Flight of the Fulvia

[crackfox]

Fantastic. Will try and head over and join you chaps. Justin has been extremely helpful with a few spares (part from mocking my pins 😉) and you fellow Fulvia owners all appear to top blokes.

[crackfox]

Always planned for a less refined and more raw look with the Fulvia so carpets may be put in at a later day if I think necessary for comfort etc. Nav footplate brackets made and welded in and now bolted up. Will be back out again of course. Will need to cut away slightly at the tunnel trim but that’s fine. It will be tidy but also pretty hidden back there.

Also baking my high temp paint on the cleaned up manifold in the oven of course before we do dinner. 😬

[crackfox]

I’ve been putting off this welding for a bit but that’s almost a wrap with burning myself for a while except for the subframe outrigger arms.

Window surround and very, very thin looking B-post replaced. It seems the trim is the cause of a lot of the rot with the poor Fulvia. A ridiculous amount of rubber and chrome for a little rear window.

[crackfox]

5 hours of scrubbing! removed and painted any bracketry that was tired and in need of a refresh also. 

[jimbodancer]

Jul 2, 2020 19:24:26 GMT fulvia1436 said:

Jul 2, 2020 19:11:10 GMT crackfox said:

5 second google search and here’s another. Maybe all the cool kids have them. Maybe not.

err... I haven't!
There's no reason to fear the bootlid opening unexpectedly. I reckon they're probably fitted by nerdy people with a huge number of spotlights weighing the front down! 😁

err 😁

[fulvia1436]

Jul 9, 2020 18:28:36 GMT jimbodancer said:

Jul 2, 2020 19:24:26 GMT fulvia1436 said:

err... I haven't!
There's no reason to fear the bootlid opening unexpectedly. I reckon they're probably fitted by nerdy people with a huge number of spotlights weighing the front down! 😁

err 😁

Err, indeed!
They were NEVER that shiny, either!
LOL

[jimbodancer]

😜😂

[crackfox]

Jul 9, 2020 18:28:36 GMT jimbodancer said:

Jul 2, 2020 19:24:26 GMT fulvia1436 said:

err... I haven't!
There's no reason to fear the bootlid opening unexpectedly. I reckon they're probably fitted by nerdy people with a huge number of spotlights weighing the front down! 😁

err 😁

Ooooh now you’ve bought out the big guns. A classy little number for sure. Very nice. Cool little pins also. If you’re into that sort of thing. 😊

[jimbodancer]

😁 big guns big lights 😂

[crackfox]

Stunning. I do absolutely adore a Rosso red Fulvia. I really do. Lovely.

[crackfox]

More trim hiding rot woes. There was very little of this A pillar hidden underneath the trim. What I find worse is that someone has put that trim back in the past fully aware of what lurked behind.

Front screen is coming out next so I’ll see how the scuttle is looking. I’m guessing I’ll have some work but then I really have covered all bases.

[fulvia1436]

Not ever seen a repair that bad at that point. They DO rot up there, and you'll be very lucky if the screen aperture is whole, I'm afraid. Take very careful diagonal measurements when the glass is out.
Be careful doing that, too: sit in the car, on the handbrake lever, and push with your feet. But first, run a screwdriver around the rubber to free it from the headlining etc, and use washing up liquid to help it out. The screens are expensive, so make sure someone is ready to catch it!!

[crackfox]

Thanks Justin. Yes it was a bit of a shock seeing the level of rot / lack of metal in that corner.

Yes I fully expect to see the window aperture throw up a few humdingers so will be very careful when repairing that area.

I’ve already released the rubber on the outside. Need to do the same on the inside. Was going to get someone to push the screen out with me if I can but will most likely be just me as per usual.

I have a habit of breaking screens when pushing them out so wish me luck. 😬

[goldnrust]

If the underside of your A pillar there is that bad.... I suspect you might find some grot on the front side when you remove the screen. Mine was so badly rotten that I could see right through the A pillar!



The Fulvia screen wasn't too bad I thought. I used some thick wire which I worked between the rubber seal and the car on the inside and then I was able to push it out from the inside without that much force.

[biturbo228]

Oof those are some very crusty bits! But you're doing a great job making your way through them.

[crackfox]

Jul 10, 2020 22:24:12 GMT goldnrust said:

If the underside of your A pillar there is that bad.... I suspect you might find some grot on the front side when you remove the screen. Mine was so badly rotten that I could see right through the A pillar!



The Fulvia screen wasn't too bad I thought. I used some thick wire which I worked between the rubber seal and the car on the inside and then I was able to push it out from the inside without that much force.

Oooooh yes that is rather tasty that. I expect to see ‘a bit’ of grub here for sure. Will get the screen out next week and have a good scratch under the surface.
I think I can almost remember you doing this.

[crackfox]

Shocked and bewildered after removing my windscreen (no breakages) and discovering after a good wire wheeling and dig around that I have only two 5/8mm in diameter patches of rust that I could weld up absolutely drama free with the old copper spoon as back-up if necessary. Fantastic. The screen and front side of pillars are in really good condition. Amazed. She’s a good old girl really.

[biturbo228]

Isn't it a great feeling when something is less rusty than you'd expected!

Rare, but great

[fulvia1436]

Good news, Chris.
I'll get on with the arb job, this week
Rgds
J.

[crackfox]

You’re a star Justin. Yes relieved not to put in huge amounts of welding around the window frame. I had feared so much more. Any more movement on your awesome Fulvia build?