Decision made a while ago (and after much research) to purchase a Fulvia. I spent a few months looking at various S1 & S2 cars and finally landed on a 1968 Series 1 Rallye 1.3. It arrived today and is safely tucked up in the garage.
This is the first classic I've owned, so welcome advise on:
1. What basic replacement parts should I carry?
2. What tools should I always keep in the boot?
3. Recommendations on what grade of oil I should keep in the garage
Any other practical tips most welcome.
Much appreciated
Congratulations on your new purchase, an excellent choice, I still have happy memories of the one I owned in the late 1990's.
What to carry. Most important is breakdown cover and a mobile phone!
It also depends where you are going.
For trips in the UK a basic tool kit, did you get the Lancia tool kit with the car?
An emergency triangle and some means of warning other traffic as there are no 4 way flashers, I got hold of a couple of magnetic rotating flashing lights sometime ago from Aldi..
Make sure you have jack, handle and wheel brace.
I carry a tow rope and jump leads in the spare wheel under the wheel cover.
A couple of litres of antifreeze mix, a litre of engine oil, in my case 10w 40w, a bottle of ep90 oil. A small tin of WD 40.
For Continental tours or extended touring in the UK, the most important thing is that the car is thoroughly checked over, and serviced, but what you need to carry in spares is more extensive, and needs a separate list.
Once again breakdown cover with recovery to the UK essential.
I've been abroad a number of times in my 2c, with 2 punctures, one in Portugal, on one trip, the second on the way home from Turin in 2006, 40 miles from home on the M25 on the way back.
In 2013 on the way home from Turin I went to check the oil and water after an overnight stop, and the bonnet cable broke!
Just make sure you don't do what I did on my first trip abroad, I took everything bar the kitchen sink to make sure I was well covered, but the result was that the springs flattened out with the weight.
I also treat all the Windows and lights with rain x, and retreat as necessary, using rain x means you hardly need to use the wipers, (a real pain only having a single speed🙄) and it stops road muck clinging to the lights.
Preperation is all👍
Brian
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