Autobianchi bianchina quatroposti , the ultra slow progress.

Wow! I only knew of autobianchi because of gran turismo. Lovely little car, with a white engine like that you'l easily be able to spot leaks. I want a roof like that on my golf after having one on my triumph but I'm not brave enough to do it myself.

that's quite cool! You should make a period-looking sunroof switch panel. The modern one jars a little inside such a little cutie.

That is a very impressive conversion.
Many purists will swallow back bile, but hey... If they wanted it original, they should have paid for it.

I would be happy to smoke around in one of those.

Do you know what the conversion cost you in real terms, including the running around for bits and hopefully a beer for your dad.

PS. You could also show us your other cars, and I suspect your dad has something up his sleeve too? If he shares your passion and time.

You obviously took some brave pills before cutting into that perfect roof on such a tidy car!

Will follow with interest.

yeah , but i end up with the car i actually want and use. I already love the sunroof , much bigger than the one on a standard fiat 500. My girls love it and i only drive the car on nice sunny days. Much more comfortable. Also for comfort i fitted the seats from a 1999 fiat 126 bis. There totally ajustable in all directions and much more comfortable in comparison to the standard 1962 seats wich slide forwards and backwards and brake your back ( and spirit ) after a 20 minute drive. So I undid the seatcover of the original car and tried to fit them on the new seat , but that failed terribly. So i gave it a thought. The upholstery is made of " playmobile leather " and the missus was at work so i conviscated the the tumble dryer and heated the covers up a little and lined the new chair with those seetrough bin liners , so it would slide better. and it worked a treat!
So much more comfortable! i did a 1 hour drive and i loved it and it did not brake my back! here some picks.

as standard.




new seat



new seatcovers



et voila! doesn't look too bad from a distance...

I had wondered about the "new" headrests on the seats. I hope the headrests are removable when you want to look a bit more original, they do look good though, great if they are more comfortable.

what an exceptional little car, love it

leuk ding man, hou hem in ere toppie
gr john

As we all say , long time no update!!
After being made redundant at the end of 2015 everything came at a standstill and it took some serious hard work to get out of that curse word. We started a pub , and due to it becoming a fast succes , the time to tinker with cars is even less than before. Some ebay-ing and retro riding online at night , but haven't driven a classic in over 2 years.

But Finally !! after eight years of hard work and countless hours in the garage and endless searchs for modelspecific parts , she is finally finished!! Complete bonestock with her 495cc engine and a staggering 80 kilometres an hour top speed!! Everything is detailed and painted underneath , the 126 seats are installed and the electric sunroof works a treat.
Rebuild the engine again with new gaskets and a new exhaust due to long standing. Never took such a small car , so long to build. Still on the look out for several unobtainable model specific rubbers , but i have a lead now....

But today her maiden voyage !! off to the APK (mot) station. Some little niggles to adress. Light fuse has blown twice , throttle sticking on carpet < very scary !!! Seat will not slide further back but overall a WIN situation !!
The breaking in of the engine has started!!

Our laptop crashed , so still working to retrieve the pictures of the finishing stages , but i made some pictures today with beautiful weather!!































Also a little sad , as i know i do not have anymore time on my hands and she really has to go.  Makes me really sad. I really hope she finds a good home with somebody who can aprecciate the long hours spent on it.  Itś by far the most solid fiat derivate i've ever owned. Straight floors rock solid sills and window surrounds actually made of metal instead of filler and newspaper. Going to miss this baby. Far more special then the fiat 500 and original delivered in Holland with original papers from that era. Genuine 30000 Kilometers on the clock. Took me 15 years to find. curse word.......