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Cinquecento Black Betty! Progress thread.

Introduction

Hey everyone, seems like everyone has heard of "Black Betty" so I thought I would start a progress thread on how she is doing under my ownership :D

Here she is on the first night I got her :)

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Little and Big haha

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Anyway started working on some of the little bugs she had, first off... A bolt had sheered off the passenger seat at some point and the lug had been welded on. Thanks to a friend messing with the seat (Zinraf on fiat forum :mad: ) It snapped off, so the sheered original was drilled out and replaced :)

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Then the car was having under/over heating issues, as posted in a previous thread this was fixed with a new thermostat.

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All fixed and the coolant system works as it should :) although it still runs a little cold, better than too hot I guess!

And whilst we are at it lets sort out the vacuum hoses!

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Compact car parking space... pefect! :D

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And now the real fun begins! Picked up these Lancia wheels which she used to have, and she looks amazing on them, I will upload pics if I ever manage to get home from work before it gets dark!

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I will keep people updated if they are interested in the thread! :)
I dont think I have any cinq bits hanging around anywhere anymore but if I find anything, you can have it
Glad shes going back on the lancia wheels, will be sitting properly again :)
 
I will be bud :)

Where bouts in York do you live? If you need any help with anything give me a shout :)

good stuff :) I am in the Heworth area, and cheers for the offer I will keep people updated on how she goes :) love the whole cinq community here everyone offers to help its really nice!

I am part of Yorkshire Italia on Facebook too :p
 
Loads of us around this area, somehow it's more fun working on someone else's car too rather than doing work on your own ;)

Haha for me it is finding a car I actually want to do work on, some of the other cars I have had I could never be bothered to go work on because I didn't like the car. Betty is a different story, and I really need to start work on my aerodeck too at some point!
 
Awsome! I live in Pocklington but my mate lives behind the Suzuki garage in Heworth :)

Haha I cycle past there every day going to/from work! I think the only thing I need to look in to is the new wheels, the rear passenger side wheel seems to rub if I turn right at any sort of speed, but I can't tell what on! I think maybe spacers are in order.
 
I used to live in Heworth Green some years ago... Drive through regularly too taking mrs to and from work (Monks Cross).

I should be going to that meet as well but in which car i do not know.

Surprised I haven't seen you around! On the road around there a fair bit to be honest, Hope you do come to the meet :D we can convoy!
 
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