fulvia owners?

tyney

Anybody on here own or owned a fulvia, are there many left on the roads here?

overdriver

You in the market, mate?

tyney

I'd have a look at one. it would have to be the rustproof model they released through corgi and matchbox dealers

MR TR

I had one a while back. Soul Destroying body work.
Engine and running gear Great, but Omicron in England who specialize in them are Rip off Mercheants.
I learnt to Weld on one. Nothing is cheao fro them

tyney

what happened it. Did you sell it on or did the bodywork give up between the welds

overdriver

Mate of mine just bought one, but he hates it. Or rather, his missus does. Its spotless. I could enquire for you?

tyney

I'm looking for something rough that I wouldn't mind breaking, or that I could practise my bodywork on. His missus is quite fond of that car, but is unsure how to feel about the attention being lavished on it.

overdriver

I have a bag oif used brillo pads you could try welding together to make a floor pan or soemthing? Same texture.

ds20prefecture

I'd have one in the morning. Thinking man's Alfa, with a better engine.

tyney

ds20prefecture wrote:

I'd have one in the morning. Thinking man's Alfa, with a better engine.

surely you are not suggesting that alfa owners are incapable of thinking.

overdriver

Oooooo, don't! You'll get a ban for that!

Unless you're an out and out obvious troll. That, seemimgly, is ok.


There was one needing tidying on eBay last night. I'll send you on a link

MR TR

overdriver wrote:

Oooooo, don't! You'll get a ban for that!

Unless you're an out and out obvious troll. That, seemimgly, is ok.


There was one needing tidying on eBay last night. I'll send you on a link

If it is teh Lancia Blue one. It needs more than tidying. The trouble with Fulvias are once you buy a new panel you'll have to find some good metal to weld them to. You'll be along time looking. If only they made in Fibreglass with a spyder chassis like the Elan. Nows theres a car I'd buy tomorrow if I wasn't overwhelmed by TR's.

ds20prefecture

tyney wrote:

surely you are not suggesting that alfa owners are incapable of thinking.

God no! I love Alfas, and was an Alfa owner. Alfas are a thinking man's BMW.

What I mean is that the Fulvia is a much less obvious choice for an Italian coupe than, say, the Giulia or the Sprint. All are gorgeous, all sound wonderful, all dissolve like disprin in the rain. But of the 3 I'd have the Fulvia. That SOHC V4 can trace it's lineage back to 1924, you know.

twebber

not too many fulvias left.Have a '69 alfa gtv but needs restoration

Anan1

My first car was a Fulvia S1, a 1.3 sport Zagato. They're fantastic cars, build quality was streets ahead of Alfa at the time. Mine was one of the very last before the FIAT takeover, following which the cars were progressively cheapened. There is a story that Rolls Royce bought a Lancia Appia, stripped it down and concluded that, were they to build their own cars to that standard, they would be bankrupt within a few years. Which is, unfortunately, what happened to Lancia.

RobAMerc

My first ( and almost last ) classic.
Years ahead of its time, all round disc breaks, dohc, 16v , V4, single block, and the cool dogleg first gear, and a proper sports car, with a rallying pedigree any modern sports car would be proud of.
Problem I found with mine was I couldn't find a mechanic in Ireland able to tune it, fix it, or do anything except run away from it bitching about it. ( it wasn't a ford so they were lost ).
Anyway my next classic is german cruiser.

There is a guy in Galway ( I think he works in UCG I think ) who uses it as a daily driver.

tyney

i'm looking for advice on the tuning. wondering if you can achieve any success with vac gauges, or is it a black art. have managed to get it to run fairly well, but it's reluctant to start. wondering whether it's worthwhile installing an electronic fuel pump with a relay and solenoid to cut it out once the mechanical pump takes over. it feels like it is taking a few seconds for the pump to prime the system. It always starts, but you have to coax it into life.

Blue850

tyney wrote:

i'm looking for advice on the tuning. wondering if you can achieve any success with vac gauges, or is it a black art. have managed to get it to run fairly well, but it's reluctant to start. wondering whether it's worthwhile installing an electronic fuel pump with a relay and solenoid to cut it out once the mechanical pump takes over. it feels like it is taking a few seconds for the pump to prime the system. It always starts, but you have to coax it into life.

HMMM.... Fiddle with Italian Electrics or buy a big diesel battery and let it spin over until it starts;)

Alfasudcrazy

MR TR wrote:

If only they made in Fibreglass with a spyder chassis like the Elan. Nows theres a car I'd buy tomorrow if I wasn't overwhelmed by TR's.

Hi Mr TR - what TR's do you have - mine is a 1975 TR6 - original UK PI model.

I love the fulvia too but if I had to have a Lancia it would be the Beta Coupe. Too many classics at the min though to permit that happening. :rolleyes:

RobAMerc

Theres a chap about that used to be the top lad in the Lancia owners club in Ireland, ( He now has a w114 too ), but he is the guy to ask if you can track him down, I believe he is one of the few guys here who can tune a Lancia. Most other Irish mechanics can.t do them as hitting it with the hammer doesn't work.:)

alfarocks

You could try TI Auto's in Dublin, he specialises in Italians (mostly Alfa's) but he did have a Fulvia in the workshop last time I was there.

Richersounds.ie: John

I still have my 1st ever car - a 1974 Fulvia s2 - 5900 ZE, I have it almost 30 years now - but it has not been driven much for the last 15 years - it's still in pretty fine fettle - does anyone know of a mechanic in Ireland who could recommission for the road (in case we ever get a summer?) Thanks, Guys/Gals

Itsfixed

ds20prefecture wrote: »

God no! I love Alfas, and was an Alfa owner. Alfas are a thinking man's BMW.

Eh, I hope you're not suggesting that BMW owners (classic ones anyway) are incapable of thinking.

MercMad

RobAMerc wrote: »

Theres a chap about that used to be the top lad in the Lancia owners club in Ireland, ( He now has a w114 too ), but he is the guy to ask if you can track him down, I believe he is one of the few guys here who can tune a Lancia. Most other Irish mechanics can.t do them as hitting it with the hammer doesn't work.:)

........I think I know that chap, I'll ask next time I see him !