lancia fulvia

kev1.3s

as many of you here I am currently trying to rebuild a series 1 fulvia the car is an original irish car witch has been off the road for as I know about 30 odd years of it's 42 years here. I picked the car up about 2008 in a very poor state and have been slowly admittedly pieceing it back togeather, but for anybody who may be interested I was given some pic's on Thursday night of the car from a previous owner from when he bought it as a project back in 1993 !! Needless to say I was pretty delighted with them as am very keen on tracking it's history. Sorry for the poor quality but here they are.

kev1.3s

Not too pretty I know but here's how I bought her!

puzzle factory

whats it like now?

kev1.3s

Sorry for multiple posts but here she is at the moment but she is going to be finally painted this month, fingers crossed.
I have too stress that I didn't buy it out of a field thats where I put it whilst I cleared the shed!

Anan1

Every time I see a Fulvia coupé S1 i'm struck again by the elegance and lightness of the design.

Dades

I've never been in one but I'd say the visibility is fantastic.

Liking them more and more these days.

kev1.3s

a little update on this.



bodywork is coming on a little slower than expected but I've finally got some colour!

kev1.3s

Latest pics from the bodyshop today

kev1.3s

And another

Tzar Chasm

cool, were there any mechanical parts motor/gearbox/steering.....

kev1.3s

Yep all prepared and almost ready to go in with a rebuilt front subframe and new suspension

Tzar Chasm

is it the 1300 V4?

kev1.3s

Tzar Chasm wrote: »

is it the 1300 V4?

yeah didn't have to do much with it as it was "rebuilt" by the previous owner so we'll see how it runs.

bbsrs

kev1.3s wrote: »

And another

You don't know if that car was registered to an owner in county limerick about 30 years ago do you ? My neighbour used to own one in that colour about 30 years ago.

galwaytt

...that's class......jeez what a rescue !

Lovely cars.

Bigus

kev1.3s wrote: »

Not too pretty I know but here's how I bought her!

Nice field

kev1.3s

bbsrs wrote: »

You don't know if that car was registered to an owner in county limerick about 30 years ago do you ? My neighbour used to own one in that colour about 30 years ago.

No Dublin car all its life according to the log book and one of only two surviving series 1 Irish cars, although I've heard of one in a poor state somewhere in new Ross aswel so maybe there is a couple more out there?

kev1.3s

galwaytt wrote: »

...that's class......jeez what a rescue !

Lovely cars.

Should never have taken it on really but I bought it at the end of the boom and had already spent way too much to turn back by the time I realised how big a job I'd taken on.
Also can't really take that much credit because it wouldn't be anywhere as good a job if it wasn't for the guys at classiccarcentre.ie who finished and admittedly refinished the bits that were beyond me.

sunchaser

Rallied one in the 70's

swarlb

sunchaser wrote: »

Rallied one in the 70's

In Ireland ? Tell more, d'ya have any photos ?

kev1.3s

+1 some pics would be great.

RobAMerc

well done kev1.3s - always loved them, hated the one I had but not the cars fault ! You'll look back on all the heartache with a wry smile when you get to take it down a back road ( or just look out the window at it )
best of luck

w124man

sunchaser wrote: »

Rallied one in the 70's

I had sex in one ..... :eek:

apc

w124man wrote: »

I had sex in one ..... :eek:

By yourself ????:D Small car

w124man

apc wrote: »

By yourself ????:D Small car

Is that relevant ?? :D

Fiat 500 is even smaller .....

sunchaser

sunchaser wrote: »

Rallied one in the 70's

Sorry abroad presently and no photos. They were a great little car and very good to rally.

Bigus

w124man wrote: »

Is that relevant ?? :D

Fiat 500 is even smaller .....

Small car = big equipment, no technique needed there so.:D

kev1.3s

Plan on giving it a go myself some day although I'm not as flexible as I once was! Could try get some practice in a smart car.

w124man

kev1.3s wrote: »

Plan on giving it a go myself some day although I'm not as flexible as I once was! Could try get some practice in a smart car.

Rallying or sex?

Tzar Chasm

kev1.3s wrote: »

Plan on giving it a go myself some day although I'm not as flexible as I once was! Could try get some practice in a smart car.

try a mini cooper,they have

ankle rests

curved sports mirrors

kev1.3s

w124man wrote: »

Rallying or sex?

After the wedge that i've given up on bodywork i'll be avoiding doing any rallying. A pic taken in on the way past today.

kev1.3s

I didn't have that much time over the festive season and although I was given advice not to bolt on the jewelry I couldn't resist indulging myself a little after I had done some more mundane tasks!

kev1.3s

And one of the front

rugbyman

Kev, magnificent job.

Note , that mirror on the wall of your garage beams us right into your lav.
I cannot quite work out if the chap there is reading Classic Car Weekly or Playboy.

Rugbyman

kev1.3s

An early artwork by my brother ha.ha. I stole his studio over night when the Lancia came home from the bodyshop.

Anan1

kev1.3s wrote: »

And one of the front

Is that a fanalone front end on it?

kev1.3s

Anan1 wrote: »

Is that a fanalone front end on it?

Yes it is but really the only difference is the large inner lights.

Anan1

kev1.3s wrote: »

Yes it is but really the only difference is the large inner lights.

'Only'?

w124man

mmmmmmmmmmmm

kev1.3s

With a bit of luck that's kinda what I want to achieve .

Cienciano

Great job OP, looks great!
Saw one for sale in england which looks good

http://www.targaflorioclassics.co.uk/#/73-lancia-fulvia-montecarlo/4571882370
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C360911

kev1.3s

So with the fine weather today and some time on my hands I decided to wheel her back out for a photo-shoot, made me want to revive this old thread.

w124man

I really must drop around and have a look at that beauty. I went to see yer man Hynes in Boolavogue about body and paintwork for one of my projects but he never bothered to get back to me.

kev1.3s

yeah he's a funny like that and doesn't seem to be short of work too but if I were you I'd give him a little nudge or did you get sorted?

w124man

kev1.3s wrote: »

yeah he's a funny like that and doesn't seem to be short of work too but if I were you I'd give him a little nudge or did you get sorted?

No didn't get sorted but simply too busy to go looking for someone else to do the work. Since then though I've decided to get a more 'cost effective' job done and sell - part of my clearance programme! :rolleyes:

AltAccount

Looks absolutely fantastic Kev, pretty jealous!!

Anan1

Looks great! I'd forgotten about the steering wheel in those with the button to flash the headlights!

bbsrs

Beautiful car,just one thing is it the camera playing tricks cause the stripe on the bonnet seems to be not straight it looks like it has a slight bend in it although as I said it could be the angle or the camera lens playing tricks.

kev1.3s

Thanks for all the comments, I noticed the slight bend in the pics but I don't think its there in real life but I could be wrong about that. If it is there now there is feck all I can do about it now anyway, hopefully reconcile her with her engine and box in the next month or so.

tc20

she's looking fantastic kev1.3s - credit to you.
i noticed in the first pics there was a ridge on the bonnet - is/was that an original fitment, or an add-on of sorts?
also, regarding the colour scheme, which looks fantastic, is there any relevance to the colours/stripes, were they team racing colours of the day?

kev1.3s

That's original, it has to get a chrome plastic grill there and it feeds air into the heater box, as regards the stripes they are lancias racing stripes early hf fulvias had them and also the last of the hf deltas.