Registeration

[eugene]

I see the latest member has registered as Shovel.I wonder is this genuine or a hoax.Eugene

[Thotos]

I decided it was genuine and hopefully I am not wrong. All new registrations are now moderated as mentioned in the sticky post at the top.

[Shovel]

Hello Eugene,I am genuine ?
Have been reading threads on here for a while and figured it was about time I joined up.I've got an 82 Fiat 131 Supermirafiori,2 litre with twin 40 solexs.
Awesum fun to drive,gets very loose in the rain ?
A project I've got is a 54 Ford Anglia that I've put all the running gear out of a 124 sport into,1.6 litre 5 speed,twin downdraught solexs.
So "Hi everyone" ?great forum you've got here ?

[simon131]

Hi Shovel,

And a very warm welcome to the forum.  Looks like a pretty tidy 2000TC Super - and I even quite like the wheels

I'm always pleased to read that people have interests in other marques too. I like the "For-iat 1-2-lia" - will be a real wolf in sheep's clothing when it's all finished.

Where are you from? RHD Super mirafiori (not a brava) so UK or NZ?

[Shovel]

Hi Simon,
Thanks for the welcome 
My Fiat is still quite tidy and rust free,it was lucky enough to get the tecktell ??
protective coating.The wheels came off a 125T,I think they give it quite a nice stance on the road,they have a wide offset so I had to bend up the lip in the rear arches.I think of my Fiat powered Anglia as a "FANGIT" and it will be a wolf in sheeps clothing,its the sound that will give it away
I'm from NZ,these Fiats seem to be pretty rare down here,I had a Mirafiori that was quite rotten so I stripped what I could off it but other than that I haven't seen one on the roads in the last couple of years.

[gerafiori]

welcome shovel,
as we say over ere, that lad has hands like a shovel
regards gerry

[Shovel]

Thanks Gerry 
Well its not my hands that got me that nickname...lol.When I first started playing darts for a club,I was about 14,one of the old fullas came out with this joke:  What do you call a man with a shovel in his hand?........Dug (Doug)
   What do you call a man without a shovel in his hand?...Dug less (Douglas)
And with Douglas being my name he just kept calling me Shovel and it stuck

[gerafiori]

great story man, my user name is because me mam used to dress me in a pinafiori  before ye start jus kiddin.
cheers gerry

[ger]

Hi Gerry,

don't be telling porkies, that story is true and i have pics to proooooooooooove it too. Your mam did dress you up in a pini

Welcome Shovel to the site , i have family living in NZ , lovely country a bit like Ireland. Hopefully we will see more posts of your cars as the progress over the next while.

Regards Ger