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Some people might remember me paying silly money for a full side panel for the 500 which I intended to use as a wall decoration. It's been sitting at the back of the garage for two years but I finally got round to preparing and painting it. It ended up being used as a mock-up for the colour I bought as a committee-decision for my campervan. Here follows the possting I made on that Forum.:bang
PS. It won't remain that colour for long.:)

fiat500 said:
Unfortunately we saw alovely VW T2 van today in white over buttercup yellow; it made us wonder if the somewhat "teal" shade we have chosen is the right one. So my plan now is to stick on acouple of coats of this blue-green to see how we feel about it. If it seems wrong then we're back on track for yellow. :)
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I had a better idea yesterday whenit came to painting a full side-panel which I bought as a potential display item a few years ago I gave it two coats of the Teal and submitted it for inspection. I liked it more than expected but we came to the conclusion that each of us had been inaccurately second-guessing the preferences of the other......we both really wanted yellow in any case. :bang: So if anyone has a use for the best part of three litres of good quality cellulose in RAL6027 at half the price I paid for it, please get in touch.

FER_3495 by Peter Thompson, on Flickr:
 
fiat500 said:
Some people might remember me paying silly money for a full side panel for the 500 which I intended to use as a wall decoration. It's been sitting at the back of the garage for two years but I finally got round to preparing and painting it. It ended up being used as a mock-up for the colour I bought as a committee-decision for my campervan. Here follows the possting I made on that Forum.:bang
PS. It won't remain that colour for long.:)



I had a better idea yesterday whenit came to painting a full side-panel which I bought as a potential display item a few years ago I gave it two coats of the Teal and submitted it for inspection. I liked it more than expected but we came to the conclusion that each of us had been inaccurately second-guessing the preferences of the other......we both really wanted yellow in any case. :bang: So if anyone has a use for the best part of three litres of good quality cellulose in RAL6027 at half the price I paid for it, please get in touch.

FER_3495 by Peter Thompson, on Flickr:
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Ooooooooohhhhhhh dear!!!!!!!!!!! That is indescribable!!!!!!!

On the positive that spray job looks a good finish!!!!!:D
 
fiat500 said:
.................So if anyone has a use for the best part of three litres of good quality cellulose in RAL6027 at half the price I paid for it, please get in touch. :
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Ohhh myyyy... there are some colours that are just "WRONG"

perhaps use is as some extra base coats on the bottom....
but what an Idea I just had.. as you have one NOS side for the camper....
why not adapt the 500 side with sheet metal for the other :)
 
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Bigvtwin996 said:
Ohhh myyyy... there are some colours that are just "WRONG"

perhaps use is as some extra base coats on the bottom....
but what an Idea I just had.. as you have one NOS side for the camper....
why not adapt the 500 side with sheet metal for the other :)
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I was thinking they but I already have a litre or so of various greens in 250ml pots which I bought a few year ago trying to match my old Austin. It irks me that I bought a very expensive colour swatch a few years ago and the colour looks half acceptable on that. This is what comes of trying to second guess a woman who won't tell you what she really thinks.
 
The situation has been reviewed and my half a car is now painted the same colour as the campervan and I think it suits it well.

Now I have to work out a way to get it up onto either of the very high walls which are its chosen resting-place.:)
 

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Peter---you have to look on the positive side. If a Japanese gent can get a Ferrari 250GTO up onto a wall as a 'decorative item',a Cinquecento side panel should be a doddle to a man of your skills!
 
Looks great! How about attaching it to a homemade backing frame, then hanging it from a couple of thin cables secured to eye hooks that you can screw into the roof rafters. You can put it on either wall that way.
 
A couple of airing rack wheels on hanging brackets drilled into the wall should do the job. Connect up suitable ropes and heave-ho. Job done. :)
 
the hobbler said:
Peter---you have to look on the positive side. If a Japanese gent can get a Ferrari 250GTO up onto a wall as a 'decorative item',a Cinquecento side panel should be a doddle to a man of your skills!
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....it's going to need a scaffold platform though...it's going up at a height of 4 metres.....surprisingly light though.:)
 
does look nice and to scale.... possibly add some flashing lights :D

thin end of the edge.......

Came across a guy who had a collection of mainly Italian motorbikes..... looking to display them he took them to work....
They have a vineyard, so thought the tasting room would look good.....

 
Had an idea....
it needs to be balanced with the Camper one on the other side...
 
Vitesse said:
It looks great don’t get me wrong but I think it would better with a door! It looks like a jigsaw puzzle with a bit missing. In the nicest possible way![emoji3]
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Sheila was telling me that something else was needed as soon as it went up. So it's work in progress. I suggested flower-power stickers or a life-sized photo if me. Now I need to fool her into accepting the shelves filled with other spare parts [emoji16]
 
fiat500 said:
Sheila was telling me that something else was needed as soon as it went up. So it's work in progress. I suggested flower-power stickers or a life-sized photo if me. Now I need to fool her into accepting the shelves filled with other spare parts [emoji16]
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See I would have gone the whole hog and put some rear light lenses on it and lit them up. Nothing too bright but just to add a bit of contrast to it. Maybe even some lights up in the wheel arches to highlight it.
 
Vitesse said:
See I would have gone the whole hog and put some rear light lenses on it and lit them up. Nothing too bright but just to add a bit of contrast to it. Maybe even some lights up in the wheel arches to highlight it.
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Bloody hell .. I'd be just as well cutting Murf in half and driving him up the wall ![emoji16]. Less is more and anyway, you know what I'm like when I get involved with electric currants.[emoji6]
Sheila had already suggested we paint outlines of wheels on the wall. She didn't like my suggestion of the real ones when I replace them soon and have some spares. [emoji23]
 
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