duncanmartin
Club Retro Rides Member
Out of retro ownership
Posts: 1,320
Club RR Member Number: 70
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2002 Fiat Mutlipladuncanmartin
@duncanmartin
Club Retro Rides Member 70
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Sept 24, 2013 20:05:48 GMT
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Seriously good work on a car that is already very cool. A large amount of cheap carbon vinyl showed up at my house today. All I need is some spare time and I'll have a carbon bonneted Multipla! What else shall I wrap (door mirrors would be cool, but quite tricky)?
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Sept 24, 2013 20:24:34 GMT
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Nice beav3r.
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EmDee
Club Retro Rides Member
Committer of Autrocities.
Posts: 5,920
Club RR Member Number: 108
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2002 Fiat MutliplaEmDee
@emdee
Club Retro Rides Member 108
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Sept 25, 2013 13:47:12 GMT
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That is a dam* fine beaver chariot.
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Sept 25, 2013 19:57:56 GMT
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biever lols
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,893
Club RR Member Number: 71
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2002 Fiat Mutliplabstardchild
@bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member 71
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Sept 27, 2013 19:11:30 GMT
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Coming together nicely. Also, glad you opted for a play on BIVA and not altered-monocoque for your pics... I finally get the Beaver significance thanks
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Sept 28, 2013 11:40:32 GMT
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Didn't realise this was in leeds. Saw it on a drive on way home from asda
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Sept 28, 2013 16:55:16 GMT
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Coming together nicely. Also, glad you opted for a play on BIVA and not altered-monocoque for your pics... I finally get the Beaver significance thanks ian go stand in the corner
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,840
Club RR Member Number: 174
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2002 Fiat Mutliplastealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
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Sept 28, 2013 17:13:09 GMT
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Hopefully it'll be off the drive and hooning in the next couple of hours.
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bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,893
Club RR Member Number: 71
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2002 Fiat Mutliplabstardchild
@bstardchild
Club Retro Rides Member 71
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Sept 28, 2013 18:41:42 GMT
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I finally get the Beaver significance thanks ian go stand in the corner i am, honestly I am..... And I was getting browned of with threads wrecked by ivor and beaver posts so I'm going to adopt a similar approach very soon
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Sept 28, 2013 20:40:42 GMT
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norfolk n beaver?
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,840
Club RR Member Number: 174
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2002 Fiat Mutliplastealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
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Sept 29, 2013 8:56:07 GMT
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By chance a guy phoned up who wanted me to fit an intercooler to his blue Multipla. This is his car just after its maiden voyage. Got a few teething issues but not too bad. Will have to sort them out before he picks it up.
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Sept 29, 2013 9:18:42 GMT
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All the pics have died
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,840
Club RR Member Number: 174
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2002 Fiat Mutliplastealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
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So where were we - oh yeah the maiden voyage. This was only partially successful. Engine seemed to run OK, gearbox seemed fine, but the charge light was flickering and it was registering faults faster than I could remember them. Tested the battery with the engine running, varying between 9v and 17v. That'd be the alternator knackered then. I googled how to change it and read a load of horror stories about dropping subframes, moving driveshafts etc. Anyway I dropped the exhaust off of the downpipe, undid the connections and bolts and it came straight out of the gap between the rear engine mount and subframe. Took about 20 minutes. Luckily my dad was on nights so he picked me up and we went to the shop of a guy he used to work with who does recon alternators/starter motors. He sorted me out with a reconditioned alternator and new clutched pulley. He's not particularly cheap, was £120 for that, but I know he does a great job and they're a lot better quality than the cheap curse word coming through the bigger autofactors. Took about 40 minutes to get it back on. Took it for a test drive, did about 300yds, heard a bang and a load of flapping so shut the motor down. Popped the bonnet and the brand new crank pulley i'd fitted had fallen to pieces, wiping the aux belt out in the process. Obviously kicked off at the parts shop, and got a new crank pulley, tensioner and aux belt. This all seems to be fine. Finished engine bay - the airfilter setup is curse word. Going to be changing that soon. Added a more fitting badge. Went and had the tracking done as I fitted 2 new track rod ends whilst it was apart. Went to ASDA And finally today I bolted the traveller chopped bumper on. Gonna spend time getting my spare bumper right. And that's the major work done for now. Gonna run round it in for a couple of weeks to make sure it's reliable then take it to my mates place and get a decent remap on it. Then it'll be put back into winter mode ready for (hopefully) some more fun in the snow.
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All this work has taken it from being noticeable to being decidedly incongruous. Brilliant stuff.
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Just a shame it's got to go back to your mate once it's sorted, really.
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,840
Club RR Member Number: 174
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2002 Fiat Mutliplastealthstylz
@stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member 174
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Ah yes that, keep forgetting that I need to drop it back to him. Need to put the real number plates on it too rather than the show number that's on it in the photos. Wish my middle names weren't Zanzibar Gary Frederick, always got bullied for those.
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morrisoxide
Part of things
It's just a question of style
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I wish I had a custom no plate like that. Nice work Zanzibar
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