Re: 1998 LE 99 Crono - Discussion thread

Discussion thread please mods?

Phil, can you take some pics of the interior?

I'll make a discussion thread in a min Ed, pics of interior soon, but I've just done the leather this morning so it's hard to show how bad it was....

Discussion thread for 1998 LE 99 Crono 40,000 Genuine Miles....

Looks pristine already!

It didn't yesterday! That's for sure!

Looking very nice already Phil.

Shame it only came up after Brooklands - would have been nice to have had 3 cronos there!

Next year hopefully. I enjoy Brooklands, it's a good show and a fun drive there.

Common as muck Seriously though thats the best original drivers seat I've seen. Can't wait to see the end results patch

Hmmm 3 Cronos together - history in the making !

Seats came up well!

I'll be following this with interest.

:-)

Looks cracking...can't wait to see more

looking mint!congrats

Looks like an excellent buy, saw this on auto trader and thought would go quick, crono not my favourite colour but still tempting!
Sure will be a cracker.

Gorgeous colour Phil, and pretty unusual. Dead jealous, although I still love my Moonie out of my fleet...

If you decide you don't like the colour i'll buy it off you!

Arnt you supposed to use White as a base for Sprint Blue to be sprayed on top and not Chrono

Very droll.....

PS - Dan will be along in a minute to moan about the missing apostrophe ...

And the missing "e" Phil

All together now Phil and Mario, A-R-E-N-'-T

Told you

...and its crono not chrono

Be VERY afraid; overuse of emoticons

What's the latest patch? Any update pics??

No pictures as I am in Istanbul, but whilst here the car has been worked on by FCSS - Luckily, Joe is based near my house, so he picks the car up and takes it back - Nice chap

Anyway, the following has been done to date...

**Belts
**Water pump
**Cam phase sensor
**Rocker cover gasket
**Clutch slave
**Thermostat
**ECU temp sensor
**Fresh coolant

and then this little lot will occur before the first of July

**New GTiR turbo installed
**Mapped by Flea
**New suspension and welded front subframe fitted
**HiD's fitted
**New hose set
**Other bits and bobs

I come home for a meeting in the UK on the 30th July so will take pics and update further then....

Looks better every time I see it patch And newly refreshed crinkled rocker really tranforms the engine bay doesn't it. And the re-newed Alloys. One thing - on that side on shot - Are you missing non-RED LE 20 VT badges? Hope to see it in the flesh one day...........LE meet!

Yes, strange one, same badges on each side? Maybe specified from new by the first owner? I have no idea!

I'm getting her totally resprayed (lacquer peel on roof and boot) sometime early next year so will get the badges enamelled red at this point. Once this is done she 'will' look mint

Wonder how challenging the crono colour will be to a paint shop? I doubt you'd be able to specify something like that as new from Fiat. Perhaps they were at the bottom of the box on the track! Great to see a good few cars are now being brought up to and kept minty....

If you can give the code to the paint shop they can match it. After 15 years being exposed to sun and the elements, the original crono colour will not be as it was straight from the factory anyways Yes, there are some cacking examples owned by guy's on the forum. Great news.

I get to see MC Mikes Crono alot (same work) and it actually appears alot more smokey Blue than Grey to me. Will look terrific patch.............

Yes, they are have a definite blue hue to them.

If you are parking it there for a while why not put a weather proof gazebo around it too! Cheap on E... 'well you know where' Just a thought..

Love that colour

Because the wife will throw a fit - she thinks I love the car more than her

It really is nice IMO, not everyone's cup of tea but I really like it and I've just about owned one of every colour apart from Porto, Pearl white, Moon, Scotty, and the colour that minimetaller has, whatever code that is?

So it turns out I have 'not' owned just about every colour after all

Pearly Crono

Now thats an idea! No?

I am glad to see all is going well mon ami!

Who's mon amil Joe

You should have gone to bla bla mate!

Now I'm really confused? You been at that wine of yours?

Amil is ami!

Oh! Where are my glasses? Cheers mate

Look at you both littering the place with your senior moments

Thanks We're trying to enjoy every moment before .... impending doom!

Whats that you say sonny? ,any one seen my pee pants!

Re those badges. I have a page marked than can supply new ones, but they don`t have the correct colours for the LE. As one of mine is cracked i`ll probably get a new pair. Still trawling around German sites looking for the right ones.
Your car looks great already and just know you are going to make it even better.

Yes KBT, I bought some from eBay. I'll paint them myself the correct colour and fit once back home. I also have a vinci LE to take care of now! Jesus! I am definitely a crazy guy! What was I thinking?

I'm still wondering that myself Phil

Funny, I was just wondering if you have saved a set of FCSS springs for me (for the crono project)

They're here waiting for you mate

Thanks Joe

No problem mate, when are you home next?

Returning to Istanbul from Tashkent tonight. Then I will be in Turkey for a month (maybe - my passport has no pages left so may return to the UK in Nov to replace it). The short answer is ..... I have no idea, just before xmas

Galatasaray play Juventus at home on the 10th of Dec, so I'd imagine around the 15th - 20th....

So you're the one going around spray painting football pitches!

Suggest you get a second passport or go for the jumbo 100 page version (I used to have 2 of these)

Nope, it's those pesky Russians - But I have done this before on a World Cup pitch - just before a match - the guy's at the stadium royally ****ed up so I was called into fix it - it was the only way being two days before the match!



Yes, I do need to get a second passport for sure, a few other guys I know have this.

Hi Phil
Did I read correctly you now have a vincy aswell?

Yes, it's not so nice the moment though!

She's coming on Phil , will be good to she her on the flesh one day .

I agree Iain, I'd like to see it too!

That is a flocking nice centre console mate, very tidy. Best to do the clutch before mapping anyway.

that centre console looks quite smart, certainly better than the standard plastic rubber(then again anything is)

Patch - where did you get those Coupe car covers from ?

Thanks

Mike

They are simple Halfords ones Mike, Size medium. They are very, very good.

Cheers Phil

Hi Phil,

Good to meet you again at Joe's new place, still can't believe how close he's opened up shop!

Glad the clutch change went well, great spec and tidy looking car - shame when I got there it was 6ft up in the air.

Might have to make the trip to Halfords for one of those covers too, are they just their bog-standard outdoors cover?

Good to see you again too. Yes, they are the Halfords own make car covers, size medium. Pull them off months later and the car is just as you left it.

Obviously I clean and wax the car each time before covering. 3 strap ties underneath the car keep it all in place. Even during those high winds the UK recently suffered (I was not here, but the wife told me no problem).

Nice to see you enjoying your break mate.

I have not seen another Coupe on the road around me in ages, so glad to hear you where near Gloucester recently.
That looks a great car you have there and glad to see you have been putting it in good hands!

Nice and shiny Phil
Didn't realise you were so keen to go back to your sunnier climes!?
Calling an emergency KLM flight out of the country with your reg plate

Coments-Oopps, sorry!

Posting in a project thread … tut tut! Mods, can we move the comments to the discussion thread at all?

Looking good patch - you have to keep crono polished to be at its best or its look too flat IMO

Agreed. Or paint it silver

Yep, let's just turn this project thread into a discussion thread!!!!

Dan, Silver? You are a heathen! From the rarest colour to the most common Good clear thinking young man

Mods - In my old threads I was able to lock them. This benefit seems to have been taken from me now?

We all know chrono = primer I was merely suggesting an appropriate colour that shines. Now, I'm doing that in the correct thread

Crono Dan, crono

Primer Phil, primer

Cromer?

Crimer?

Definitely!

Crimbo

Scrubland and you Phil - no-one's near your field of expertise

Is this an LE thing that the pipe from the expansion tank sits in a neat wee hole?

Also where is yo' spongey bits for bonnet resting?

The sponges are there, just not in shot. Useless water holding things that they are!

It is a the perfect place to pop your pipe

Ah, dig the horn colour

Pre-painted did you say? That Joe must have too much time on his hands

So is the next job the expansion tank?

Edit...no you did it mid-December

Tut tut - but why?

Tut tut not for the expansion tank….

Nice boost switch - good fun aren't they

Well, normal will be 'on' ….. so…… hahaha

Sorry mods please put my last post in discussion

spank his ass

Saw you out in Malvern today (filthy Alfa 156 Sportwagon opposite you at a zebra crossing, top of town).

Looks even better out and about than it does up close, really does stand out from the flock.

Crono could be edging it as my current favourite flavour of Coupe too… maybe.

Ah yes, the old lady was crossing! Thanks mate.

Looks stunning and I love the new switch! Do you have a little saying before activation bet you do!!!

Thunderbirds are go!

I must sell, I must sell

At last, a comment I can understand without deciphering

Count yourself lucky pal, in a couple of days there won't be a single comment you understand

You certainly went to some lengths not to pick me and the lad up at Malvern Station on Saturday

Nothing unusual for Malvern folk