A couple more winter projects

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mdrburchette
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Your car is a: 1972 Fiat 124 Sport
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A couple more winter projects

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I've got a couple projects that should keep me out of trouble for a while. The first is adding cabinets and work station in my car trailer. We're using scraps what we have lying around to do this, and I found some oak doors for $5 a piece at a salvage place. I'll pickle stain the oak and Ron is bending a stainless steel top for it this week.
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I've also got the 72 soon-to-be racecar completely stripped and it is now getting sandblasted. As soon as it comes back, we'll prime it and start working on the rollcage and bodywork:
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Here's a couple pics of the Abarth bumper blocks inserted in the bumper mounting holes. Somebody wanted to see this but I can't seem to find the thread:
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Notice how the front mount is too long and will have to be cut down to fit the bumper close to the body:
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1972 124 Spider (Don)
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
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Europa
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Re: A couple more winter projects

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Denise,

What site do you upload the pictures and then link to your posts? My workplace blocks photobucket, picassa, flickr etc., but I can see all of your pictures!
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mdrburchette
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Your car is a: 1972 Fiat 124 Sport
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Re: A couple more winter projects

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1972 124 Spider (Don)
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
spiderrey
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Your car is a: 70 124 spider-74x19-03 ranger edge
Location: San Dimas, Ca

Re: A couple more winter projects

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where did u get your bumper blocks?
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manoa matt
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Re: A couple more winter projects

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Looking at the side view of the bumper block it seams the front valance and fender bow in right at the seam, I think it should be one big gracefull arch, if that section can be pulled out the bumper block should fit perfectly.

That trailer looks better than my apartment!
mdrburchette
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Your car is a: 1972 Fiat 124 Sport
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Re: A couple more winter projects

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It does look that way, but the mount on the bumper block is also too long and hits the front support. I was hoping to use these blocks on my 71 so I hope you're right about it being bent, but it that's about the only panel that doesn't look so bad on this car. :?

Rey, I believe these actually came from Bruce's but I traded them for a dash set I made at Freakout.
1972 124 Spider (Don)
1971 124 Spider (Juan)
1986 Bertone X19 (Blue)
1978 124 Spider Lemons racer
1974 X19 SCCA racer (Paul)
2012 500 Prima Edizione #19 (Mini Rossa)
Ever changing count of parts cars....It's a disease!
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