Fiat Uno MK1 'Doris'

Hey. Welcome.
Your English is perfectly understandable to me.

I'd guess way up there in Finland a car needs to work well and not let you down. Also going out to the garage in those temperatures takes a special kind of commitment.

Have some inspiration

Lovely, just like the one I used to have many years ago. If it has the dodgy brown plastic dash too my trip down memory lane will be complete! Love the way the ariel is drooping in the cold weather, very anthropomorphic.

Hi everyone again, I finally found all parts to my camera ;D
So, some little update to Doris's starting condition

Bodypanels are surprisinly straight, only a little dent on the driverside door and on another front wing. Paintwork isn't that bad, but I will paint it over at some point.







Why there are Harley-Parkinson stickers all over my car?



The Sting special edition ;D



Some say, that it may have 4litre V8 under the hood...



But no. All we now the that enginebay looks like some awfull crimescene.



Including fixes made by some local Bob The builder...



...and some wires that don't end up anywere ;D



Belt changet 14 years and over 55000 km ago ;D



Surprisingly for it to being over 20 years old Fiat there is body rust only under the rear and front window.



Surprisingly not even under the trunk seal.



But then there is this. El Grande hole. And the fixing goes again to our Bob section.



Does someone know what are the places to chekc for rust in firstgen Uno? I'm remowing the carpets and stuff when it gets a little warmer in here

Interior is in pretty good shape, just one cigarette hole in passengers seat.











I'm not sure yet do I like or not those boyracer look leather panels ;D



The switch boxes are pretty cool I think, reminds me little of Citroén Visa







Wonder why it has a testing button for handbrakes warninglight? ;D

Boyracer revcounter is a definetly in the no section. I have to change it to something nicer same time when I install the temperature cauge.



Not bad overall km I think.



There was also trunk full of original parts.



Next thing to do, some tlc to engine, getting it closer to the ground and finding some wheels. I ordered some yellow headlights that should arrive any day soon. Untill next time, cheers

All flooding back, same interior as my old one. Spent all my time trying to cover up the brown (this was the 90s when brown was ugly rather than retro cool) had grey carpet over the door panels and where you've got the red 'leather' and some rather lovely black and red seat covers,never could do anything about the dash though. Looks much nicer now, maybe I'm just getting old...
I quite like the rev counter there, maybe a bit shouty but I'd rather have it than not. You getting rid of it completely or just finding something more subtle?

Hi all Little updates to Doris.

First, the new lights arrived.




And in the enginebay too.


Removed the powerfilter, replaced it with the original wich was found in the trunk.




Also removed the sound/heat insulation, cause the filter was also rubbing to insulation and the hood ;D


The original filter box was in fine condition, but it was missing the other holder. Have to get it from the spareparts car.


Also couple of clips to the pipes and one wing nut to hold it in place.


Looks much better I think

And since tomorrow is the first of march, it means I can drive with my car.
The law says you must use snow tyres at least from december to february in Finland. Have to go for a little test run to see if it still works after a long winter ;D Also doing little rim testing tomorrow.
Cheers

There's the little difference between turbo and grandpa models. This is not scary in any area, exapt maybe if you overtake with this, 'will I make it?' feeling is sometimes very strong ;D

So, firts day driving it this year, and it ran surprisingly well. Only problem was (surprice...) some electric problems. While driving all electrics including wipers, ligts, whole dash and heater stopped working for a while. Problem were loose and broken wires inside this thing.(don't know what's it is in english)



Couple of connectors and some sanding later it was working again. At least for now ;D

Next, I went to check how my parts car was doing.





Some bulletholes on the trunklid ;D



Got some replacement parts out of it



Removed the old un-working radio and filled the hole with the compartment I got from the spare car.



Removed the red 'leather' panels from the back, desided not to like them ;D Also putted some soundinsulation in.



There was also some nasty moisture inside, have to dry it before putting the panels back.



Also tried the 'new' rims. Looks quite good I think. I will paint them black before installation. (bad quality, sry





Spacers needed, doesn't poke out enough ;D

I was thinking about painting the dash black, but I've started to like it in brown. Not sure witch way to go, any opinions?



Brown...



...or black?


Next time some engine renovation.
Cheers

i learned to drive in one of these! '98m(i think) one of the last with the 'fire' engine. paid £70, gearbox mount had broken resulting in a snapped driveshaft.. once that was sorted i got nearly two years out of it!

Do the doors from 2.gen two door Uno fit straight to the older one?
Inspected the doors after first proper wash and the turned out to be pretty crunchy from under. If someone has better knowledge, it would be good. There is one 2.gen Uno where I could get replacement doors if my own turn out to be very crappy, but it's on it's way to the junkyard soon. Thanks