Auspuff

Today the works on the SW continued after a pleasant walk through the Limburgian country with some co-workers on a project in Nederweert-Eind. Pip was with me and it was a pleasant stroll through the country. On the way home I was amazed of corner behavioiur of the Punto. It bounces on the road and corners are slow. But it's amazingly friendly and a hard worker.

A plan I've drawn was the main object of the day and lead us through the project. Young Pip is pleased by the Fiat. Wait till she will be driven in the Bleu Lord 

After that the exhaust under the SW was due. The old one was not all the way gone, but the one I had kept in my cellar for several years wat better. In fact it was the exhaust I had mounted under my former SW, my first Alfa Romeo, the TP-95-GD. The spaghettipipe tubes are a little wider than the one I kept form the Bleu Lord, and the middle pipe is better, almost no rust. The rear exhaust is from the Bleu Lord and that's pretty good too.
No problems so far. In about an hour and a half the exhaust was fitted. After that i fitted the sound insulation under the bonnet aand selected the best grill to fit on the front: the original bleu one is worn and broken, the better gray one has to be resprayed in bleu. I thin I'll choose the gray one and respray it. The first impression of the car will be the definite one.

Then I sat in the car for a while and imagined how it'll be driving the 33 again. In mind my thoughts about the Fiat of this morning.

The two exhaust pipes: spaghetti and middle part of the Bleu Lord. 

Here I already decided to fit the better pipes of the TP-95-GD.

The connection in rusty, the pipe is worn. But I'll keep it in my cellar fot later.

The better pipe already fitted under the Bleu Lord.

This photo remembers me I forgot to tighten the clamp on this part.

Pretty good pipes, ain't it? The petrol tank will be 'dinitrolled' soon.

Two of three grills I have are candidate for revival. I chose the gray one.

The 'rug' that came from the QV for keeping the sound under the bonnet. This will help not to get noticed to much in traffic, considering the two K&N lunchbox airfilters.  In the car the sound will be fantastic.

My contemplative moment: me and Momo.

By the way, my friend Roelie warned me to check the wire connections thouroughly, what I did. The colours of the wires can be the same, but they can connect different parts on the car. Happily I kept the cable tree of the 1.3S and the check was easily done: every input and output end was the same on the installed cable.

And I sold the gear box of the Bleu Lord to a friend with a hatchback Bleu Lord. I hope it will bring you lots of enjoyable miles, Henk.