Hello My name is Lynn and I am getting a 1967/68? Siata Spring. It is made on a Fiat 850 floor-pan/chassis by Siata. Roadster body (no roll up windows here!). Some parts are hard to find some are not. It looks like a kit car but is not. To me it looks like they raided a auto parts store and randomly pick parts and stuck them together to make a car. So if anyone knows of part cars or other parts please let me know. My main problem right now is loading it up onto the trailer as the rear brakes are locked up. Easy way to un lock the brakes? Picture to follow when it gets home. Thanks

Like I said newbie-were is this "reply" you want me to hit?

Welcome to the forum Lynn. I never heard of your car so I just did a quick google - looks very different a bit like a kit car that I remember from when I was much younger - can't remember the manufacturer. Oh, hang on, lightning bolt just struck! It was called a Magenta! Hey, that was pretty good at my age! I also googled Siata on Wikipedia and they did one I particularly like - the 208S, not dissimilar to the AC ace do you think?

Anyway I hope you enjoy the car. Do feel free to come back to us with any stories of "adventures" the two of you might have together.
Kind regards
Jock

Hi, my name is Art and since Lynn has leg problems I tend to do anything that requires squatting.
The 1968 SIATA Spring now rolls, stops and stays stopped. The rear drums required skilled use of a hammer, the fronts were somewhat easier after I removed the outer wheel bearing and used a gear puller. It's tender ministrations easily popped the retaining clips free.

New wheel cylinders, a new master cylinder, four new flex lines and surprise, surprise, surprise, the rust locked brake shoes were not damaged when they separated from the drums. I did use a sanding drum on a Dremel tool to clean up the rust on the shoes and drums.

Art :bang:

I've sorted out the clutch cable, the previous owner had installed a cable tensioner that hit the cable sheath thereby preventing the cable from moving. I've reenforced the pendant pedal mounts where they tore the sheet metal, and the clutch travel has been set.

At 62 years of age I've finally learned to tie a wire to a cable before I pull it out, so installing the new choke cable was easy(er).