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May 25, 2020 12:25:11 GMT
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Hallo, had some good reads in the build section in the past and now in quarantine again. Very insprational bunch of people and vehicles. Thought i'de have my own write-up, but be aware that I'm no native english speaker. I'm a Fiat Cinquecento-tragic by accident, had one for my first car and was not very happy with the choice my parents did for me. 7 years and 100k later I was hooked for life. Getting a house 2014 after my training ment lots of space, combined with the infamous "Cash for clunkers"-time in Germany I bought four other Cinquecento. One of them is the star of this build thread. A 1995 Cinquecento Sporting non-airbag model. More write-up will follow. That is the car how I restarted the project in April 2019.  |
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May 25, 2020 12:45:53 GMT
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2014 i bought the car for 102€ of eBay. It was a really crappy car with a shady past, but it was a non-airbag model which was quiet rare in Germany and also very important for TÜV and german laws. The sills were dented, like the car had been moved with a forklift and it had quiet a few rust spots, but not yourtipical Cinquecento stuff at the windscreen-frame and rear axle. Interior was shoddy. The mileage was 160.000km, motor ran good. It was primered black and than had a carbon wrap above it, but only partial.      I started to strip it back to bare chassis. Was a real pain to remove the black primerstuff.    |
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May 25, 2020 12:56:43 GMT
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With the house, the birth of two kids and the purchase of a BMW E36 320i Touring I lost my way for a long time. Eastern 2019, one of my Cinquecento had to go because it stood outside in the yard partial parted out already due to rust issued. I started to part it out till everylast clip was saved. Wrenching again on a Cinquecento got me hooked again. A restarted my abandoned Cinquecento-project. Pulled the motor  Straightend the sills   Pulled the rear axle  |
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May 25, 2020 14:00:36 GMT
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Had a good run till August 2019. Finished most of the welding NOS Tank  Refurbed the rear axle with red strongflex and mounted it again   Cleaned brake lines and gas lines, changed wheelsl bearings, installed a Seicento rack with new heads, fitted adjustable Osrav dampers with KAW springs  Changed the wear items on the engine and put on a new belt  Cleaned the engine bay and refitted the engine  Then i got "shot down" by my mother-in-law. |
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May 25, 2020 14:13:42 GMT
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In a tribunal fashion I was told that I spent to much time wrenching on the car. Was really gutted after that, did nothing major for a month on the car. Really unhappy, I began to work on the car after my late shift weeks which ment 2-3 hours progress per day, every three weeks. Only for major foot steps like painting the car I was allowed somewhat of a whole day. Lights refitted  Painting began, grassroots rattle can job      |
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May 25, 2020 14:18:44 GMT
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May 25, 2020 14:23:47 GMT
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May 25, 2020 14:28:26 GMT
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May 25, 2020 15:15:38 GMT
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I like the brown interior
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May 25, 2020 18:16:54 GMT
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Thank you, I wanted to achieve a kind of "back dated"-look, making the car appear more old then it actually is, like when people see it and aren't fimiliar with the model think it's more 1985 than 1995. Custom armrest from real mahagoni wood   Got a Remus/Sebring backbox   Bumper fitted  New pedals of a Seicento  Steelies with hubcaps and trim rings   Painted gas tank  |
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May 25, 2020 18:54:51 GMT
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lots of funny details on your cinquecento! i like the brown interiors..i have one ('95 blue color 899cc pushrod).. but i consider it my modern \heavy duty car..the retro it's a 128 coupè
this cars were manifactured in the fiat polsky plant (poland) and are really rustproof (for beeing a fiat), stronger then the contemporary cars produced in italy
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I have three 899ccm also, silver, red and black, but non in running condition. Rustproofing was good for a Fiat, but at the rear axle the Cinqucentos all have their issues. First outing after 5 years, ready for TÜV in late february.    Shift boot made by my mom and dad out of a wasted drivers seat cover.  Pedals installed   |
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Bear with me... We are at the present day soon Passed TÜV and got it registered, First sippy-sip pic.  Polybushed the front trailing arms and the ARB, added camber. With the Seicento quick-rack that really was a gamechanger.  Cut some holes  Enjoyed the car  Quiet roomy, eh?  Made a gurney flap   |
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May 26, 2020 11:57:48 GMT
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Okay homestretch.   Added a genuine Fiat alloy handbrake grip from a Seicento "Michael Schumacher"-Edition  Cooked the stock brakes in fierce quarantine Touge action twice into non-working at all. I had cut the corner getting ready for TÜV only opting for the standard Marelli stuff, might be good for the cars original Intention as a shopping trolly but didn't held up to any abuse. Running now Brembo Max with EBC Greenstuff   Tested some Rial alloys, but didn't like them anymore, too madly in love with the steelies  Added a big Abarth Scorpion which will evolve into a kind of small livery later  Finally lost my mind in quarantine and bought a Sparco Sprint bucket seat.   Which brings us up to speed, thanks for following along for this pic-heavy journey of one year. Wouldn't have been able to finish this stage of the car without the help and positive reactions of my friend Daniel handeling the two-man-jobs with me. As the car sits now in the above photo it is my daily driver in the spring and summer months and is everything I ever wanted from a daily... Harsh, loud, uncomfortable, no stereo  Currently I'm waiting on a different back box from Inoxcar, eventough I have a obnoxious center Novitec exhaust also, but wouldn't care for too much hassle with the neighbours. I can drive the car till October and will make hopefully some more trips with the Family, which the car ist kind of capable of but I don't want to modify too much the rest of the year, was expensive enough this year getting it to this point. |
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May 26, 2020 12:11:56 GMT
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This is awesome. What was the tuv problem with the other steering wheel?
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May 26, 2020 12:18:47 GMT
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The papers of the wooden Raid steering wheel don't state that is partucilary suited to fit this car. The manufacturer couldn't help me too with the problem, bummer, but the wooden steering wheel mabye look great but wasn't all that good for handling which I realised changeing to the smaller more thicker Momo.
Keeping the wooden wheel mabye for shows and meets, installing it when parked.
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danny81
Yorkshire and The Humber
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May 26, 2020 12:46:10 GMT
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Love this build! Brown interior looks great and I really like what you did with the paint under the bonnet given me ideas for my build lol
Surprised we do not see more of these cars over in the UK, My mate has a Shumacher edition thats been off road a while and i remember my old boss had a Sporting brand new in yellow, Did not see the attraction until he took me out in it.
There was a firm back in the day doing turbo conversions, Van Aken or something similar.
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May 26, 2020 13:07:01 GMT
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Thanks.
In Germany they get quiet rare too, I still see them in the classifieds but live in the road not for the last 4 years. Even the Seicento is not a common sight anymore, at least were I live (rural area). There is still a hard core of the former Cento-Scene in Germany but it gets less and less.
Commuting to work I pass a Cinque that seems to be still registered but doesn't move from it's spot.
The Van Aken was totally unknown in Germany, only found out about it recently in a UK Fiat Forum. In Germany there was Novitec, Merkur and G-Tech converting those but it is a hassle to update the old turbo stuff legally in Germany. Turbos are quiet rare beast and cost top money.
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May 26, 2020 15:06:41 GMT
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Very jealous
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