This is great news John and so close to Bangalore! Can you please share their number, would they be interested in shipping stuff to bangalore? if not, please let us the address, its really not too far to drive down and get the spares!
And I really did as and when you were speaking to me about it, especially the Opera singing part hehehehe. I'm happy and relieved after your discovery, Johnny. So guys just drop that fear from your mind "Fiat spares are not available", we now have Kava if any need arises.
Well, I stopped by at KAVA automobiles Godown at Charkop, an Industrial junkyard zone, with all sorts of spare part shops etc, for those not from Mumbai and for those in chennai , to draw a parallel, its Harrisroad, Pudupet.
All, my fears of sourcing parts for the Palio has been abolished. This guy has got so much stuff, he does'nt know here some of the stuff is and may take days to search for the same. I got a brand new stone guard for 750 bucks for my 1.6 which im yet to fit though. He took a week to pull it out. engine, suspension , radiator, ac, internal plactic parts, fuel tanks all there. a few cosmeteci parts may not be there, and he may have to source them. Punto and linea owners , you have nothing to fear, this guy has parts for these models right from logos to engine parts stacked up, tons of it, spilling out of everywhere.....name it you'd get it. Forget all that ball talk of spares shortage etc.... he can build an entire yard of cars with the amount of stuff he has in there. He even has parts for the Indica vista and Manza.
I was just filled with joy at the sight of this, took me back 15 years when i used to roam the streets of Pudupet in chennai searching for parts for my Beloved Zundapp, Enfield FURYs 175 (anybody here heard of that bike.....?.... a true scorcher and master piece with bad support.... hahahah... Thats another story..! ).
I was so overwhelmed that I called up Rudrah once i got back and spoke to him of the sight i just saw.....!. It aint a godown or junkyard...it was heaven. I spent 2 hours looking around, enjoying the smell of rust, oil and grease.... mmmmm... for some people like me once in a while these things are like a breath of fresh air.... :)
NO NO, I got to know of Kava thru PUG. I merely visited his Godown. I did not find it. Infact angesh of FIAT let Bala and MN know of the same and they had put up a post regarding KAVA and purchased some parts as well. They have a shop at Opera house near kennedy bridge in Mumbai.
Since i stay at Oshiwara, about half hour drive from Charkop -Kandivili area, I visited their godown to pick up my stuff. Raj, of KAVA suggested I go there instead of driving all the way to Opera house which is about 30kms thru bumper crazy traffic. If u search the forum u ll find the numbers of KAVA, any ways here it is.
Raj: 022 - 23827562 , 98200 49190.
Do contact him for your requirements and let us know if ever your down.Alternately he apparently ships stuff to your destination.
The silver plus , Explorer and the Fury all shared similar engines with different capacities and the silver plus was a different kind of a bike, somewhat like a cross over between a bike and a scooter. The explorer cam with a 80cc and a 50 cc version - BSA bond for competition.
The FURY came in 2 models first the DX and then in 1990 they launched acosmetically modified version the GP. I had both the DX and the GP and what a time i had with them till 1998 when i sold them. Classic retro screamers with mag alloys, brembo disks upfront and Piaoli front forks and a short stroke engine that revved over 9000 RPM. The RX100's the shoguns, Supras would all be eating dust and i loved those bikes too.The only bike that it could not beat was of course the 'king' the -RD350.
I have an owners manual of the FURY lying around safely somewhere..!!!!
Nostalgic....!
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