262c parts wanted

Rowler

Hi , I am starting to gather some bits n pieces for the future renovation of the gold brick, looking mostly for interior bits but as you know once I start digging …. exterior too.

Any leads on stuff would be appreciated

Cheers Dave

Ex850R

Geez Man , caste your net wide and far as they are mde of Russian steel by Italians (think Alfa/Fiat/Ferarri , all rust buckets of USSR stock…)

Get onto any maker of retro parts asap as this stuff. is very very rare.

*big wallet needed.

dmc

i have some b280 stuff if you want to go v6 efi. that was my original plan.

as for the rest, you will struggle. i have lots of 262 spares though nothing for sale. if you want to have trim parts made etc. there are samples here to measure from.

i started with one complete-ish car and a second complete-ish wreck and am still struggling to sort parts years later.

the story of the russian steel is a little mythical, i am not convinced. my experience found the problems were most likely due to the insides of the roof steel, a/b pillar etc, not being painted. when rebuilding mine there was lots of raw steel in there. paint was just not there. 40 years of no coating and i think most things would rust. just poor preparation in assembly in my opinion.

watch your head too, cracked mine a couple of times getting in.

Rowler

dmc Hey thanks for the reply, I know parts will be hard to come by, the car looks a bit rough but the damage is contained to some rust but not terrible and poor paint, with my brother being trained as a body builder spray painter I might have to call on him later.

As for parts , the car is pretty complete and original so I think a good candidate to be saved.

PVR6 is there and running very well, I bought this car from a deceased estate and it was driven often and registered, im keeping it registered atm but probably not good enough to pass inspection for special interest yet due to the rust.

Parts ive noticed need replacing already…..

window scrapers both doors inside and out, Internal fan not working, one crack in the dash top, one crack in the plastic clock surround, the rubber tray above the switches on the dash is split on one end. drivers door handle chrome is crap.

odometer not counting.

Main front crank seal seems to be leaking a bit.

Took it for a 150km trot yesterday and all good.

Cheers Dave

Ex850R

dmc

"Fiat and Lancia models of the 1970s were particularly infamous for rapidly succumbing to severe structural rust. This is commonly attributed to a well-documented deal made by FIAT with the Russian government for a supply of surplus Russian steel. The Russian government supplied FIAT with large quantities of steel in exchange for the rights and tooling necessary to manufacture a clone of the recently discontinued FIAT 124 (sold under the Lada and Zhiguli names). Though superficially a good deal for FIAT, who off-loaded their old design and tooling at a hefty profit, the steel they received was of an extremely poor quality. There is also anecdotal evidence that poor planning frequently left early X1/9 body-shells un-painted outside the Bertone factory before transportation to FIAT where the rusting body-shells were simply painted over"

I heard it myself many years ago from a friend in England who questioned a Lancia representative about the Lancias being flat-bedded to a scrap yard near where he lived. Could never find any official confirmation or denial about it on the web but it makes a good story.

Also, in 1998, this came out:

"Russia will continue to depend on imports of steel sheets for its car manufacturing industry because the quality of domestically produced sheets is unacceptable, the head of the country's largest car manufacturer says"

arebee

Regarding the door scrapers, try Nordicar, I think they refer to them as 'Lick' Rubbers. The website is in Dutch, but there is a Google translation, which is probably the reason for the odd sounding name.

Good luck with it.

Rowler

arebee Awesome, thanks for the reply and help I will look them up.

Cheers Dave

dmc

i assume you know to keep the oil fresh, poor servicing prior to me was why my prv lasted about 400km after putting the car back together.

careful doing the window scrapers too, there is a little metal clip that holds the metal trim piece on, they can fly and are hard to replace…

Rowler

dmc yep fresh oil.

Ex850R

Mark Iceton may have parts or know who has the ( if he doesnt know then something wrong , he lives for this shit)

Get him on iRoll FB group .

jamesinc

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