What did you do to your X1/9 today ?

Alain - The Red Scorpion said:
MBW used to have the front lid in fiberglass but not now. They are available in Europe but shipping of such a bulky item is prohibitive. I fabricated a rear one-piece lid in aluminium, replacing both engine cover and rear trunk cover. 4.5 kg (10 lb) instead of 16 kg (35 lb) for both lids. Can I do the same in front? Intend to tryView attachment 84100.View attachment 84097View attachment 84098View attachment 84099
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you really did a good job with the shape !
Looks real good.
 
This actually happened yesterday, but I decided to fix it ASAP. Just to prove putting a K20 in an X doesn't make it less of a Fiat. ;)
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The heater hose tore and popped off the pipe heading into the center tunnel. All better now.
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Attended my 2nd car show this past Saturday. Very well attended. A large variety of cars, from classic muscle to tuners, and everything in between. Some very nice rides. The X got lots of attention. Heard a couple of "Haven't seen one of those in 20 years" and quite a few "What the hell is it?" For a second there it looked like we might both get something, but we had to leave before the awards were given out and didn't come home with anything more than a great day out. Here's my pip squeak parked next to my buddy's awesome 64 Chevy II "gasser" that I helped him build.
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Bjorn Nilson said:
Yesterday I took Berta south of Sweden to visit The Italian Vehicle Meet. Nice weather but a little bit windy, lots of nice cars and motorbikes. Four X 1/9 attended whereof one was imported from the US. I shot a walk-through video, and there could be some cars/models that didn't come to North America. Click the link below to watch the video.
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I love shows like that; casual gathering of nice "normal" cars in a relaxed open space with lots of friendly interaction. As opposed to how so many shows have become (at least the ones I'm familiar with); restricted and costly entry, trying to be a "high society" environment, snobby people, cars that are more about showing off how much money they spent. Car shows should be about cars, not a social wealth competition.
 
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Tom Ginefra said:
Attended my 2nd car show this past Saturday. Very well attended. A large variety of cars, from classic muscle to tuners, and everything in between. Some very nice rides. The X got lots of attention. Heard a couple of "Haven't seen one of those in 20 years" and quite a few "What the hell is it?" For a second there it looked like we might both get something, but we had to leave before the awards were given out and didn't come home with anything more than a great day out. Here's my pip squeak parked next to my buddy's awesome 64 Chevy II "gasser" that I helped him build.
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Where was this one Tom? I went to Cars at the Crossroads in Franklin Lakes on Saturday.
 
Dr.Jeff said:
I love shows like that; casual gathering of nice "normal" cars in a relaxed open space with lots of friendly interaction. As opposed to how so many shows have become (at least the ones I'm familiar with); restricted and costly entry, trying to be a "high society" environment, snobby people, cars that are more about trying to show off how much money they spent. Car shows should be about cars, not a social wealth competition.
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Björn, thank you for posting the vid. It looks like a great event, lot's of interesting cars!

I think a well organized car show has two parking lots/places. One for show cars, the other for the everyday cars folks drove to get to the show. I suppose a laid back show would not be able to "police" the cars allowed on the show field, and I think it's great that some folks are interested in "showing" their cars, even it the car is not very interesting. But when it's difficult to tell the difference between a "car show" and the parking lot at the local Walmart, it's just boring, and a waste of time.
The local Cars and Coffee event near me is getting that way. And I think others have noticed too. At the last one I attended someone put a sign on their car, in the engine compartment with the hood up, that read something to the effect - 1994 Olds Cutlass Supreme, Only 98,000 miles, One of only 485,324 built, Only 6 owners from new. And of course it was beat up, dirty, and had a filthy engine that was covered in dust and grime. Sarcasm - I hope. :)
 
My '83 X had the rectangular side markers, orange/yellow on front and red on rear (forbidden in EU). I was never a fan of it, because every lorry or trailer has similar ones. I also didn't like the firefly-style of the former models. They are too old fashioned in my eyes, even when I like the strip frame around them very much. Finally I found LED side markers with European certification no., that pleased my taste ;-) https://www.led-martin.de/seitenmarkierungsleuchte-be20-gelb-rund-versenkbar.html
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Went to a new CnC event about an hour from home out in the Missouri wine country. Lots of nice hills and twisty roads for the X to enjoy. There were 3 Alfas at the event.
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I found another X owner, but his car is stored in Arkansas. Ge already knows about Xweb, so hopefully he will introduce himself.
 
Alain - The Red Scorpion said:
New reduction gear starter arrived this past week from MWB. Nice unit. Unpleasant job in VERY tight quarters. Still, the starter is in and Miss X is purring again.
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Or if you would, please weigh the standard starter and I will weigh the super-duper MWB unit (I no longer have a stock unit). I'm curious...The gear reduction starter seems quite heavy for it's size and requiters a good chunk of aluminum for a spacer/adaptor.
 
tigeravg said:
Or if you would, please weigh the standard starter and I will weigh the super-duper MWB unit (I no longer have a stock unit). I'm curious...The gear reduction starter seems quite heavy for it's size and requiters a good chunk of aluminum for a spacer/adaptor.
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When I put in a gear reduction starter in 2016 I weighed the stock Marelli starter at 4.5 kg, and the replacement gear reduction starter at 3.6 kg.
 
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