General Fiat 500 restoration

[fiat500hotrod]

This body was down at the coast in South Africa, it has a good bit of rust on it, widen wheel arches for the mean look, lots of work still to done..

 

[tjmra]

Is that an Alfasud I see in the foreground? If you sneak in and grab the engine, I have seen a photo of 500 with a Sud motor / gearbox in the back. Lot of engineering to get it to work but what a hoot. But I digress.

What are the plans for the rest ot the fitout?

regards

Joe R

 

[fiat500hotrod]

Yeah that is a Sud you see, I own 5 , I race them all,
But on the 500, You wont believe , I am planning to put I an aprillia R 1000 motor in, again lots to make it work but it will be amazing once finished,
Regards

 

[fiat500hotrod]

Been working hard to get the body covered....

 

[tjmra]

Obviously you have an understanding on just how dynamically good Suds are. I have had 3 ( I put a 1.7 injected motor into 1 of them) and now I have a 500 so you have found an instant friend.

Keep the updates coming, I suspect the engineering challenge will be of interest to more than a few here.

Regards

Joe R

 

[fiat500hotrod]

Hi Joe, the suds are awesome little cars, amazing handling on the track, one of mine is also has with 1.7 motor, goes like the wind..... I will keep you updated !!
Regards
A

 

[Bambino]

I also once owned a Sud - great drivers car but didn't like the weather much.

First photo is my car parked in Brisbane one afternoon.
Second photo is my car after it rained that night.

Chris

 

[tjmra]

That happened sud denly.....

Joe R

 

[fiat500hotrod]

The gearbox, ready for cleaning and fixing, vw beetle

 

[tjmra]

A,

stop teasing and tell us how it is all going to hang together.

Can't wait to see this thing as it is being built.

Joe R

 

[fiat500hotrod]

Joe,
The challenge!!! ,I am not going to do that myself, I have some guys I know that will make an adapter plate up for me to get the two to come together, the spacing is a great issue tho, I only have a few millimeters for error
But sadly the project has slowed down to a snail's pace and will be for a while as I have been transfered to another city for work, but on race weekends I will see if I can get some work done and I will keep you in the loop

A