General 1993 Fiat Uno Turbo i.e., a few doubts

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In answer to your other questions above:

The full list for Uno Turbo models is:

146.728.2.0	1300 TURBO MPI USA'83 ANTISKID 3P
146.738.2.0	1372 TURBO MPI ANTISKID 3P
146.768.2.0	1372 TURBO MPI USA'83 ANTISKID 3P
146.788.2.0	1372 TURBO MPI ANTISKID 3P RACING
146.928.2.0	1300 TURBO MPI USA'83 3P
146.938.2.0	1372 TURBO MPI 3P
146.968.2.0	1372 TURBO MPI USA'83 3P
146.988.2.0	1372 TURBO MPI 3P RACING

Yours is the 146.968.2.0 so not the RACING so the racing decal would not apply.

The USA'83 is almost certainly an emissions homologation (cleaner).

ePER does not appear to quote a horse power rating so your only other clue is the Engine Number from you Chassis Plate and 1372cc

Your trim details are:

M	1370 USA'83	(M2)
P	3 DOORS	(P3)
Colors/Fabrics list
PAN-160	FRONT DOOR PANEL GREY MATERIAL
SED-160	GRAY CLOTH SEAT COVERS

In Leeds we had a batch of MKII uno turbos that came through with ‘racing’ badges (about 5 of them)…Fiat UK were not happy and instructed us to remove the badges and replace with Uno Turbo ie…
We were often supplied with motors that had European spec badges and a few that came over with non UK colours, including one listed as Bianco that was bright yellow, which we found out was an Eire intended vehicle

 

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Fiat had some very strange practices with models near / at the end of production which are hard to explain. Our 1988 Strada 130TC is a good example.

We first saw it as new in Caffyns Bournmouth showroom. Odly it had no Scorpion badge on the front grille and no side window deflectors. I asked the service manager were they removed during PDI and they were not. The car arrived to them direct from Bristol docks like that.

What is even odder is that to this day you can see the faint footprint of where the shields had marked/depressed the paintwork at the bottom of the quarterlight windows. So the wind deflectors were there on original factory build.

The front grille badge is hard to explain as well. I have to assume that it was never put on at the factory.

What we do know is that the 125TCs, 130TCs were built at the Abarth 38 Corso Marche, Turin factory and not at the main Strada/Ritmo Cassino factory in Piedimonte San Germano, which is way down Italy and some 800km from Turin. It is conceivable that Corso Marche ran out of badges and wanted to push cars out and not wait for fresh supplies. Also I could source these badges as spare parts in the UK so I do not beleive there was a problem with supplies in general but just a problem at Corso Marche.

I believe / have heard that other Fiats at the end of their production runs all had oddities where it looked like parts were raided from everywhere to complete the builds. e.g. different radios, grab handles, etc.

 

[porta]

Fiat had some very strange practices with models near / at the end of production which are hard to explain. Our 1988 Strada 130TC is a good example.

We first saw it as new in Caffyns Bournmouth showroom. Odly it had no Scorpion badge on the front grille and no side window deflectors. I asked the service manager were they removed during PDI and they were not. The car arrived to them direct from Bristol docks like that.

What is even odder is that to this day you can see the faint footprint of where the shields had marked/depressed the paintwork at the bottom of the quarterlight windows. So the wind deflectors were there on original factory build.

The front grille badge is hard to explain as well. I have to assume that it was never put on at the factory.

What we do know is that the 125TCs, 130TCs were built at the Abarth 38 Corso Marche, Turin factory and not at the main Strada/Ritmo Cassino factory in Piedimonte San Germano, which is way down Italy and some 800km from Turin. It is conceivable that Corso Marche ran out of badges and wanted to push cars out and not wait for fresh supplies. Also I could source these badges as spare parts in the UK so I do not beleive there was a problem with supplies in general but just a problem at Corso Marche.

I believe / have heard that other Fiats at the end of their production runs all had oddities where it looked like parts were raided from everywhere to complete the builds. e.g. different radios, grab handles, etc.

It wasn’t just at their ‘run out’ periods, it was throughout their life…we got all sorts of ‘extras’ or non UK specs through. We once got a, second generation, Ducato through with 4x4…the techy’ doing the PDI put it on the ramp and stood looking up for about 15mins dumbfounded…Fiat picked it up and took it to Warrington, the customer had to wait another fortnight to get his spec van but got a free tilt/slide sunroof for his trouble. I had to fit the bloody thing!

 

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Uno Turbo Badges/Emblems

Boot Badge

Front Grille Badge

It was only the early MkI Uno Turbos that had the front and back Turbo ie badges. Later models only had the sill side trims.

Yes, as I understand it, original Mk2 models used only Fiat emblems front and back plus a UNO emblem at the back, right side, but no Turbo i.e. info on it. That is what I was told and what the car had when I got it.

Thanks!!