| The Car |
| This is the car a 1974
fiat 124 Sports Coupe cc model. |
| The
car looks exactly like this but I have the wider Chromodora
wheels 13x6 and have lowered it slightly by 30mm.
The restoration of this
car has been a 3 year project and well worth it.
There is allot
more content and images to go onto this page,but for now
enjoy...
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| Exterior |
| Painting |
| First
I took everything off the car and bagged it, make sure when bagging
all the items you label them correctly, so you know where they
all go when its time to put them back on the car.
Once this was done, I had the car
completely stripped back to bare metal. Upon seeing the car stripped
back I could see all the rust and previous attempts to repair.
I made sure all the dents and rust where taken out, no filler
was used, just cut and weld to make it a perfect job.
I kept the original colour a metallic
silver, and used Glasurit Paint. |
| Painter
1 (OK) |
Vermont
Panels |
| Painter 2 (Excellent)
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Rugolo
Motor Body Works |
| Paint |
Glasurit
Paint |
| Bumper
Bars |
| Replaced
the front and rear bumpers bars with new old stock that I found
in Melbourne, they where perfect and where cheaper than getting
my old ones re chromed. |
| Bumper Bars |
Italian
Job Automotive |
| Bumper Bar Rechromming |
Dandenong
Bumper Bars |
| Interior |
| Roof Linning |
| I had
the roof lining completely rebuilt in light grey vinyl, which was
a big job as they had to take out all the windows to complete the
job. |
| Seats |
| Also
the both the front a rear seats were rebuilt and recovered. The
original interior was red so I had the seat recovered in red leather
which really sets the cars interior off. |
| Trimmer |
Supertrim |
| Dashboard |
| The centre
console and dashboard needed to be rebuilt and I was lucky mine
was still in good condition. |
| Dashboard Re-builder |
Dashboard
Centre |
| Carpet |
| I fully
replaced the carpet, which is a red plush pile. |
| Carpet Supplier |
Tru-Fit
Moulded Car Carpet |
| Steering Wheel |
| I fitted an abarth steering
wheel, its the traditional black 3 spoke in leather. They are a
great wheel perfect design and look great. Make sure you get an
original the fake American ones are slightly off center. |
| Abarth Steering Wheel |
Berni
Motori |
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| Driveline |
| Wheels |
| Chromodora six slot 6x13 wheels were a special order
on the 124 coupe's. The were ordered mainly for competition use,
they are rare and if located very expensive. I was lucky, found
these as new old stock in the USA and had them shipped over. |
| Chromodora six slot 6x13 |
Fiat
Plus |
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| Differential |
| Have just
added a heavy duty 3.9 L.S.D to a new coupe CC project, and this
diff really knows how to grip. What ever the outcome, the diff provides
positive drive to both rear wheels, and that's what we all need.
As we all know the fiat 124 coupe diff is hopeless, it just simply
breaks under load. Also the gear ratio is just to high, you put
your foot down and the next thing you know you need second. Its
just to much, in most cases you can simply start off in second.
For this reason I went for the 3.9 ratio, it just means I have
longer legs in 1st, I can rev it out allot longer. Well now it's
time to hit the road, and let all those other hot 4's eat my dust.
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| Fiat 124 heavy duty 3.9 L.S.D |
Bits
of Italy |
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| Gearbox |
I installed
a fiat abarth 131 racing gearbox with the remote shifter. It has
been fantastic, gear changers are quick and precise. The original
124 gearbox kept breaking on me, they are known for their weakness.
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| Gearbox |
Thomson
Motors Ltd |
Abarth Remote Shifter.  |
| Suspension |
| I replaced
all the shocks with Koni Sports, I have used them in the past and
them to be the best on the market. They come with a lifetime warranty. |
| Koni Shocks |
Toperformance |
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| The original
springs where no good so I opted for some lowered king springs,
great quality and performance. They lowered the car just right,
I find lowering the coupe anymore than a inch up front just makes
the handling worse. front = KFFL-60 / rear = KFRL-61 |
| Springs |
King
Springs |
| All bushes
were replaced with Nolathane Bushes, they tend to give a more controlled
feeling to the handling of the car. |
| Most
steering components where replaced, ball joints, idler arms ect... |
| Brakes |
| Disc's |
| I
installed slotted disc brakes up front and at the rear...
DBA 160 SL & SR (slotted left & right handed). |
| Disc |
DISC
BRAKES AUSTRALIA |
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