New Member Colin Vancouver bc

[Colin]

Hello All,

My Name is Colin, I recently purchased a 1979 Fiat Spider for my wife, my plan is to do a partial restore as it is in decent shape with very little rust, only had to weld in a few patches in the floor and do some much needed interior and suspension work. In the last month I have done more shopping at Vick's than I can believe from new A arms to carpets, door panels, badges, tie rods, the list goes on but having fun doing it! I rebuilt a 1968 Datsun Roadster a few years back and really missed the trouble shooting and challenges that a restore brings. I do not miss the rust! Thankfully I found a solid body with decent paint but in need of some mechanical love and some new comforts. Thank you for allowing me to join your group and I look forward to your knowledge and advice as I am new to Spiders.

[dinghyguy]

Hi Colin,

I too have a 79. Am in north van, maybe we should wait for a non rainy day and meet for coffee somewhere?

I was just looking a bit and I think the following people are in the Vancouver area:
ital, vancity16, narfire, bellamachina604, you and I for a total of 6

in Victoria or on the island there is northerotter, davidbruce, burgandy81 (maybe) and vicspider.

so not very many from the forum, but welcome anyways, it is a great place for information.

cheers
dinghyguy

[courtenay]

Welcome, Colin. Lots of help available on the Forum - just have to ask. I suspect Dinghyguy will be a great resource as he's done quite a bit of work on his car. I too am on the Island - Courtenay. JimB is in Victoria with his Volumex. Narfire (Chris) is actually in Naramata - he's a volunteer fireman - hence the tag.
There's an annual Italian/French car event on Fathers Day in Esplanade Park in North Van. Chris and I attended a few years ago and might be encouraged to do so again if the weather is OK and there's enough of us to make a quorum. Last time Chris and I were there we were kind of intimidated by all the Ferraris and Lambos!

[davidbruce]

Count me in Bruce. I grew up in North van. Any excuse for a road trip. Might even have the '80 finished by then.

[NorthernOtter]

Welcome!

I just joined up myself from Victoria, BC. From the local classified ads, it looks like there are a few decent used parts around Vancouver that should make your restoration a little easier.

[burgandy81]

Yep, currently in Victoria.

Welcome!

[Colin]

Thanks Guys! Thanks for the Welcome

I have been pretty busy on the car, new a arms,tierods,shocks,brakes,rotors,door panels.carpets, found a single plane intake to swap out the dual plane, looking for a 32 adf or 34 adf , preferably the 34? welded in a couple of floor panel patches and POR 15'd the trunk and floors, installed sound deading mat, top was white/ boot cover was blue so I have tried dying it with SEM satin black looks good but will have to see if they stand up which I am unsure even though I did all the proper prep work.

I am in for the meet a few more things to do before it gets on the road but it is coming along will post some picks soon

[vincefiat]

Welcome and Enjoy.

[Colin]

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Floors after por15 and kilmat]

[davidbruce]

I can't open the pics. Is it just me?

[Colin]

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A few images of some of the progress, a arms, shocks, brakes, heater core , carpets,door panels, 1800 intake and new dfev carb made some wood trim pieces for console being worked on and some other items but making headway.

[davidbruce]

Looks pretty clean Colin. What's your take on the killmat? Quieter? Cooler on the legs?

[Colin]

Hey!
I really like the Kilmat, it is much quieter and pretty easy to work with. I did use a jute over it aswell, it's 5/16's thick so together it is pretty close to the original thickness but much quieter. I managed to get the jute from kms tools, it's foil on both sides and pretty inexpensive. Still working on a few things had it out for a drive a few days ago and found a leak from the rear brake compensator but should have that done in a few days just waiting for a few parts. Looking forward to meeting up with the local guys soon now that the weather is finally here!!

[davidbruce]

Thanks for that Colin. Not quite to the interior work yet but some sound deadener was on my radar.