131 Racing silver for sale

[bellamacchina]

Sold and picked up last weekend, Steve told me he was very happy

Congratulations and welcome in the 131 community

[131Steve]

My 131 Racing now has an MOT    It only needed two front brake hoses so that was a result to say the least.

The Racing has RHD outer headlights now ('cause I'm in the UK) and a full engine service with new cam belt and tensioner.  Albert kindly gave me a set of 14" wheels for the car (the originals were 13") which have been fitted on the Racing now with good tyres.

The car came complete with a floor at no extra cost    I never knew if the outer end of the jacking point was supposed to be welded to the bottom of the sill or not as I was often the second (or third) person to weld the floor back together    But now I know   

I'm going to try to post some pictures now so wish me luck 

[131Steve]

floor 

[kev131]

Looks very nice Steve - Liked your comments about the floor. It's nice to have a car that's original in that regard isn't it??

As a matter of interest where did you source your RHD outer headlights? I've been searching for a pair for some time now....

[131Steve]

floor 

the deal is done    Back off home...

[131Steve]

En route.....

[131Steve]

Trim   

[131Steve]

Looks very nice Steve - Liked your comments about the floor. It's nice to have a car that's original in that regard isn't it??

As a matter of interest where did you source your RHD outer headlights? I've been searching for a pair for some time now....

Hi Kev, thank you.  Got the MOT now, need to apply for plates......

I was so amazed to see a Sport / Racing floor complete, I was welding them in the early 90s 

For the outer headlights I bothered everyone that I could think of from every RHD "oasis" on more than one continent, to be honest I ended with more lights than I needed - PM me and I'll be happy to pass on anything that you are interested in at the cost that I paid,

Best regards, Steve

[kev131]

PM sent Steve. 

[bellamacchina]

Great to see the pictures Steve, nice to see the great car again.

Enjoy it!

[c.a.c131]

Very nice Racing Steve It came from a very good stable

[131Steve]

thanks Chris, it really is in "Albert" condition 

[bellamacchina]

Steve, I am happy that you are so glad you bought the car.

There was a Heini standard, now there is an Albert standard. Wow, that feels good but is really what I want to show. The story as it is, no more, no less and that is mostly the biggest problem when you wanna buy a car. Everything is glorious and far better as new, till you are there to have a look. And then people tell you, well it's not a new car, what did you expect.......... I hate that and prefer better one serious customer who knows the ins and outs as 10 customers from who you know they will be disappointed. Like many other fans I drove literally 1000s of kms for my dreamcars and also had quite a few negative surprises, but lucky me, it also works out more than once in the good direction
So enjoy it as much as you can!

[131Steve]

thanks Albert, it's going to be great fun   

[131Steve]

My 131 racing is now registered in the UK   

All the forms for the DVLA drove me mad so I asked Graham from  "classics and cabriolets" for help (member grahamS53)  Between Graham and Paul it was less than a week from posting the docs to having a tax disc in my hand - discount for forum members 

Duncan and Al came up at the weekend from Wiltshire for a FIAT 131 day out (members 124AC and AW106)

Petrol station calling - no surprise there, the first person I saw said "I had one of those - it was so fast" and so it went on...a car transporter waved and flashed it's lights and a guy I haven't seen for years pulled up and said "you bought another one then Steve - that was always going to happen"

So time for some pics....have cars got bigger?  That's a VW Passat in front....