Belgrade, Serbia, Fiat (copies) and the Eurovision!

[djape1977]

[djape1977]

[kev131]

Great photos...as usual djape - Keep them coming please. 

[djape1977]

thanks!
here's a couple more:
old but still running 132 and a 124 lookalike - a 1978. lada 1600

[djape1977]

[sid131]

is that a series 3 rear bumper on the red car with the ends cut?

[djape1977]

yup.
front one too.
131 bumpers are hard to find in serbia and we have to "recycle " anything that can be used

[djape1977]

this one was, unfortunately, too rotten to save



but this one survived

[sid131]

wide wheels, what make are they?

[mirafioriman]

Nice colour and I also particularly like the wheels

[djape1977]

those are widened steel wheels. i don't know from which car they are originally.
something like this: first you cut the standard steel wheel in two, than you add a ring of desired width in the middle, then you weld it back together. i have such wheels on my lada, only i couldn't be bothered to put some filler on and to paint them

[mirafioriman]

Over here they call them 'banded steels'. Would be interesting to find out what the centres originally came from though as I don't recognise them.

[sid131]

i remember lads doing this to mini wheels years ago, wouldnt like to be hitting a ton on the motorway with those on though, i see you like your beer djape? yum yum!

[djape1977]

frankly, i've had those wheels on for about 5-6yrs now, no problems whatsoever. i even once hit a stormdrain without a covering grill, i tore of half of my front suspension but wheel survived.


so, definately, if the welding is done properly, they're as reliable as factory wheels. tyres are tubeless and there's no more than 50grams of balancing weights on any single wheel.

beer? sure! when i was younger i was a BIG fan of any sort of beer, now i only drink ocassionally...

[sid131]

when i was younger i loved beer & now i am older i still love it! lol,
if the wheels are done properly on a lathe i suppose they would be very strong, if you had to have hit the drain with a alloy wheel the wheel wouldnt have survived.