Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Keeping it sharp - paint, wax, detailing, etc.
philbert
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Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby philbert » Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:10 pm

Before, during and after:
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Broadsword
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Your car is a: 1970 124 Spider
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby Broadsword » Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:44 pm

That looks great.
Your air filter housing looks like mine, circa 1970?
Is the colour it is now painted original?
My housing was a mid blue colour, but when I applied paint stripper it looked to be silver or grey underneath.

philbert
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Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby philbert » Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:08 pm

Hi Broadsword, the 1438 TC used a gray color, I used "machinery gray" powder coat on this one and I have used paint on others in the past. It looks about right to me.

vandor
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Your car is a: 1971 124 Spider
Location: Texas, USA

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby vandor » Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:31 pm

Very nice AC Coupe!
Csaba
'71 124 Spider, much modified
'17 124 Abarth, silver
http://italiancarclub.com/csaba/
Co-owner of the best dang Fiat parts place in town

philbert
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Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby philbert » Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:23 pm

Hi Csaba, thanks, plenty of your parts in there!
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So Cal Mark
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Location: upland, ca.

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby So Cal Mark » Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:18 pm

here are some pics of the 81 I'm working on;
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philbert
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Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby philbert » Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:19 pm

Oh that's a killer, Mark!

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v6spider
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Your car is a: 4.3L V6 Powered 1972 124 FIAT Spider
Location: Mount Vernon WA

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby v6spider » Wed Apr 29, 2015 7:59 pm

Needs polished stainless radiator hoses for icing on the cake I think Mark. I have the heater hoses. I'll be getting the radiator hoses soon. Still it's nice and clean! :)

Cheers!
Rob
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4.3L V6 Powered 1972 124 FIAT Spider

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pgilling
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Your car is a: 1977 124 Spider Project
Location: Lincolnshire, UK

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby pgilling » Sun Aug 16, 2015 3:50 pm

My engine is now bay finally finished, the overheating was caused by the Chinese knock-off fan that came with the car. I therefore bought a quality SPAL fan that solved the problem, along with a Zircotec coated exhaust manifold that kept the under bonnet temperatures down.
The link to my Spider's build progress is here: viewtopic.php?f=30&t=27520&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

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Slight welding scar on No 1 pipe to repair a crack.

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The new SPAL fan
Redline run before new 131 gearbox was installed: https://youtu.be/80nEhsJbH2w

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fiatS2000
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Your car is a: 68 69 73 80 spiders 71BC 77 scorp 81 zag
Location: san diego, ca

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby fiatS2000 » Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:30 pm

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nibbes123
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Your car is a: 1979 Fiat 2000
Location: Mississauga Ontario Canada

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby nibbes123 » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:05 am

Pictures of my 79

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pgilling
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Your car is a: 1977 124 Spider Project
Location: Lincolnshire, UK

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby pgilling » Wed Sep 30, 2015 4:39 pm

Nice neat work.

I hope you won't mind me commenting, but please be careful not having a cam cover. Aside from the obvious dangers of catching clothing, tools or a finger, if a stone gets flicked up it could cause the timing belt to slip with potentially disastrous results!

PG
Redline run before new 131 gearbox was installed: https://youtu.be/80nEhsJbH2w

cibon1
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Your car is a: 124AS 1969 Fiat Spider

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby cibon1 » Sat Oct 03, 2015 10:28 am

Here's mine unfinished...but close.
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pgilling
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Your car is a: 1977 124 Spider Project
Location: Lincolnshire, UK

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby pgilling » Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:22 pm

Hey, that's neat. I thought it was my engine bay when I first saw it!
Redline run before new 131 gearbox was installed: https://youtu.be/80nEhsJbH2w

Dusty
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Your car is a: 1979 Spider

Re: Engine Bay Gallery! Please add your own!

Postby Dusty » Sun Oct 18, 2015 2:56 am

What color should the engine and transmission be. I can not tell from the pictures. Mine was painted dark red when I got it.

I hope I can get my engine bay looking half as look as these. Great work guys.

Thanks, Larry


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