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Welcome Pieter and thank you for sharing your remarkable heart transplant project!

Let's not dampen your welcome here! There's no need to talk about taking sides, it's not what we're about - you will note that the term "fight" has been used twice, both times by a founder member of FiatCC. Enough said.

Thanks for the welcome Rachael

I am honoured to be part of any group that has anyting to do with X19's.My love for these cars tend to grow day by day and I cannot see the reason for fellow X19 lovers to be involved in a silly keyboard war.But as I said I am here to enjoy the companionship of all that are obsessed and in love with this wonderfull little car.Hence I am seeking membership at any group that will have me.

Welcome to the X1/9 Owners Club Pieter. I know we have spoken on Facebook before, but I'm really pleased you have shown us your car on the site. Anway, what stage are you now up to with it?

I've said it elsewhere and I will say it again here... Your car is a work of art Pieter

Thats what I love about the X19 family.Always giving compliments as if it is free......lol.Thanks guys it makes all the efforts worthwhile.

Rob I have started it some 4 weeks ago,at this moment all electics and mechanicals is working except the handbrake and driveshafts.Somehow the handbrake cables was dumped while being painted.Struggling to get something local but has got someone lined up to custom make some if need be.The sideshafts is another tricky story,running the Mazda gearbox on X19 outer cv's means building something custom.Now this brings me to a point where I decided to "modify" everything here as well.As I am thinking that it will make some decent power and that I have to make something anyway I can just as well do it properly once.I am currently looking at what outer ,stronger,cv's I can make fit.This is keeping me a little bit busy as I work most of the day and weekends just don't have enought time to do all the here's and there's.

The interior is also not finished yet and the carpets,doorcards and seats still need to be recovered.But this will be done last as I wahat to run it for a while just to get all the machanicals sorted.

Charlie,I would like to again say that I do admire that black number of yours just as much,just hope to get mine close to yours standard.

This is how the inside will basically look when finished.Opel Corsa dash fitted.