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1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug

horney™ Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 1,289	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug horney™ @horney
	Nov 24, 2021 22:37:58 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I hate coming to RR shows without a retro so I’ve bought a car just for the weekender in May. I have some plans for it that I will reveal along the way. For now you’ll have to sit tight until I collect it on Saturday and the journey to RR weekender begins.
	Last Edit: May 31, 2022 14:25:31 GMT by horney™

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mr2fc Posted a lot Posts: 1,990	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug mr2fc @mr2fc
	Nov 25, 2021 8:55:39 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	1368 16v? Got to be done, always wanted one of these...


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horney™ Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 1,289	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug horney™ @horney
	Nov 29, 2021 13:17:43 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Here it is! Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Mrs Horney taking it for a spin. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr It's a bit battered on the outside but importantly all solid underneath. Even more importantly I bloody love it. it's so much fun to drive! It's an odd bedfellow with my 250bhp Mini and 2021 2.0 mx5 and I can't wait to see th looks of confusion when I take it to work this week. Spec is as follows: 52k 899cc S model Lowered 30mm (think) Spax rear dampers Sporting front dampers (have a set of new spax to go on) Lower chassis brace Sporting ARBs Front end polybushed A bitsa exhaust that sounds amazing 20mm wheel spacers Sporting 13" wheels Sporting seats The previous owner also gave me a bunch of spares which include a gearbox a refurbished head full sporting wiring loom water pump starter motor painted rocker cover and other odds and sods I've yet to sift through. There is a plan, but I'm going to reveal it as I go because it's more interesting. The main aim though is to have it ready for RR Weekender at Goodwood and have it on display on a stand or something. Next up I think will be a walk around video to really get into what's like right now.
	Last Edit: Nov 29, 2021 13:19:08 GMT by horney™

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mr2fc Posted a lot Posts: 1,990	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug mr2fc @mr2fc
	Nov 29, 2021 18:05:22 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I'm mega jealous! Beard trim could help your power to weight ratio!


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Waxoyling Lyrical Posted a lot Posts: 1,766	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug Waxoyling Lyrical @1275traveller
	Nov 29, 2021 18:41:51 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Good stuff. I used to have an SX model in black; the most economical car I've ever had, regularly returning 70mpg without trying too hard! Great for parking just about anywhere too.
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horney™ Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 1,289	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug horney™ @horney
	May 30, 2022 10:39:28 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Mega update time. Since the last post it has had a paint job, stickers applied, new wheels and tyres, a head unit swap and been to a few shows! I'll let the pictures do the talking. First up a PDR guy did his magic to reduce the massive denting and mean less filler needed for the paint job. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr The it was time to strip down for the paint job. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Then the paintwork began. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr


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horney™ Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 1,289	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug horney™ @horney
	May 30, 2022 10:44:25 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	While it was in paint I picked up some wheels. JDM WedsSport Kurages in 14x6. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr So now it was time to reassemble and try the wheels for fitment with some 15mm spacers. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Firmend all good so tyres were ordered. TR1s in 195 45 14. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Reassembly continued.... Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Window tints removed. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Wheels and tyres on! Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr
	Last Edit: May 30, 2022 10:45:23 GMT by horney™

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horney™ Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 1,289	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug horney™ @horney
	May 30, 2022 10:53:09 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Back home for the first time in a while. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr What better way to test that I've put it back together properly is to take it on sprint day at Curborough right? Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Also went out for a little photo trip on some nice local roads. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr The. exhaust sounds fun, but it looked rubbish. A stainless tip was purchased off eBay, welded on and some BBQ paint used to tidy up the back box. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Then went to Beaulieu for Simply Italian. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr


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grizz Probably posted too much REZIN ROCKIT......🚀 Posts: 28,504	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug grizz @grizz
	May 30, 2022 10:56:05 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Small cars. Twice to fun.
	1966 Chevy C10 V8 REDNECK EXPRESS. (Restoration now) GRIZZ-POD Build Thread grizzmakes.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-birth-of-grizzmakes.html IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MATE. .

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horney™ Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 1,289	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug horney™ @horney
	May 30, 2022 11:10:56 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	The previous owner and his family had nick named the car "The Slug" and it had become quite well known through Ben's YouTube and social media. When I bought the car I felt a duty to keep the name and elements that had been there for years. I therefore decided to keep the Slug Club sticker in the back window and the yellow tinted front lights. I was keen to thought it would be cool to have a logo for the name of the car so I asked a friend who's graphic designer to knock one up for me. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Following in from this I took inspiration from the 80's and 90s Uno Turbos for some side stripes that incorporated the above logo. I also loved the Trofeo cars and thought a homage their unstrap would be pretty cool as well. I had a local sign writing firm produce and apply the graphics and they have come out amazing. No pics of the graphics until it made it to the goal of getting to the RR Weekender 22 at Goodwood. Big photo dump incoming..... Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr
	Last Edit: May 30, 2022 11:12:50 GMT by horney™

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horney™ Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 1,289	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug horney™ @horney
	May 30, 2022 11:16:29 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Phew, we're nearly there. Most recently I have swapped to better headhunt (in period though!) and replaced the sporting interior with the correct low spec interior it would have had from new. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Ben also sent me some photos he had of when it had been rescued by a prevues owner from beingg scrapped and how it looked with another owner in the group. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr


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grizz Probably posted too much REZIN ROCKIT......🚀 Posts: 28,504	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug grizz @grizz
	May 30, 2022 11:31:57 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	You have really done this car justice mate. Well done.
	1966 Chevy C10 V8 REDNECK EXPRESS. (Restoration now) GRIZZ-POD Build Thread grizzmakes.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-birth-of-grizzmakes.html IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MATE. .

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horney™ Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 1,289	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug horney™ @horney
	May 30, 2022 13:29:37 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Thanks. It’s coming along. Still a few more bits to do. I’d like to go all out on the period hifi to get some good sounds, get some good badges for the boot and some square fog lights in the front bumper.


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goldnrust West Midlands Minimalist Posts: 1,872	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug goldnrust @goldnrust
	May 30, 2022 19:14:35 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Yes, I like how this is coming together! Cars like this are not something I appreciated when I was a teenager and you’d see them around lots with young lads in, but I totally get the appeal now. So much fun to be had with a simple little light car 🙂 And surprisingly tuneable little engine too. I’m sure you’ve seen a bunch of this sort of thing (if you’re anything like me and watch pretty much every YouTube video out there on a car you’ve decided to buy) but regardless I’ll just leave this here…
	Last Edit: May 31, 2022 11:37:08 GMT by goldnrust 1968 Daimler V8-250 Restoration 1965 Fiat 500F Restoration 1972 Suzuki T500 Cafe Racer / Custom Build

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horney™ Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 1,289	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug horney™ @horney
	May 31, 2022 9:35:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I’d not seen that one, nice find. Thanks!


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PhilA Posted hell of a lot Byte Wizard Posts: 5,148	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug PhilA @phila
	May 31, 2022 14:43:29 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I miss mine, it was rhe most fun you could have with 41 horsepower. They're great fun. Cornering? Just turn the steering wheel more and keep the accelerator mashed into the carpet!
	1951 Pontiac Chieftain 1966 Plymouth Fury

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jimi Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 1,806	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug jimi @jimil
	Jun 1, 2022 11:12:24 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I bought a 96 for my son's first car (it was the cheapest car for him to insure) Great fun never let him down and had it for about 5 years. Bog standard, the only mods were a modern head unit and remote central locking. He used to leave it at home when he was at Uni so I had to run ( thrash) it around, brilliant little car, reminded me a lot of my first cars ( Mini's)
	Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour

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horney™ Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 1,289	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug horney™ @horney
	Jun 2, 2022 9:44:59 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Good to see others having fond memories of these. There’s so few left that it gets a lot of attention when I drive it. Lots of pointing and smiles. I’m getting a bit fed up of the “paint it yellow with a red door” brigade though.


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horney™ Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 1,289	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug horney™ @horney
	Jun 20, 2022 8:25:58 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	The original headhunt was not great sounding and also had real speed problems playing tapes. A period upgrade was sourced and fitted. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr I have some parcel shelf speakers as well, more on those another day. I took The Slug to Caffeine and Machine for FWDThinking this month and met another Cinq owner there. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr The guys at C&M really seemed to dig the car and shared some pics on their Insta Story that I have stolen. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr This weekend I took the car to a local-fish Abarth meet in Poole. Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr Untitled by Nicholas Horne, on Flickr


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grizz Probably posted too much REZIN ROCKIT......🚀 Posts: 28,504	1994 899cc Fiat Cinquecento - The Slug grizz @grizz
	Jun 20, 2022 9:03:11 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I would love to find a decent graffiti wall down here in Kent, near Rochester. But nothing I know of. Nice pics.
	1966 Chevy C10 V8 REDNECK EXPRESS. (Restoration now) GRIZZ-POD Build Thread grizzmakes.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-birth-of-grizzmakes.html IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MATE. .

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