum so image quality never crossed my mind. I still have more pictures to post so please forgive me for quality, but the good news is that I now own a digital camera.
Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: February 5th, 2012, 2:51 pm
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Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 2:58 pm
Weber 34 ADF
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Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: February 29th, 2012, 4:18 pm
you are getting there!!
G
G
Re: Fiat 125s in South Africa
Posted: March 1st, 2012, 11:47 am
Well done Rishal.
Doing well with the limited resources.
I know how that is. I see some cheap tools on your bench the same as I bought here one time. Unfortunately they didn't last long. The screwdriver heads you have in the red rubber thing is the same as I have (had).
I used it on some tight screws and the bits actually twisted and broke before the screw even moved!
Do you have a torque wrench?
Regards
Chris
Doing well with the limited resources.
I know how that is. I see some cheap tools on your bench the same as I bought here one time. Unfortunately they didn't last long. The screwdriver heads you have in the red rubber thing is the same as I have (had).
I used it on some tight screws and the bits actually twisted and broke before the screw even moved!
Do you have a torque wrench?
Regards
Chris