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131Steve
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FAR970Y my last 131........until the 131 Racing :-)

« on: February 06, 2014, 10:32:18 PM »

My 6th 131 Wink

This was a great car, central locking, power assisted steering and electric windows

Which worked fine once I'd cleaned the washing powder out of the switches - long story....

Almost all known history too. A friend of a friend's family bought the Super from new. A friend bought it when it was about 8 years old.

After a while they sold it to my sister who ran it for a couple of years then bought a low mileage 1600 TC Lancia Prisma Symbol and sold the super to another friend who ran it between Hatfield (Herts), Reading and Prestatyn regularly.

Reverse gear failed and another gearbox was fitted by "others" .......which didn't have the "high" 5th Sad

Eventually the price came down low enough for me to buy the super (broke student). Some welding and the brake master cylinder off my (retired) 131 Sport and the super was back in action

I lived in Hatfield at the time and the super went from Hatfield to East Anglia regularly. Never missed a beat Wink


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Silver 131 Racing 1980 (previously two 131 S2 1600TC Supers, three 131 Sports, one 131 S3 Super 2000TC)

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FAR970Y my last 131........until the 131 Racing :-)

« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2014, 10:41:31 PM »

The super did it's duty well, including towing my 131 Sport back to East Anglia;

http://www.131mirafiori.com/smf/index.php?topic=6591.0

After that it deserved a holiday so it was off to Ireland for two weeks;

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Silver 131 Racing 1980 (previously two 131 S2 1600TC Supers, three 131 Sports, one 131 S3 Super 2000TC)

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Re: FAR970Y my last 131........until the 131 Racing :-)

« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2014, 10:55:57 PM »

This is Sneem on the ring of Kerry. My Mate Seosamh and I gave a lift to hitch hiker who explained that her parents had a bar in Sneem and that she was sure that they would have B&B rooms....

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Silver 131 Racing 1980 (previously two 131 S2 1600TC Supers, three 131 Sports, one 131 S3 Super 2000TC)

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Re: FAR970Y my last 131........until the 131 Racing :-)

« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2014, 11:04:07 PM »

The super went on...and on.....

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Silver 131 Racing 1980 (previously two 131 S2 1600TC Supers, three 131 Sports, one 131 S3 Super 2000TC)

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Re: FAR970Y my last 131........until the 131 Racing :-)

« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2014, 11:09:16 PM »

and on......

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Silver 131 Racing 1980 (previously two 131 S2 1600TC Supers, three 131 Sports, one 131 S3 Super 2000TC)

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Re: FAR970Y my last 131........until the 131 Racing :-)

« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2014, 07:29:46 AM »

Just the one frontal pic Steve!!!

Great stories. I don't see how you can't come to M2M13140 seeing as how you have such history of 131s in Ireland!!! Wink


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Kevin Doyle
Fiat 131 Mirafiori Sport 2000TC
Fiat 131 Supermirafiori S3 2000TC
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Re: FAR970Y my last 131........until the 131 Racing :-)

« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2014, 08:35:13 AM »

Nice shots Steve Wink

would be nice to see your silver racing in Ireland Grin


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Re: FAR970Y my last 131........until the 131 Racing :-)

« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2014, 12:17:23 PM »

Thank you Steve, for sharing these nice vintage pics


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Re: FAR970Y my last 131........until the 131 Racing :-)

« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2014, 09:42:31 PM »

Nice pictures Steve and of course we hope to meet in Ireland to hear the story about the hitch hiker Wink


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Re: FAR970Y my last 131........until the 131 Racing :-)

« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2014, 09:52:23 PM »

Would be nice to have you & your Racing in Ireland for the run


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1980 Fiat 131 Mirafiori Sport/Racing, 1981 Fiat 131 S2 Supermirafiori Panorama 1600/TC.

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Re: FAR970Y my last 131........until the 131 Racing :-)

« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2014, 11:33:20 AM »

Hi Guys, glad you like the pics Grin

M2M13140 sound very tempting Wink


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