Zandvoort April 2024

Cracking turnout, it actually stayed dry this time (just by the looks of it...)

Good news, I was wondering what happened to this coupe not that long ago. Looking forward to hearing more.

1. Rosso +1 (17 day Italy road trip) (Newcastle-IJmuiden) booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
2. Barnacle +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
3. CC +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
4. Edinburgh +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese (Newcastle-IJmuiden Booked) Confirmed
5. Rob40 +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
6. jarofjam Confirmed
7. Blitz booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
8. slime500 +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
9. Ali_and_Marvin +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
10. Brilly1uk +1 Confirmed Confirmed but not on the registered list.
11. G_man +1 (unlikely to travel in convoy) Confirmed
12. Andrew20V +1 Confirmed, joining us without a Coupe
13. Barmybob + 1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed, joining us without a Coupé
14. Tonyred20VT Confirmed but not 100%
15. RichG +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
16. 1st_things_1st booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed (+1 TBC)
17. IGGY+1 booked at Hotel Diamante Confirmed
18. Sedicivalvole booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
19. MCMike +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
20. slicer +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
21. CVL200 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed

Blitz is registered as no. 90 and is attending alone, booked at Borgaro Torinese.

10 spaces left

1. Rosso +1 (17 day Italy road trip) (Newcastle-IJmuiden) booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
2. Barnacle +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
3. CC +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
4. Edinburgh +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese (Newcastle-IJmuiden Booked) Confirmed
5. Rob40 +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
6. jarofjam Confirmed
7. Blitz booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
8. slime500 +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
9. Ali_and_Marvin +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
10. Brilly1uk +1 Confirmed Confirmed but not on the registered list.
11. G_man +1 (unlikely to travel in convoy) Confirmed
12. Andrew20V +1 Confirmed, joining us without a Coupe
13. Barmybob + 1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed, joining us without a Coupé
14. Tonyred20VT Confirmed but not 100%
15. RichG +1 Confirmed
16. 1st_things_1st booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed (+1 TBC)
17. IGGY+1 booked at Hotel Diamante Confirmed
18. Sedicivalvole Confirmed
19. MCMike +1 Confirmed
20. slicer +1 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed
21. CVL200 booked in Borgaro Torinese Confirmed

I should have guessed it would be Scotts green

....presently I have nothing on my radar but if something comes up I'll let you know.

Discussion thread

There are at least 87 registered crews and for 78 of them there is confirmed payment. Numbers are issued when the registration form is submitted, but appearence on the site is after the payment, hence the gaps. 87 is the last number registered and payed, so 100 crew threshold is near.

Admirable patience!

A short history of the vehicle:

I used to live in the UK until 2005 during which time I owned a 1997 Nuvola Blue 20VT.

http://www.tipo16v.co.uk/coupe/coupe.html

In 2005 I moved to Canada and took the car with me. I drove it around Alberta for 5 years and even went on a road trip down to Las Vegas. While in Canada I had the engine rebuilt twice. In 2011 I moved to the USA and put the FIAT into storage in Canada. I wasn't sure if I'd be staying in the USA and also the car wouldn't meet the DOT and EPA standards to import it.

Fast forward to 2023. I'm still living in the USA and the car is now 25 years old so no longer needs to meet the USA DOT and EPA standards. I found a shipper who would transport it down to the Houston where I live. I found a import specialist who filled out all the customs paperwork for me.

The car was shipped down to Houston in an enclosed container and arrived on 5th November 2023. I had hoped that a simple cambelt change and service would be enough. However when we checked the conditions of the pistons through the spark plug holes we noticed scoring and what looked like impact damage to #1 piston. I remember that when I put it into storage it had very low oil pressure and I was grateful it made it to the storage facility. My friend has a large workshop so I set about removing the engine and tearing it down. I discovered that the pistons were the wrong size for the bores and slapped from side to side. The bearings were also the wrong size and that is where I'd lost the oil pressure. The turbo bearing was also shot, probably from lack of oil pressure.

I took the engine to a reputable race engine builder here in Houston on 4th December called Faerman Racing Engines. The current pistons were the wrong size for the bore and rocked from side to side:

https://youtu.be/i6mfSnrKnfg?si=ybG-dFCjUQag7p6E

They said they could tell it had been re-bored already but it was okay for them to be taken from the current 83.5mm to 84mm. They have ordered another set of custom JE pistons. Unfortunately these will take between 6-8 weeks to be made.

The crank will be re-ground as well to the first undersized amount. They can get main and journal bearings locally at the correct sizes they need.

I'll take x1 red key ring and x1 red pin
Thanks


1. Edinburgh - 1 key, 1 pin, yellow
2. szkom - 1 key, 1 pin, blue
3. montydog - 1 key, blue oblong
4. Jamiepm - 1 key, blue oblong
5. french_coupe - 2 key, 1 pin
6. PaulL - 1 red key, 1 red pin
7. Theresa - 2 keys, blue
8. FLPete - 1 red key, 1 blue oblong, 1 red pin
9. Echodelta - 1 blue oblong
10. Morrison - 2 keys, blue, 1 blue oblong
11. Sheepshead - 1 blue oblong
12. Kev - 1 blue key, 1 blue pin
Next. andrew20V - 2 keys oblong FIAT
14. RichG - 1 x blue key, 1 x blue oblong FIAT key
15. Burty - x1 red keyring; x1 red pin

In answer to you question, clearly Coupe. :-)