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Fiat 126 Chat => Your Restorations => Topic started by: robinoz on April 30, 2011, 11:37:37 PM
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hi this is my project and the story of my 126 bush basher /off road buggy i bought this car after a search for something for the kids to drive about and wreck i spotted it under a varahnda in tambarine mountain queensland and thought great this is ideal small enough for the kids so i knocked on the door asked the lady if it was for sale it was but hadnt ran in 10 years and she had a spare 1 aswell for spares that was crash damaged she told me it was her ex husbands and 1 day it went bang and stoped working so for $300 i got the 2 got it home all the parts were there so i put the head on fresh fuel and it worked very rough as parts of the piston rings were missing and i know now tappets timming distributor wernt set right but i got it going any after driving for a few minites it back fired and stoped working like it done 10 years ago but i got it going again and turned the engine off to end on a good note , i was pleased about as the most id ever done to a car was change a spark plug when i was 17,
the problem was while i drove around the garden and tinkerd with the engine i fell in love with it thought this is cool would love to drive it on the road its too good to chop up as the only bit of rust is the size of my thumb nail so my resto begins like i said the most i ever done was change a spark plug so every thing ive done to the car has been self tought and alot of reading on this site
25000 km on the clock
new gear box at 17000 km
enginge rebuilt 17000 km
engine rebuilt properly 18000km thats what it says in the handbook
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gearbox compleatly striped and checked cleaned and sprayed
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engine striped cleaned checked and new pistons, barrels, rings gaskets timming chain and anything else it needed while i was waiting for parts i also polished head and other parts inside engine to get them smoth havnt bothered painting engine yet ill wait till its in and running good then ill strip it out and do it
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time to start the body work i decided i liked the look with no bumpers
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body work
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body work
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time for some filler primer
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nore primer
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then alot of sanding as its all in the preperation
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now for a splash of color something suttle i thought so i blend in with the crowd
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paint paint paint
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bits and pieces start going in every thing cleaned or if it didnt come up as good as new it was renewed
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bits go in
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eyes light up on skull gear stick its cool
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glass goes in
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a few more bits go on
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eventually got a battery for it and after sorting out the wiring on the coil with alot of brill help and color coded pics from this site turn the key doesnt start turn the distributor a bit turn the key again and with a royal wedding on the tv in the back ground she fires up i was well chuffed
so thats all the pics i got for now waiting for some parts from poland including a master cylender as this 1 has a slight leak so ill put a new 1 on . also saving for some matt black alloys 14" 5.5jj with 155/5514
will get some more pics on as i get some more done
please let me know your views good or bad as everyone has there own taste i dont offend easily
do bare in mind this was going to be chopped up for the kids and this is the first project car wise ive done
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Looking great! I wish mine was that straight to start with. I particularly like the green (is that a Kawasaki shade?), would be my second favourite colour after orange on one of these. I think the black rims will work well with this colour.
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It's close to Kawasaki but I wanted a shade no one else has orange was my second choice all the black is in matt black so should look good once wheels r on and after it's registered I'll get the windows tinted
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Looks great, lot of work done that's for sure :thumbup The green you used looks like the green i used on the inside of my panels (grass green or green 600 as on the tin ;D). Now it just needs a gold coloured racing stripe...
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WoW!!! That's a helluva lot of work even the underside looks new :o Its a credit to you Rob!!!
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Cheers yeah alot of work been doing it on and of for a year now even moved it from Brisbane to Melbourne really enjoyed it
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Cool. Nice story as well, love conquers wanton destruction :D
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Hi thanks for that I'm pleases with it should be getting roadworthy done in next 2weeks then get engine tuned as I carnt get it right I have now moved back to Brisbane from Melbourne so hopefully have the car out and about soon More pics on facebook robsfiatnikipyle cheers
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Great work on that car, I was feeling sad when I started reading the article about chopping it up, but got a smile on my face when you stated you fell in love with it. Will add you on facebook.
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car now has roadworthy and is ready for rego carnt wait to get it on the open road :P :P :P
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Is that yours up for sale?
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it was but not now as my other car has packed up so going to use the niki
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I love the story of your car since you had it, good to know it is staying with you.