Vern
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Ah much better mate now shes lowered, coming on nicely. My Comp's would look sweet on it  Cheers vern!!! yeah she's getting there now slowly. Glad I took the plunge to lower it a bit, as it still leaves enough room in the arches for those Comp mo's  Haha just enough eh, well i sent you a message buddy let me know if your tempted. |
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 Project Uno Turbo begins! |
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Enjoying seeing this one progress. Both parents had 45s at one stage or another - a red five-door and a blue 3-door. Sadly, the blue one is definitely in that great scrapyard in the sky, as its registration isn't showing up on a check.
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pabblo
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Jul 15, 2013 13:57:23 GMT
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Enjoying seeing this one progress. Both parents had 45s at one stage or another - a red five-door and a blue 3-door. Sadly, the blue one is definitely in that great scrapyard in the sky, as its registration isn't showing up on a check. That's a shame about the blue one, my mum had a Mk2 Uno 5 door 1.4 i.e S so that started it all for me and my brother with Uno's. And my dad had a Fiat Strada before that, so Fiat's have been a family thing since. My brother had a black 45 5 door for a while, and a black 45s 3 door long before that. He regretted selling both, so this one kind of makes up for it!!! Thanks for the comment, it's getting there slowly but surely. Not done much of late, as at the moment I'm just enjoying driving it with the weather as it is |
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pabblo
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Oct 30, 2013 22:51:34 GMT
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So I'm back again and time for an update of all thing's Uno shaped!! since the last time me and the car have been doing the daily commute over the summer without any real problems... Well ok it's not entirely been perfect but nothing major, ( touch wood etc.. ) the first one being the rear brake lights decided they didn't want to work one Sunday when I was going to a car show. Luckily my brother noticed before setting out on the main road, a lot cheaper than a rear end shunt!! I got a new switch the next day, the Intermotor part I bought was actually the exact same original genuine Fiat/ Lancia part as the original on the car. FTW!! And the second was about 2 weeks back, the centre exhaust snapped on the way to work.. luckily I'd replaced that before so got another under warranty  I also changed the Oil filter/ Oil and Air filter as it was slightly overdue... sorry car!! Anyway last weekend was another of three Autotest's at Curborough, so I entered the Uno again and my victim... I mean my brother as passenger!! After getting up at half 6 on a Sunday morning to clean specially, in the second test I managed to run wide on a slalom section straight into a load of mud... thanks to poorly executed handbrake turn.. oh well..  Despite the strong winds and a few light showers the day went ok, we came 9th in class and 10th overall out of 22 participants so I'm pretty pleased. I even got a passenger ride on the day so was great to get a bit more experience of other people's driving techniques. Here's some pic's of the day.. spot mine and the professional's pictures...       Can't wait for the next one in December, although to really compete next year I'd have to be a lot harder on the old girl which I don't think I want to do. So that leaves me a choice, either replace the car with something cheap n cheerful that can take the stick. Or I'll keep competing with the Uno at a slightly and I mean only 'Slightly' relaxed pace, either way the Uno is staying. Meanwhile with winter on our doorstep, the Uno's coming off the road and being kept in a friends lock up until the spring. The Mot and Tax are due in January so have that to look forward too  other than that it'll only be out for the December Autotest and maybe the odd bit of use on dry days to keep it ticking over. So whilst the Uno is off the road I bought myself a winter runabout, the Uno's big brother..  At £300 it's not a perfect, but mechanically it's all there although it's been keeping me busy!! Just don't mention electrics.. or water leaks.. Finally decided I needed to sort out the broken/ cracked front bumper, as it's been offending my mince pies for some time.. scored this 99p bargain off eBay.  It needs a bit of prep before paint, and there is still the remains of a rusty bracket to be removed from it but all in all not bad and I can't moan for 99p. Anyway that's about it at the minute, until the next update!! |
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Oct 31, 2013 21:44:58 GMT
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Looks great fun, sorry if ive missed it but what club do you run with? Loved my time at curborough and always up for getting involved in more,
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pabblo
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Looks great fun, sorry if ive missed it but what club do you run with? Loved my time at curborough and always up for getting involved in more, I'm with the Cannock club, there are people from other clubs who participate too in these events so well worth getting involved. It is good at Curborough, especially being so local to me! |
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Sept 10, 2014 15:00:19 GMT
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Just saw the link for this, whilst browsing through your Tipo thread. Knew I recognised the car, you live just around the corner from me - I always have a little look when I'm walking past Nice car! |
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pabblo
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Sept 15, 2014 13:31:28 GMT
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Just saw the link for this, whilst browsing through your Tipo thread. Knew I recognised the car, you live just around the corner from me - I always have a little look when I'm walking past Nice car! Oh cheers ;D it's getting there been busy acquiring some body panels etc.. I'm not hard to miss I guess!! oh small world hey If you see us about you'll have to say hello. |
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pabblo
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Apr 21, 2020 23:46:47 GMT
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Its been a long while since I posted any updates on my Uno, in fact the best part of nearly 6 years... Where does the time go hey? anyway what's been going on with it.  Well its looking a bit dirty here! but I've just been enjoying using it in honesty. Getting out to car shows, an a bit of use to commute to work. But for the last couple of years, I've been using it very sparingly. Oh, you might notice I went back to the Amber indicators. And standard rear lights, as I fancied a change. With recent world events, I had some unexpected time to spend on my Uno. As you can see the drivers door was looking rusty and scruffy, I already had the spray paint cans on the shelf. So thought I'd get stuck in, and give it a go myself.  I spent 4 days over the Easter weekend, since the weather was good for a change. Sanding,filling, priming, more sanding and primer. Before I got something reasonable, to go over with the metallic paint.     I did lacquer it after the final top coat, and then flattened it down a few days later once the paint was hardened. With 2000 grit, before going over it with a cutting compound and a cheap paint buffer that we have. Here's the finished results, pretty good I thought.   don't get me wrong it was tedious, and is not 100% perfect by any means. But considering I did this outside, on my drive with spray cans. I'm pretty happy, with how it turned out. It's only a temporary, until I'm able to get the replacement door and hinges sprayed up. And other bits of the bodywork done at long last, since I have a collection of body panels etc.. All ready to go on, hopefully I can find someone good to do the work. As I want a top notch job, since the Uno is for keeps. Anyway with a wash and polish, the little Uno is looking respectable once more.  Well until I was moving the car after this photo, I adjusted the passenger mirror. And it just flopped to the side ( oooohhh err ) , and was practically hanging off the car. I removed it, to find the casting inside had snapped inside.  Luckily this mirror can be dismantled, so you can swap the casing. By pushing out this pin, with screw driver to release the casing and adjuster.  I have a spare mirror from a mk2, but turns out these cant be taken apart. So for now the Uno has to wear a mismatched mirror, until I can get the correct one.  In other news, a while ago I managed to find 5 of these alloys. Which I'll eventually put on my Uno, to give the car a bit of new look. In a weird twist of fate, well over 10 years ago my brother sold these exact same alloys to a bloke. To put on a mk1 Uno Turbo, I seen these on Facebook Marketplace. And I remembered how good they looked on his mk1, couldn't believe it when it was the same bloke selling them. Unfortunately he didn't still have the Uno Turbo to sell, not that I need another car anyway.  They need new centre caps, and one needs a refurb to make them nice. So I'm on the look out, for a set of Speedline wheel centres to fit. But that's it at the moment, hopefully I'll try an update more often than nearly 6 years next time |
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pabblo
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Finally managed to get the mirror sorted, had a pattern mirror. That I had on another Uno, so I switched it for the one I'd put on temporarily.  An this one does come apart, so the same as before... Remove the screw, and bolt to separate the the mirror head from the casing. Drive out the retaining pin, that holds the adjuster lever cables. To the casing, and carefully stab my finger in the process! Oooooohhhwww.... which left me with this.  After the swearing I continued, it was a bit of trial and error. Mixing and matching the parts from the old mirror, with new. But after 30 minutes, I had the mirror reassembled.  Feeling pleased, I celebrated with a beer. And then used some left over paint, to touch up the scratches. And improve the paint touch ups, that the mirrors had for a while. The next day, I went to my lock up to refit the mirror. To remove the mirror, you have to prise off the rubber adjuster knob cover.  Then carefully undo the securing screw, using a flat screwdriver inside one of the slots.  Clearly the mirror had been hit hard at some point, as the area behind its mounting on the door. Is slightly dented, and I guess this fractured the casing. Which eventually just snapped, an the rest is history.  I've popped the mirror on for now, but will tweak the metal back. Treat the rust, and paint that later this week. Anyway here's the mirror on the car, not too bad for now.  Although the touch up effort, isn't great. Someone had been there before me, with that wretched gold paint. That the car had been touched in with, by the previous owner when I bought it. I want to repaint the mirrors eventually, but will get that done professionally with the replacement grill. And front bumper, as there currently in my dads spare room getting dusty. Sorry dad... Anyway after all that effort, theres a mirror the same colour. For sale on eBay, I mean c'mon.. what are the chances? About right for my luck.. I did save myself £40 though. Every cloud an all that, although I'm still tempted to buy it. You know just in case, I mean hoarding spares is all part of retro car ownership right? Anyway, not sure which job I'll be tackling next on the Uno. It's a long list, but we're getting there slowly. |
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qwerty
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Great work on the touch ups! Its great to see someone have a car for so long and still get out and hammer it.
Tom
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pabblo
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Jun 19, 2020 22:38:19 GMT
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Great work on the touch ups! Its great to see someone have a car for so long and still get out and hammer it. Tom Cheers appreciate that, as paintwork is something I'm not confident at doing usually. It's the longest I've owned a car, an really enjoy having it around. |
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qwerty
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Jun 20, 2020 12:35:51 GMT
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Great work on the touch ups! Its great to see someone have a car for so long and still get out and hammer it. Tom Cheers appreciate that, as paintwork is something I'm not confident at doing usually. It's the longest I've owned a car, an really enjoy having it around. Yeah I know where you're coming from with bodywork. I have some terrible lacquer peel on mine, I keep umming and arring about having a go myself but I dunno if I'm confident enough to try it. Tom |
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pabblo
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Jun 24, 2020 21:25:15 GMT
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Yeah I know where you're coming from with bodywork. I have some terrible lacquer peel on mine, I keep umming and arring about having a go myself but I dunno if I'm confident enough to try it. Tom[/quote] I watched lots of videos on YouTube, before hand. Just to see what techniques people use, that definitely helped. An what was the right stuff, to use to for the job. Oh an lots of patience! I've got terrible lacquer peel on my Punto that I have. So hopefully I'll do that myself, just got to get the thing running right. And Mot'd first, so that'll keep me busy. |
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other than that it'll only be out for the December Autotest and maybe the odd bit of use on dry days to keep it ticking over.
