Strada Rebirth

Post pictures and stories about your cars both present and past. Also post up "blogs" on your restoration projects - the more pictures the better! Note: blog-type threads often get few replies, but are often read by many members, and provide interest and motivation to other enthusiasts so don't be disappointed if you don't get many replies.
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bnicho
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Re: Strada Rebirth

#21 Post by bnicho » Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:44 am

Wow, you are brave! Good luck with it!
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Toledo Man
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Re: Strada Rebirth

#22 Post by Toledo Man » Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:40 am

Anyone who restores an 80s Fiat is brave. Rust has claimed many of these. One of my neighbours had a 1981/82 Strada (RHG432X) and it was starting to rust back then and it was less than 10 years old. One spot in particular that I remember was on the tailgate just beneath the glass right on the edge. There was a palm sized hole which had been bridged with P40 (fibreglass filler). In the late 90s I saw a later model being worked on and one of the A posts had been repaired. In 1994 I had a 1985 Regatta that was starting to rust (the engine bay was spotless) in the A posts. Being Italian cars, rust isn't a problem there so there was minimal protection applied (this was in the days before galvanizing and other such measures) but here in the UK where salt is put on the roads in winter these cars had terminal corrosion within 10 years.
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Re: Strada Rebirth

#23 Post by jimmyq » Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:42 pm

This is a great thread for me, i am restoring a 1993 fiat uno turbo, I purchased it with 13 owners and modifications of all ridiculous types, it had a front bumper with a massive external intercooler cut into it,it had black window tints, an exhaust you could put your head inside, I've spent years stripping it rewelding and making panels,in between moving house,babies, but to know im not just the only loon is good to know,keep goin :D

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TerryG
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Re: Strada Rebirth

#24 Post by TerryG » Wed Jan 01, 2014 8:53 pm

If you like a Strada, you will love February's issue. Start a thread on your Uno, they are a fun little car. I'm sure most members would be interested in seeing it :)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
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jerry3
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Re: Strada Rebirth

#25 Post by jerry3 » Sat Oct 01, 2016 9:28 pm

Still got this car and have done nothing with it.
It's currently in my garden under a car cover.
However have collected many new genuine old stock parts including roof skin £500 from Italy , both inner rear arches, boot, doors, bonnet, A post, grille, headlight, bumper fog lights, bumper mounted headlight washer jets as well as some second hand parts.
Have also got another Strada project which is a non runner but has been fitted with the 2litre turbo engine from the Lancia Delta.
Will try to mak a start on one next year once I have finished my son's Fiat Panda.

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Re: Strada Rebirth

#26 Post by JPB » Sat Oct 01, 2016 11:42 pm

:thumbs:
Great to see that you're still with us. Good luck with this, please keep the news and pictures coming as you progress, we love a good dose of rust.. In other folks' cars.
;)
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. :oops:

alabbasi
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Re: Strada Rebirth

#27 Post by alabbasi » Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:22 am

That's a really rusty car, only way to get it all is to strip it down to the shell and send it to the sand blaster.
Great effort and best of luck.

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Re: Strada Rebirth

#28 Post by vulgalour » Sun Oct 02, 2016 7:36 pm

Talk about eating an elephant one bite at a time! I commend your optimism with this one. I'm yet to see one in the wild, as much as I'd like to, they're a cracking bit of design.

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