This saturday we went on a tour with the spider , althus that was the plan , the weater was very nice and sunny but so it started out very well. The rest of the day didnt get that smooth , for starters we did'nt get across the starting line , one of the waterhoses exploded in front of the other competidors while we're waiting to start so that wasnt a good beginning @all. Luckely i had all the right tools in the trunk and 20 minutes later we did got started. It seemed like the gods didn't wanted us to drive out this ralley , the roadbook we got , wasn't compiled like i schould the first 20 pages went in backwards Never driven by a roadbook we were lost after 15 min , on top of that the car started overheating so we had to stop to let her cool down (probably an air lock due refilling here rapidly after the exploded hose) The service car did'nt find us for 30 min because we were'nt on the route we supposed to be (faulty roadbook) Anyway i got her back fixed so we could move on. The Service guy followd us to the first stop , we never got there , the stuttering problem i posted on before , has put his head back up. Seemed like the Electronic ignition module only worked for 15 min after it cooled down. At this point the car was beeing towed home. I quickly tried to install onother dizzy(non electronic) but didnt got the car back running.
Our first spring run with the fiat stopped here. We took out our daily driver (citroën pluriel) and finisched of the race with her. To bad we couldn't use the spider , because some laps on the local race circuit where part of the last chapter in the roadbook. But Hey we'll get there next time (i hope )
anyway here are some of the 170 competitors pictures :
2nd antwerp classic
- Tappy
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2nd antwerp classic
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- kilrwail
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- Your car is a: 1978 Fiat 124 Sport Spider
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Re: 2nd antwerp classic
Hey too bad about your mechanical problems, not to mention the routebook issues. That's a really nice cross section of vintage cars you have there. Your season is off to a nice start and it can only get better!
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Peter Brownhill
1978 Fiat 124 Sport Spider - original owner
1977 Porsche 911S - track car
2022 Ram 4 x 4 - hauler
PCA National Instructor and Motorsport Safety Foundation Level 2 Instructor
Peter Brownhill
1978 Fiat 124 Sport Spider - original owner
1977 Porsche 911S - track car
2022 Ram 4 x 4 - hauler
PCA National Instructor and Motorsport Safety Foundation Level 2 Instructor
- Europa
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- Your car is a: 1983 Pininfarina Spidereuropa
- Location: Ft. Lauderdale
Re: 2nd antwerp classic
Perseverance! That's the word that comes to mind when I see your name on this forum. Keep at it and you will prevail.
1983 Spidereuropa
Verde Scuro
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Re: 2nd antwerp classic
Crikey, sounds like a Chevy Chase movie. Too bad about the start of the year, but as mentioned, can only get better.
Great to see the cars,great pics
Good luck with the rest of the year.
Great to see the cars,great pics
Good luck with the rest of the year.
80 FI spider
72 work in progress
2017 Golf R ( APR Stg. 1)
2018 F350 crew long box
72 work in progress
2017 Golf R ( APR Stg. 1)
2018 F350 crew long box
- ga.spyder
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Re: 2nd antwerp classic
Tappy,really sorry to hear about the rough start,you are my role model for perserverance! Can any one identify the 6th car down in the pix?I cant tell what it is.The cars that showed up are awesome!!
Craig
Craig
Craig Nelson
1982 Spider 2000...pride and joy
1981 Fiat X1/9..gone but not forgotten
1976 124 Spider..the self-healer
2001 BMW 328ci daily driver and track car
Fling It Around Turns !
1982 Spider 2000...pride and joy
1981 Fiat X1/9..gone but not forgotten
1976 124 Spider..the self-healer
2001 BMW 328ci daily driver and track car
Fling It Around Turns !
- kilrwail
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Re: 2nd antwerp classic
I believe the sixth car is a Kharmann Ghia by VW, with a modified Porsche nose. Look at the distinctive shape of the rear fender.
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Peter Brownhill
1978 Fiat 124 Sport Spider - original owner
1977 Porsche 911S - track car
2022 Ram 4 x 4 - hauler
PCA National Instructor and Motorsport Safety Foundation Level 2 Instructor
Peter Brownhill
1978 Fiat 124 Sport Spider - original owner
1977 Porsche 911S - track car
2022 Ram 4 x 4 - hauler
PCA National Instructor and Motorsport Safety Foundation Level 2 Instructor
- Tappy
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- Your car is a: 124 spider 2000 1979
- Location: Belgium ; Centre Of Europe
Re: 2nd antwerp classic
nope the 6th car is an renault alpine a110 from the sixties ...
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Re: 2nd antwerp classic
Wow Tappy!
what a day! sorry about your Fiat troubles... but what fun!
those are some fantastic cars!
(Ryan runs off to buy a lottery ticket)
what a day! sorry about your Fiat troubles... but what fun!
those are some fantastic cars!
(Ryan runs off to buy a lottery ticket)
- kilrwail
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Re: 2nd antwerp classic
D'oh - I sure missed that one! We never saw that Alpine here, except in magazines. Very cool car. I actually met a guy in PA last year with a Kharmann Ghia on which he'd cut off the roof and installed a Porsche 356 front clip and motor, which looked similar.
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Peter Brownhill
1978 Fiat 124 Sport Spider - original owner
1977 Porsche 911S - track car
2022 Ram 4 x 4 - hauler
PCA National Instructor and Motorsport Safety Foundation Level 2 Instructor
Peter Brownhill
1978 Fiat 124 Sport Spider - original owner
1977 Porsche 911S - track car
2022 Ram 4 x 4 - hauler
PCA National Instructor and Motorsport Safety Foundation Level 2 Instructor