Title: Five 131s Post by: kev131 on April 29, 2012, 05:48:07 PM For any members on here... how could you better spend your Saturday than looking at Fiat 131s!!? :)
Yesterday, Simon and I saw five. While two of them were his, two were new to both us and one was an old friend re-discovered after many years apart. :) This is the first and possibly the most intriguing. An ex Malta car and therefore RHD. A series 3 car with some of that bling that the Maltese like. The key modification though is that this is a diesel powered 131. And not a Fiat diesel engine either...rather a Toyota turbo diesel which according to the owner is quite powerful. A thick strut brace helps with the added weight and the car looked very well depsite the rain. I believe that it has been recently sold but may surface again soon. Could be quite a good 3MA car for those long motorway runs... :) (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412011.jpg) (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412012.jpg) (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412013.jpg) (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412014.jpg) (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412028.jpg) (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412029.jpg) Title: Re: Five 131s Post by: Rob 131 on April 30, 2012, 11:57:32 AM Looks a very tidy s3 Super.
If you didn't fancy the Toyota Diesel. What are the realistic petrol options. I assume Fiat / Lancia Twin Cam 2.0L are hard to come by. Title: Re: Five 131s Post by: kev131 on April 30, 2012, 09:38:06 PM I think a 2 litre twin cam would be a lot easier to come by than a RHD car in this condition... :)
Here is the 2nd of the five 131s. A car known to most regular forum viewers and one that I christened Simon's garden ornament. It's a perfect shade to blend in with its surroundings... :) Amazingly it still starts...! :o (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412001.jpg) (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412002.jpg) (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412003.jpg) (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412004.jpg) (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412006.jpg) (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412007.jpg) (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412008.jpg) (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412009.jpg) Title: Re: Five 131s Post by: Rob 131 on May 01, 2012, 05:19:31 AM Considering it is left outside in all weathers it looks in remarkable shape.
Title: Re: Five 131s Post by: mirafiori76 on May 01, 2012, 09:41:01 AM The funny thing about 131's in malta that they all have new diesel engines. many years ago i spend my holidays on the island and i was surprised that i found so many 131's and 132's there. However,when one was passing me by, i never heard them coming. the specific sound of the engines and exhaust, that i knew so well, never seemed to be there. later on a local told me that the petrol engines all were replaced by new diesels... diesel fuel was so much less expensive then petrol. that's why this silver super has a toyota diesel engine...
Title: Re: Five 131s Post by: mirafioriman on May 01, 2012, 03:58:19 PM Although the bumpers aren't to my taste the silver car looks like a nice tidy car. Interesting conversion. I wonder what the fuel economy figures are like?
Title: Re: Five 131s Post by: kev131 on May 04, 2012, 09:18:32 PM Just to close out this topic and the remaining 131s... here are two of the five in one shot (both now familiar to readers on this forum).
(http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412041.jpg) ...and here is the fifth... (http://i766.photobucket.com/albums/xx305/kev132/Supermirafiori290412020.jpg) More pictures and news here.... http://www.131mirafiori.com/smf/index.php?topic=887.0 Title: Re: Five 131s Post by: Rob 131 on May 05, 2012, 04:44:55 PM I like them all.
But I love the 5th :-* :-* :-* ;D Whose is this one |