Hi there! Great forum 
My friend Sorum91 told me about this forum, and I thought "What the heck, let's make a thread about my car!", and here we go!
The story
Earlier this autumn I decided to buy me a second car, as a cheap drive-to-work-car / backup, so I ran all over the Internet (yeah, not really) and found me a little 1993 Fiat Uno 1.1 i.e.S with a great pricetag. Went over to the guy that was selling it, and had me a look at the car. In very good shape, except that the fuel pump was malfunctioning. Bought the car for 3.500 NOK (about 430 € / 380 £ I think) and towed it back home using Sorum91's MK1 SX ^^
Bought a fuel pump the next day, and got the license plates a few days later. But, after some days of driving, the exhaust suddenly became very gray and thick, so thick that I could not se anything but gray smoke in my rearview-mirror! Also, the car managed about 110-120 kmph at flat ground, but not more that 60-70 kmph uphill! So I drove the car home and disassembled the engine. After some research we noticed that the piston had a major crack, and the same cylinder had some scratches. So, the plan now is to get a new piston and get the car back out on the road!
The car
The car itself is in great shape! The body got minimal of rust, scratches etc and the varnish looks great (at least after I got the car washed inside-out and polished) I have also bought a few things to "style" it up a little bit: I've gotten fog lights in the front (not original though), some extra lights also in the front, new seat covers, digital tachometer (also not original..) and a new stereo. As you can see, nothing big or fancy, but enough for me (for now, at least)
Some pictures of the "beauty"..
ARGH! These were supposed to be clicky so you could se a more high-resolution version, but the damn forum tells me that I have to make at least 5 posts.. I'll fix it as soon as I get 5 posts!
And if you still want to see high-resolution, right-click the picture > Select "View Picture" > edit the address-bar and remove the "th_" in "th_DSC00099.jpg"
That'll be all for now, feel free to come with questions, tips, advices etc etc
-Per
My friend Sorum91 told me about this forum, and I thought "What the heck, let's make a thread about my car!", and here we go!
The story
Earlier this autumn I decided to buy me a second car, as a cheap drive-to-work-car / backup, so I ran all over the Internet (yeah, not really
) and found me a little 1993 Fiat Uno 1.1 i.e.S with a great pricetag. Went over to the guy that was selling it, and had me a look at the car. In very good shape, except that the fuel pump was malfunctioning. Bought the car for 3.500 NOK (about 430 € / 380 £ I think) and towed it back home using Sorum91's MK1 SX ^^Bought a fuel pump the next day, and got the license plates a few days later. But, after some days of driving, the exhaust suddenly became very gray and thick, so thick that I could not se anything but gray smoke in my rearview-mirror! Also, the car managed about 110-120 kmph at flat ground, but not more that 60-70 kmph uphill! So I drove the car home and disassembled the engine. After some research we noticed that the piston had a major crack, and the same cylinder had some scratches. So, the plan now is to get a new piston and get the car back out on the road!
The car
The car itself is in great shape! The body got minimal of rust, scratches etc and the varnish looks great (at least after I got the car washed inside-out and polished) I have also bought a few things to "style" it up a little bit: I've gotten fog lights in the front (not original though
), some extra lights also in the front, new seat covers, digital tachometer (also not original..) and a new stereo. As you can see, nothing big or fancy, but enough for me (for now, at least)Some pictures of the "beauty"..
ARGH! These were supposed to be clicky so you could se a more high-resolution version, but the damn forum tells me that I have to make at least 5 posts.. I'll fix it as soon as I get 5 posts!
And if you still want to see high-resolution, right-click the picture > Select "View Picture" > edit the address-bar and remove the "th_" in "th_DSC00099.jpg"
That'll be all for now, feel free to come with questions, tips, advices etc etc
-Per
