Hey cool , nice looking garage , I see you have the car on high heels .
1972 Sport Spider Drive Train: 1608 Engine 32/36 DFEV Weber Carb Reman 5 speed Trans (International Auto Parts) Work to Date (Mechanical): Fluid flush Tune up Installed new battery bracket (Southwest Speed) Set of Kumho Power Star 175/70/13 Retimed cams Replaced all head seals and gaskets (Auto Ricambi) Added wideband O2 sensor for easier carb tuning New coolant overflow bottle and bracket Repaired convertible top attach points to bows Repaired brake MC, flushed brakes Replaceed Radiator (Allison Automotive) Replaced Radiator Fan Work to Date (Electrical): New battery Rewired battery cables Rewired the fuse block to modern ATO Repaired wiring to all gauges / sensors Cleaned all electrical contacts Replaced bad connectors Work to Date (Cosmetic): Dyed carpet black Painted engine bay De-bumperette’d the bumpers Reattached bumpers Blacked out front grille Added ‘FIAT’ grille badge Painted engine head while disassembled for gasket repair Painted tail light housings (Krylon chrome paint) Painted tail light lens covers (Krylon stained glass paint) Painted windshield wipers aluminum (Duplicolor aluminum paint) Painted mini-turbo sideview mirrors (Duplicolor truck bed liner) Removed exhaust and ceramic coated (Duplicolor header paint) Removed old stereo Truck bedliner’d dash Steering wheel leather wrapped Dyed old sun visors, reattached Refurbished old cracked dash Made new wood panels for dash Refurbished old radio console Refurbished old lower console Added ‘FIAT’ trunk lid badge Added ‘FIAT 124’ rear badge Added ‘1600 SPORT’ badge Sourced good original vinyl seats, cleaned, repaired, and redyed and installed Work to Date (Body): Cut out rust on both inner door skins and welded & painted skins Welded leaking exhaust Cut out rust on driver’s side floor and seat cross member and seat bracket, fabricated and welded in new ones Added muffler to the exhaust Work to Complete: Install new stereo
Couldn’t stand how loud the car was with only a catalytic converter and the original …
Picked up this set from a fellow GRMer, did some refurb on the powder coating …
After welding in that seat mount to the newly installed floor section and cross-member, I …
Fabbed up the cross member piece I cut out with the floor. Again, used the …
Finally fired up the welder and repaired the rust in the doors. Both doors were …
Instead of spending real $$$ to redo the interior I just got old spare/trash/leftover interior …
While I had the head off to fix a leaking head-gasket, I got carried away …
Replaced every seal and gasket after completely disassembling the head due to a HG failure. …
Bought a old used cracked dash, sanded down the high spots, filled with Bondo, sanded …
Added a leather steering wheel cover and stitched it in place with heavy duty upholstry …
Added the front emblem, trunk emblem to come, de-bumperetted the rear bumpers, krylon stained glass …
Retimed the cams on the engine, seems to have fixed the ‘down on power’ problem …
Hey cool , nice looking garage , I see you have the car on high heels .
Sweet Spider. Those Volumex rims I see on it?
Nope, best I can tell they're old American Racing rims...
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