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500 (Classic) Newbie 500L classic owner (progress photos extensive build)

Introduction

Bonjourno my little cheeky ciquento muskateers and muskateerettes👍

I bought my little 1970 500 L in late September 2019 on an auction... for 5000, the car was black and from the advert seemed In fairly good condition as you will see from the photos.

soom after travelling down to London and swapping cash for my fiat and recovering it back home to Walsall where it now lives, I decided to freshen it up with a better coat of paint, and about a month into owner ship that’s where it went and still is 😅😂, because what we found was shocking to say the least. . . the guy who previously owned moulded My car out of filler !
and during strip down I found ot the original colour was actually blu turchese!

so anyway heres my progress so far... From when I purchased to now after spending a lot of money 💰
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Being on here less than half an hour and found the previous owner and some photos along with some more information about the car
one of the points interestingly being that the car was undercover in mount Vesuvius for 20 years ! (Hope he doesn’t take offence to my filler remark 😂😅👍) here’s a photo of when he first purchased it 😟
 

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Gave the engine a little clean up ready for re fitting !
 

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Little update fitted one door and all the accessories to the door .. coming along nicely
 

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Some more updates for the thread guys hope you all had a great Christmas and new year ,
Fitted all the new starter cables choke cables etc today and just piecing things together bit by bit looking forward to pulling the lever soon !
 

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Nearly finished ! Just got to do the gutter rails sill chromes and a couple other little things and she’s finished
 

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