How hard to get parts?

[TenmanS14]

for an S3 Fulvia... I might be getting a pretty poorly one as a restoration project soon. just wondering what body panels I'll be able to get and what I'll have to fabricate for it... also what are engine parts like (its a 1.3)

[omicron]

Our advice is to get the best one you can afford as it always works out cheaper that way. Bodywork is the most expensive aspect to do, especially if you're paying someone to do it, and you want a good job doing.

However, we can supply:

• front and rear half wings, including a full wheel arch

• inner and outer sills

• front and rear wing quarter panels - the sills tuck behind the wings, so sometimes you need these as well.

• rear valences

• rear panel

• door skins

• floor panels

• headlamp repair sections.

and so on...

Bonnets and boot lids are available in grp (or carbon fibre if you want), original steel ones can be repaired, but its quite complicated around the front and the early aluminium ones don't fit the later cars without adjustments.

We also make subframe mounting boxes and replacement rear subframe outriggers. The rest you will have to fabricate. Finding factory panels is very difficult but very occassionally you stumble across a small stock pile - we've just found about 10 rear wings, all LH side.

Andrew

[omicron]

moving on to mechanical engine parts, the situation is much better, pretty much anything you need we can supply.

[Hamish]

I know a man who has broken several Fulvias beyond redemption and has a lot of secondhand spares - he's not emailable but I can forward requests if needs be :wink: