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Craig

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1971 Fiat 500 L 650cc Fully restored
« on: December 31, 2009, 05:32:03 PM »
Hi up for grabs is my 1971 Fiat 500L, just been rebuilt as below:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Craiga/1971%20Fiat%20500L/

Mot: 12 Months

Tax: 12 Months


Registered: 01/10/1971

Tax exempt

8 Former keepers


Just completed a full rebuild/restoration with many parts replaced as below:


Exterior

Professionally painted metallic Gold/bronze
Wide arches bonded on
Silver roof gutter trim
Top hinged engine lid
New ABARTH badge on engine lid
13” Cromodora CD58 5J silver alloy wheels
New 165/55/13 tyres
New ABARTH valve caps
New wiring loom and converted to blade fuses
New rear lights
New Clear front indicators
New side repeaters
New silver number plate light housing
New polished bumper brackets
New front bumper
Chrome windscreen wiper arms and washer jets
New front windscreen seal and chrome fillet strip
New rear windscreen seal and chrome fillet strip
New sunroof
New chrome ABARTH front badge
New headlights
New chrome headlight bezels
ABARTH painted petrol tank- refurbed and resin sealed on inside
New copper fuel pipe front to back
New rubber mat in bonnet
Underneath fully undersealed in black non-bitumen underseal




Engine & Gearbox

650cc Fiat 126 engine, Just rebuilt (Barrels honed, new piston rings, new main bearings, new big end shells and all new gaskets)
Refurbed cylinder head (valves lapped in and new oil seals)
New timing chain
New ABARTH aluminium 4L sump
New engine mount rubbers
Rebuilt Weber 28 carb
New choke cable
New accelerator cable
New K&N style cone air filter
Freshly painted black engine cowling
Smoothed top cowling (air filter assembly removed for K&N style filter)
New stainless steel braided fuel hose
New sports exhaust, twin chrome pipes
Exhaust wrapped
New HT leads
Electronic ignition (Uses Fiat 126 twin spark system)
126 synchromesh gearbox
New 500 driveshafts and oil boots
New clutch
New clutch cable
New gearbox mount rubbers
New large intake air hose
New heater exchange air hose

Front suspension

New Kingpins
New wheel bearings
New Leaf spring rubber bushes (Estendeblocks)
New leaf spring rubber clamps
New wishbone arms bushes
New steering idler bushes
New steering tie-rod
New inner and outer track-rod ball joints
New shock absorbers

Front Brakes

Disc brake conversion
New brake discs
New brake pads
Rebuilt brake calipers
New stainless steel braided flexible Goodridge brake hoses
New master cylinder
New copper brake pipes throughout



Rear suspension

A-frames hot zinc plated and sprayed black
New A-frame bushes (Estendeblocks)
New suspension springs
New shock absorbers
New hand brake cables
New aluminium/rubber drive couplings
New wheel bearings

Rear brakes

Converted to Fiat 126 hubs
New brake shoes
New brake cylinder
New copper brake pipes
New stainless steel braided flexible Goodridge flexible brake hoses

Interior

New Corbeau classic black front seats
Black rear seat
Ribbed black door cards and rear arch covers
Door pockets
New polished aluminium interior door pull
New chrome door handles
ABARTH polished wooden steering wheel with polished metal spokes
New aluminium gear knob
New red carpet
New sound deadening behind rear seat
New push button start
New battery cut-off switch
Handbrake, gearlever, choke lever, pedal box, steering column and air vents sprayed gloss black
New air vent hoses

Panels replaced:

N/S Floor
O/S Floor
N/S inner sill
O/S inner sill
N/S outer sill
O/S outer sill
Front N/S Wing
Front O/S Wing
Front panel
Front inner panel
Bootlid

Any questions just ask

More pictures available on request

£6495 ono
« Last Edit: December 31, 2009, 05:35:32 PM by Craig »

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Re: 1971 Fiat 500 L 650cc Fully restored
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2009, 07:25:23 PM »
Lovely car, i think the colour might put people off imo
good luck with the sale
13 inch-Speedline (abarth) alloys 165 55 13 nankang tyres -lowered front suspension- -roof arial-clear front and side lenses-Restored Britax folding sunroof

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Re: 1971 Fiat 500 L 650cc Fully restored
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2010, 12:04:18 AM »
I think it looks dog bollox :) :)
Such a thing as Fiat 126p will never happen again to this planet... Love it.
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Re: 1971 Fiat 500 L 650cc Fully restored
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2010, 12:47:24 PM »
Hi, thanks for the comments.

The colour is unusual but really grows on you and looks brilliant in bright sunlight.

Cheers

Craig

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Re: 1971 Fiat 500 L 650cc Fully restored
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2010, 03:04:17 PM »
shes a beauty , wasnt knocking it, just thought more people would be interested if it was a colour like white, red , yellow etc
steve
13 inch-Speedline (abarth) alloys 165 55 13 nankang tyres -lowered front suspension- -roof arial-clear front and side lenses-Restored Britax folding sunroof

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Re: 1971 Fiat 500 L 650cc Fully restored
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2010, 05:58:34 PM »
Don't worry didn't think you were knocking it, i think the colour might put potential buyers off aswell but it does grow on you and looks really smart.

I didn't have a choice in the colour, i bought the shell when all the bodywork and spraying had been done and built the car up from that, as you say i think it would look even better in something like white, or even black- maybe stealth 500!!

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Re: 1971 Fiat 500 L 650cc Fully restored
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2010, 06:14:05 PM »
Craig, how much did the engine itself cost you? If it is not a secret and if you have this sort of calculation? :) Thank you.
Such a thing as Fiat 126p will never happen again to this planet... Love it.
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Re: 1971 Fiat 500 L 650cc Fully restored
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2010, 09:25:19 PM »
Hi, Have sent you a pm

Cheers Craig

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Re: 1971 Fiat 500 L 650cc Fully restored
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2010, 04:59:53 PM »
Added some more pics to my photobucket account

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Craiga/1971%20Fiat%20500L/?start=all

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Re: 1971 Fiat 500 L 650cc Fully restored
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2010, 04:13:46 PM »
Now SOLD, thanks for all the interest

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Re: 1971 Fiat 500 L 650cc Fully restored
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2010, 06:34:28 PM »
just for curiosity... how fast the engine with that specs was?
i have a fiat 500l and i'll upgrade the engine too :)

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Re: 1971 Fiat 500 L 650cc Fully restored
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2010, 10:29:02 PM »
It would happily sit on the motorway at 70mph and still had plenty to go, it would keep up with modern traffic no problem and was nice and nippy with quite quick acceleration

Craig