So a paint shade of Fiat green from Glasurit was chosen, however, it turned out to be – the famous Bangalore Autorickshaw colour.
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Some updates to my Fiat – After the mechanical restoration I have had a few issues with the original distributor. So a replacement Lucas was sourced temporarily and with that car runs nice.
However, the only issue is – Non-vacuum original carb with a Vacuum distributor so I am not utilizing the full potential of the engine. But it drives great. So original MM distributor will have its play taken out and an electronic point will be put in place.
And also it was decided to paint the car – Verde (Green), so a paint shade of Fiat green from Glasurit was chosen, however, that turned out to be – the famous Bangalore Autorickshaw colour.
So Gave a 1:18 Triumph Spitfire in BRG to paint the car.
Here is the car, getting washed after all the work.
The engine bay is all cleaned and nice – The air hose is reproduced as original by BHPian Rony Vesuna @President – Many thanks for that. The Air duct was purchased from the USA and thus comes with an electric fan.
Fiat experts have corrected me on the radiator top tank colour and that has been done after this. Holding good so far.
Lastly, it had been nearly impossible to get parts, the windshield washer bottle is one of that – thanks to Bhpian Sarajit @Twincam for gifting me a broken one to measure accurately, with that I have a 3d print. so resin cast in clear will be done in the near future.
There are more updates but that will come later. Thanks for watching. It’s good to be back.
Keyword: Restoring a 1959 Fiat103D: New paint, mechanical updates & more