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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 02:26 PM
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13b turbo in fiat abarth *pics*

guys, I thought i'd share these pics with you. Its a guy in johannesburg that put blood sweat and tears into building a 13b turbo into a fiat abarth



















But then this happened !







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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 02:33 PM
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Ouch!!!!!!!
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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That sucks. Did he hit the tree in the one pic? Looking at the aftermarket steering wheel, I think I'll keep mine stock.

He did one hell of a nice job on the build, must have been a beast.
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 02:49 PM
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yep, he hit the tree. broke an arm and a leg. The car actually featured in our local car mag here called speed 'n sound. The July edition

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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 02:53 PM
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Damn. I was gonna say to post some videos of it but after scrolling down further never mind LOL
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 02:54 PM
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Sad.
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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Damn, I remember when he was building that up...
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 08:53 PM
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wow...that truely sucks!
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 09:17 PM
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its nice to see other options than the boat
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 09:21 PM
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Wow, I am sorry to see that, that is a rare car just to begin with. Hopefully it can be fit with another Fiat 131, doesn't have to be an Abarth model, except for the flares. Fix it! The car is famous and worth fixing.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 06:23 AM
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looked pretty sweet before it died. too bad. hopefully it gets a FMIC next time around
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 07:49 AM
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Very sweet ride, and at the same time very sad. Only part of the car I didnt like was the shifter ****.
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 08:17 AM
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if he didnt have that roll cage in there, wow, that would have been a mess..=( those things are amazing, the original twin cam motor sounds so amazing but thats a good looking car, fiberglass body it looks like??
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 08:38 AM
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thats f@$#Ked up! is the motor ok is he going to rebuild
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 05:05 PM
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Did anyone notice the piston shift ***? Sort of ironic…..
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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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^^^ I did. I laughed my *** off LOL
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 01:11 PM
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So it's true. Fiat really does stand for Flying Into A Tree.
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 01:35 PM
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LMFAO to that^ but we want answers to questions
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 02:22 PM
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Might of hurt a little more if he was on our side of the car. Look how fast I can go! What a waste...
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 05:29 PM
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is the motor/turbo okay Shoulda put it in a Skoda
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