TORRINO

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Special
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Yep , I love it too.
Looks much cleaner.
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Than it was a transmission swap.

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I had to cut out this much metal to make it fit.

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Some places had to have a sledgehammer treatment .

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I made a couple of spacers to lower the back of trany a little bit.

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What trans did you swap in? What was it originally from?
Giuseppe

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Its a 5 spd from Fiat 131.

Fabricated gearbox cover out of sheet aluminum .

Cardboard template.

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Intake and exhaust mods -

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Then I found a brand new 1976 toolbox with its original tag.

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I had f few Italian badges around my garage , so I got them all and screwed them to the toolbox.

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Super cool tool box!!!
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Very nice! Do you have any issues with your header being wrapped? I was contemplating doing the same thing to lower my under hood temperature.
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Loving it all Special!!
Thanks again for sharing!
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Nice!
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Engine installed

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As you can see where is no visible wires , all of them are hidden under the fenders

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All relays were moved to one location and I'll build some kind of cover for them later

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Few other details

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Your car is a: 1972 FIAT 124 Sport Spider BS1 1608cc

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Hi Gene,
I have an owner's manual for a Special T which I thought would help me get to know my Spider but apart from the very valuable info that the green light on dash means headlights are on , its not much help (that green light had me worried about pressures and temperatures for about 20 miles !) Of course if you just happen to have a Spider manual to swap I'd be very pleased !
Do you need the manual ?

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Hi Nick.
I need it only if it is 1973
And no , I don't have a Spider manual , sorry.

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