fulvia project

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[fay66]

Thank you James,

Brian
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a little more done, instruments out and ready for rebuild, faces and glasses have yellowed with age, i have new ones to fit however i'm only going to fit the faces to keep the origional milage, door speakers are fitted made by alpine and available from your local halfords ,  fit perfect without any mods to the doors, headlining cleaned with cif (jif) works a treat, peadals repainted and new rubbers fitted, dash wood has been renovated and gear knob, origional radio re installed , heater cables freed off and new heater valve fitted, columb stalks removed - re painted and re fitted, heater fan removed and repaired and again refitted,swapped the shocks from spax to koni,  hoping to get dash finished and screen in over the weekend seats in etc however the fuse box needs a little attension 1st as its badly tarnished with damp and age , i've also had major problems trying to get number plates made , i've just ordered my 3rd set now lets hope this firm gets it right!!

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headlining pics are halfway through cleaning but you can see how bad it was, i will take more pics of it over wk end so you can see how well its come up

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top plate is my origional one, other 2 are .................hmmmmmm..........cockups!!! 

[DavidLaver]

Well you've a selection of number plates to entertain the local speedcamera software 

I saw a pair of Fulvias at Brands today - and had forgotten just how distinctive and attractive those late series dials are.

Out of interest what treatment did the wooden dash get?

David

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the dash i happened to find in my collection of stuff happened to be solid wood not the usual plywood or plastic  i think its one that someone has made but its a damn good job, not quite right but good enough, if you look at the photo's i'll atatch you can see the cut out around the radio clock and heaters has square ends not curved but thats all thats wrong as such , imho i think it looks far better because of the colour of the wood hense why i used it, i handed it over and the gear knob to owens father (he loves wood I HATE IT!!) he's sanded them both down and used bee's wax on the pair with fantastic results.
Have you ever had ONE OF THOSE DAYS  well i've had 2!!! almost every job i've done has been 1 step forward 3 back, example: fitted the radio only to find i couldnt get the wood panel on with it in situe, removed radio and refitted when wood was finally in place (thats another story!) then found that i couldn't fit the dash top with it fitted either  , all in all for various reasons the radio alone came out 5 times!! the center console ahhhhhhhhhh just went to fit the last nut and found the captive bolt had been sheared off , take it all off again, and change for another, this kind of thing has gone on all weekend,
basically this weekend i've replaced and rewired all the fuse box new connecters etc, rebuilt all the dash and instruments, fitted the radio and wired up , wired up electric ariel, fitted the windscreen and heater ducting, got everything electrical working propperly (lamps heater fan etc) main culperit being the fuse box , front seats are cleaned and almost ready for fitting, i just want to paint the frames first, anyway progress has been made even though the car looks virtually the same

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busy as usual, got a fair amount of the fiddly jobs out of the way, doors built, modified some period speaker grills to fit, interior virtually finished, carbs now removed and a rebuilt set awaiting fitement, numberplates are now on, sill trims fitted, problem is i've forgotten half the jobs i've done 

[HF_Dave]

Great to see the car coming together, I am 5 years into the re-build of my coupe, nearly there, fitted a new head cloth at the weekend, have the seats stripped and re-painted the frames still lots to do, your pics are encouraging.

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Great to see the car coming together, I am 5 years into the re-build of my coupe, nearly there, fitted a new head cloth at the weekend, have the seats stripped and re-painted the frames still lots to do, your pics are encouraging.

the forum is pretty encouraging in general, thanks for your comments any chance of some pics?? a little more progress to see

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finished all bar setting the carbs up and mot, put it back home with the others for the winter 

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[Betaboy2.0]

Fabulous!

What a truely cracking car. It isn't too often that I am really, really envious ............... but to me that is the best colour / trim combination for Fulvia 3, and Fulvia 3 is my personal favourite Fulvia. I look forward to being able to admire it in the metal.

I take it you are very proud of it now??

Andy

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Fabulous!

What a truely cracking car. It isn't too often that I am really, really envious ............... but to me that is the best colour / trim combination for Fulvia 3, and Fulvia 3 is my personal favourite Fulvia. I look forward to being able to admire it in the metal.

I take it you are very proud of it now??

Andy

Andy thanks for the compliments, its a funny colour really, bit like marmite you love it or hate it, at 1st i wasnt a fan however after repainting etc its really grown on me, my last fulvia was portifino blue with cream interior and i have to admit i really miss that car!!!, this one isnt perfect but its pretty good , there's always something that could be improved on every project , yes i am proud, i love fulvias in general i think they're all fantastic cars, my mum's having the keys to this one as she's a huge aprilia / fulvia fan, i think she drove my last 1 more than me, hopefully it'll be at next yrs AGM along with "thing" thanks again james