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ddavidv wrote:The battery...if you move it to the trunk, you have to vent it. Plus, it sucks up the nice luggage space.
not if the battery is sealed :)
luggage space? the trunk smells like gas, if you can get my wife to put her clothes in there I commend you sir!
Trunk smells like gas? Check the obvious, the in-trunk lines and hoses going to the sending unit. The other thing to check is the filler connector hose between the fill pipe and the tank. They get old and crack. Real bastards to install and you really want the tank empty for that project.
Nice car! 
I like the bumperless look too.
ddavidv wrote:Trunk smells like gas? Check the obvious, the in-trunk lines and hoses going to the sending unit. The other thing to check is the filler connector hose between the fill pipe and the tank. They get old and crack. Real bastards to install and you really want the tank empty for that project.
That tid-bit is getting written down, oh and Haynes is on it's way, $7.85 shipped, I guess between that and Artigue's guides and wiring schematics I should be good to go.
Jensenman wrote:Do not listen to this man! He drives British cars!Nice car!
ddavidv wrote:Jensenman wrote:Do not listen to this man! He drives British cars!Nice car!
HAHA, yeah at first I didn't like the bumperless look, but then after looking at the bumper with the little bumperette thingys on it vs the flat eurospec bumper I started to like it less, but when i look at the rear of the car I can't stand it, it looks like something is missing BIG TIME. Can the little bumperette thingys on the original chrome bumper be removed? I really really really like the look of:
From what I can tell that's an early model car, like 68 due to the front side marker lights, eurospec bumpers, later model small bump hood, but I can't figure out where those sideview mirrors are from, If I was going to modify my car, it would be to look like that, sans bumpity hood even though I really like em, there's something cool about the smooth hood and no emblem on it, I like it better on the grille personally. Also, those wheels, what are they? I really like those and if I were going to get another set I'd go that route methinks...
Yes, it's not a big deal to de-bumperette. The bumperettes have the stud in them that mounts the bumper, easy enough to get a stud or bolt and attach some sort of decorative head to it. It's been done quite a bit, you just need to find someone who did it and ask them how.
Those hideous mirrors look like JC Whitney generic domestic car mirrors. The oem Vitaloni chrome ones are the only way to fly, IMO.
The wheels, oddly enough, are probably something you could find. They are from an Alfa Alfetta, one of the very few cars that shares Fiat's dumbass bolt pattern (and the only Alfa model to do so, IIRC).
ddavidv wrote:Jensenman wrote:Do not listen to this man! He drives British cars!Nice car!
What are you trying to say? 
About losing the bumperettes: check the hot rod catalogs like Speedway Motors. They have chrome head bumper bolts that will fil the holes nicely.
