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tdk Part of things Posts: 958	Retro mod Fiat 500 tdk @tdk
	Jun 11, 2018 8:50:35 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	A quick post on this. Sold my Alfa GTV V6 and still had a hankering after something Italian. Ended up with this. It has a few interesting period mods, I'll stick up more info when I get time (am trying to get issue one of MotorPunk magazine published)
	SUPER - a series of books about old, odd, interesting, obscure and abandoned filling stations.

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Davey Posted a lot Resident Tyre Nerd. Posts: 2,208	Retro mod Fiat 500 Davey @davey1991
	Jun 11, 2018 9:01:26 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Thats a cool little thing.
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mk1novajoe Part of things Posts: 19	Retro mod Fiat 500 mk1novajoe @mk1novajoe
	Jun 12, 2018 21:46:04 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	This looks remarkably like a Fiat I delivered to a guy last year! What are did you pick this up from?


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keyring Part of things Posts: 913 Club RR Member Number: 47	Retro mod Fiat 500 keyring @keyring Club Retro Rides Member 47
	Jun 12, 2018 22:50:47 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Love this! Can’t wait for updates!
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tdk Part of things Posts: 958	Retro mod Fiat 500 tdk @tdk
	Jun 14, 2018 8:24:13 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Jun 12, 2018 21:46:04 GMT mk1novajoe said: This looks remarkably like a Fiat I delivered to a guy last year! What are did you pick this up from? It was originally from Viterbo, north of Rome, until last year then a guy imported it, sold to a guy in Surrey called Andy and I bought it from him. I refitted some gingercators and lost a horrible (new) wing mirror and removed some non-standard trim inside. The seats are from a 124 or something, I'm after some originals. There can't be many in this colour/spec! Anything you know about the car would be interesting, I don't have much paperwork.
	SUPER - a series of books about old, odd, interesting, obscure and abandoned filling stations.

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ade36 Part of things Posts: 509	Retro mod Fiat 500 ade36 @ade36
	Jun 14, 2018 8:56:05 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Dear god don't let my wife see this... That car, that colour, she'd have my kidneys on the black-market in preparation for making you an offer!
	Build vlog: www.youtube.com/channel/UCYCWe-s41MRoF71ZbnBUQvg

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samta22 Club Retro Rides Member Stuck in once more... Posts: 1,274 Club RR Member Number: 32	Retro mod Fiat 500 samta22 @samta22 Club Retro Rides Member 32
	Jun 14, 2018 12:03:04 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	That is a sweet little thing indeed - bet it's rather good fun to peddle along as well. After reading one of your tomes (will let you figure out which one), I persuaded the Mrs to upgrade from her 1.2 pop to an Abarth last year, do still have a want for getting one of these at some point though. My boss was once offered an ex M Schumacher 500 in black for £6k... but turned it down
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tdk Part of things Posts: 958	Retro mod Fiat 500 tdk @tdk
	Jun 14, 2018 17:06:36 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Jun 14, 2018 12:03:04 GMT samta22 said: That is a sweet little thing indeed - bet it's rather good fun to peddle along as well. After reading one of your tomes (will let you figure out which one), I persuaded the Mrs to upgrade from her 1.2 pop to an Abarth last year, do still have a want for getting one of these at some point though. My boss was once offered an ex M Schumacher 500 in black for £6k... but turned it down Hope you like the book! I love the cover art for that. I've had a couple of Abarths new (press cars) and bloody love them. I paid about the same for my old 500 as a second hand new shape Abarth. I want to own both! (More pics on mine later)
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tdk Part of things Posts: 958	Retro mod Fiat 500 tdk @tdk
	Jun 14, 2018 17:18:30 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Couple more quick pics; It's the only car I've had off the clock. OK, so the clock is in Kms, and it was downhill, but 80mph in this felt like 200mph in anything else. Brakes are discs, suspension lowered, sump and exhaust and carb have had work and it rasps along like a wasp on it's way to a picnic. More later and/or on MotorPunk website.
	SUPER - a series of books about old, odd, interesting, obscure and abandoned filling stations.

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tdk Part of things Posts: 958	Retro mod Fiat 500 tdk @tdk
	Aug 15, 2018 10:07:56 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Well, this car is proving to be surprisingly reliable! My boring daily driver is in for an extended stay at the garage so the 500 has been pressed into daily service. The lights are weird - you can have indicators working, or headlamps working, but not both, but I guess an iffy wire won't be hard to find in a car so simple. It is impossible to drive anywhere slowly, it just encourages you to aim at tiny gaps in traffic and blast along, everyone smiles and there's always some random person paying compliments when I stop. Great fun. Got some fancy pics for issue 2 of MotorPunk magazine and some slightly-less-excitable words to describe ownership so far.
	SUPER - a series of books about old, odd, interesting, obscure and abandoned filling stations.

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tdk Part of things Posts: 958	Retro mod Fiat 500 tdk @tdk
	Sept 21, 2018 15:05:49 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Right - I need some seats, the 125 seats fitted are horrible. The thing is, I don't want vinyl as they roast your plums in the summer. Any suggestions for retro style clubman seats (no headrests) in a black fabric?
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ettorebugatti Posted a lot Posts: 3,417	Retro mod Fiat 500 ettorebugatti @ettorebugatti
	Sept 21, 2018 21:03:46 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Corbeau Alpine?
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herusix Part of things Posts: 80	Retro mod Fiat 500 herusix @herusix
	Sept 26, 2018 19:32:37 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Cobra Roadster SR. www.cobraseats.com/roadster-sr.asp. Or a pair of Cerullo Classic Seat


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RetroWarwicK Posted a lot Searching...... Posts: 3,906	Retro mod Fiat 500 RetroWarwicK @maph2
	Sept 27, 2018 17:32:38 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Cobra Players or RS classic seat
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tdk Part of things Posts: 958	Retro mod Fiat 500 tdk @tdk
	Oct 1, 2018 13:32:21 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Thanks for the seat suggestions. The cabin is really narrow, I will measure up what space I have and see what fits. I like very simple designs, no headrests, preferably in cloth not leather or vinyl. I suspect this may be a tall order...
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Davey Posted a lot Resident Tyre Nerd. Posts: 2,208	Retro mod Fiat 500 Davey @davey1991
	Oct 2, 2018 15:32:21 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Buy the seat of your choice, maybe even second hand and use the money saved on getting it re-trimmed however you wish?
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tdk Part of things Posts: 958	Retro mod Fiat 500 tdk @tdk
	Dec 3, 2018 13:41:32 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Just had them retrimmed. Was more expensive than new ones but the finish is excellent and I don't have to faff about with cutting old runners out and drilling or welding the floorpan or whatnot. Steering wheel is changed out for a beautiful, thin Italian wood-rimmed thing. I bought it cheap, stripped and re-varnished it with 6 coats of yacht varnish. I am attempting to make a wooden gearknob ball out of hardwood, will varnish as above. Weirdly, the car wants for nothing mechanically or bodywork wise, I'm just sprucing little details up to make it as true to an early '70s classic as a I can. Story in issue two of MotorPunk magazine
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shielsy68 Posted a lot Posts: 3,348	Retro mod Fiat 500 shielsy68 @shielsy68
	Dec 3, 2018 19:49:17 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	i replaced evert panel on mine in 4 days


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tdk Part of things Posts: 958	Retro mod Fiat 500 tdk @tdk
	Dec 10, 2018 11:15:34 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Loving that! I have my eye on an 850 Coupe that is languishing in a Dutch factory unit. Suspiciously cheap and I'm not entirely convinced it's not nicked. It is a pretty thing but I'll need to see paperwork before talking price with the seller. God knows how I'll get it home and register it.
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tdk Part of things Posts: 958	Retro mod Fiat 500 tdk @tdk
	Feb 1, 2019 16:08:30 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Why is my 47 year old car so utterly reliable? Most unexpected. Treated myself to a Haynes manual just in case. Retrimmed seats now in, steering wheel changed, gearknob needs a shot-blast and re-chrome. Film coming on YouTube for anyone interested. Springtime, probz.
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