New Belgian member

[MrToon]

Hi everyone,

I found this forum to be really informative, so I decided to join it! I'm a 21 year old student from Belgium and during the weekends I'm trying to bring my 1978 CS1 back to life. Without prior knowledge (except for welding experience and my car restoring uncles), any tips and tricks are welcome!

I started with a 1980 CSA with everything in boxes, but the body was completely rusted to shreds after the previous owner sandblasted it and paralyzed his arm in an accident. I gave up on it and bought another body which looked in great shape but turned out to be not so great. I finished welding on the floor panels and and restoring the underside of the car, so as of next weekend I'm going to tackle the engine.

The engine is not the standard 2.0L of the CSA, but a Lancia Bèta 828 1.8L block. The car was driven and the engine restored prior to being sidelined, but we'll see what pops up when restoring it.

When I get home this weekend, I'll snap some pictures (I really have to start doing this, there are maybe five pictures of it until now) and post them in the restoration section.

[TwinFast]

Nice to hear from a Fiat spider enthusiast so close to me. I'm in the north of France.

Bienvenu l'ami.

[geert]

Dear Mr Toon,

welcome to the forum,

You'll find this a very nice place to get some help, some comfort in difficult times etc...

I'm already quite some time on this forum ( but a difficult tough gorgeous other Italian beauty is trying to keep me away from this forum ( aren't they all ,Sir ? ) and probably from around ( Near Bruges, Belgium)
If I can help with something, shout !
A fiat spider is a great car.

groeten, Geert.

[RRoller123]

Welcome aboard! You will find plenty of knowledgeable and friendly people here.

Post some pictures! They help a great deal when trying to help diagnose problems, inquiries, etc that you may have.

Here is a thread on how to post pictures directly to the forum:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f15/viewtopic ... 13&t=32169

And here is another picture-posting thread:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f15/viewtopic ... 12&t=23084

This short instruction covers how to resize pictures so that they don’t get cut off at the right side:

http://www.fiatspider.com/f15/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30441

And here is a link to a map of Spider owner’s locations. Many forum members have listed their locations.

https://www.zeemaps.com/map?group=191825


Pete