Introduction
I'd been looking for a tidy, standard, grey seicento for quite some time when this one came up. Finding one that's unmodified and looked after is a big challenge nowadays and i'm very lucky that I came across this one! A late year, the best colour, and in good condition left me wondering what could be the catch? Theres always a catch.....
Well I live in Nottinghamshire, and she was in Dorset. Nevertheless with a 450 mile round trip ahead of me I went to pick up my first seicento, my 4th "cento", and the tidiest one i'd ever bought. Apart from a couple of things it is perfect, having had a new fuel tank and exhaust before I bought it. The only modification being the fitting of a set of red seat belts from a cinq (which I rather like!).
It did the entire 4 hour trip faultlessly, and it was a joy to drive, really reminding me of why I love these little cars so much.
The idea of this car will basically be to restore and improve, no major modifications, just a nice, clean build with a few choice mods here and there.
Anyway, pictures:
Here she is when I first washed her and got her into the workshop:
She's definitely in good company
Parked in her own bay, note the badge is removed as I replaced it for a new one as the old one was faded.
I spent the next few days detailing her.
I also fitted it with new indicator units and front fog lights as they were both rather mucky and the fog lights were corroded and didn't work.
The rear seats were mint the fronts were quite dirty so I set about removing them and giving them a good clean, I also cleaned the interior and fitted a set of new mats.
Before:
After:
I also fitted a nice little chrome tip to tidy up the rear end.
I then set about upgrading all the speakers, seeing OEM parcel shelf speakers was a shock to me as I have only ever owned cinqs! I changed all of them for equivalent size FLI units, it sounds excellent now.
The rear wheels are in perfect condition but the fronts had some kerbing damage and the tyres needed replacing, so the wheels were refurbished.
Ive also fitted a new expansion tank, changed all the fluids, new discs and pads, an air filter, and a few other bits. I'm really happy with how it's coming along. The next step will be a new head unit to make the most of those speakers, and a new rear engine mount as it's quite wobbly.
That's it for now!
Well I live in Nottinghamshire, and she was in Dorset. Nevertheless with a 450 mile round trip ahead of me I went to pick up my first seicento, my 4th "cento", and the tidiest one i'd ever bought. Apart from a couple of things it is perfect, having had a new fuel tank and exhaust before I bought it. The only modification being the fitting of a set of red seat belts from a cinq (which I rather like!).
It did the entire 4 hour trip faultlessly, and it was a joy to drive, really reminding me of why I love these little cars so much.
The idea of this car will basically be to restore and improve, no major modifications, just a nice, clean build with a few choice mods here and there.
Anyway, pictures:
Here she is when I first washed her and got her into the workshop:
She's definitely in good company
Parked in her own bay, note the badge is removed as I replaced it for a new one as the old one was faded.
I spent the next few days detailing her.
I also fitted it with new indicator units and front fog lights as they were both rather mucky and the fog lights were corroded and didn't work.
The rear seats were mint the fronts were quite dirty so I set about removing them and giving them a good clean, I also cleaned the interior and fitted a set of new mats.
Before:
After:
I also fitted a nice little chrome tip to tidy up the rear end.
I then set about upgrading all the speakers, seeing OEM parcel shelf speakers was a shock to me as I have only ever owned cinqs! I changed all of them for equivalent size FLI units, it sounds excellent now.
The rear wheels are in perfect condition but the fronts had some kerbing damage and the tyres needed replacing, so the wheels were refurbished.
Ive also fitted a new expansion tank, changed all the fluids, new discs and pads, an air filter, and a few other bits. I'm really happy with how it's coming along. The next step will be a new head unit to make the most of those speakers, and a new rear engine mount as it's quite wobbly.
That's it for now!
