General start of the abarth rebuild/1.4 16v conversion

[Lecook]

good progress that rear quarter makes me feel :yuck:

thats ok hes gonna respray it one day

 

[andys cinq]

Not a lot got done tonight due to the rain stopping and starting :bang::bang::bang: anyway got the abarth steering wheel transfered along with the front speakers all wired in with my cables also changed fuel flap over as its a better yellow than the piece of crap on there also changed the boot lock as i forgot last night :doh: and the final bit i had to get the t cut out and do both door shuts as they were filthy and i dont like a dirty car but i dont go to the extremes that some do as mine is a daily driver so i would spend every evening cleaning and i aint got time for that
here is hoping weather is dryish tomorrow....time for seats etc

 

[Palmerino]

Bloody hell Andy! Glad to hear things are all being sorted quickly though

 

[andys cinq]

Few more pics of the damage and how far the side intruded into the passenger side

 

[andys cinq]

Well today i got all the interior ripped out the old cinq and transfered it all across to the new cinq with masses of help from liam bumblebee cinq and thought i best get rid of all the crap in the back half of the car and clean all the dirt off as i dont think it had ever been cleaned
all the stereo/amp wiring is all in along with all the seats and carpets and i was pleased with how clean and solid the boot floor corners are :yum::yum::yum:

 

[andys cinq]

And finally how the new and old cinqs stand at the end of today :yum::yum: engine and box and everything else will hopefully out the engine bay tomorrow as its only the mounts keeping the engine in everything disconnected ready

 

[andys cinq]

Well over the last 3 days things have moved fairly quickly in between work and rain and here are some more pics of how things progressed

 

[BlueDan]

How goes claiming against whoever hit you and drove off, have the police caught up with them?

 

[andys cinq]

How its ended up tonight at 8.30pm only need 1 more night and it will be stripped

 

[andys cinq]

How goes claiming against whoever hit you and drove off, have the police caught up with them?

Rang the police the other day and was told i have to wait for them to get in touch with me and it will be 10-14days after the incident:tosser::tosser::tosser:
Its a complete joke cant get any information out of them at all

 

[Cento Painter]

Great to see how quickly your progressing with this !

 

[Cento Painter]

Shame youre so far away !

 

[hf turbo]

Rang the police the other day and was told i have to wait for them to get in touch with me and it will be 10-14days after the incident:tosser::tosser::tosser:
Its a complete joke cant get any information out of them at all

shouldn't your insurance company be doing this for you?

 

[jatkinson]

Looking like your getting on well fella Keep up the hard work

 

[288gto]

Dude sorry to hear about this accident you had. New Cinq looks mint, hope when you're finished it will be equally bonkers

 

[andys cinq]

THE CINQ IS DEAD,STRIPPED AND IS TO BE BURIED TOMORROW but watch out for part 2 starting tomorrow

 

[Lecook]

poor little cinq, cant wait for the new build buddy

 

[BlueDan]

I didn't realise it was that bad before (looking in through the boot on the new pictures).

 

[andys cinq]

Well today saw a lot of progress in fact 100% more than what i planned considering i didnt start till 12pm :slayer::slayer: so i started off getting the old rear axle out and and checking all the rear and all is 100% solid so in goes my rear beam and within half hour its all connected up and wheels on and back on the ground :yum::yum:
Then i attacked the front suspension and all that was on the floor in 20mins so then the last view of the slow 1108 8v and then it started all the underneath disconnected and then drained cooling system and just dropped the engine and box by now i was at the point i planned to stop for the day and it was only 3pm :devil::devil:

 

[andys cinq]

Next stage was cleaning the engine bay up as it was disgusting and underneath was lovely clean shiny undamaged paint :yum::yum: and liam had turned up so while he split the old engine and box i cleaned all the bay and front panel up and then we went for it and got the 1368 and 6 speed into its new home and then i started getting all the bits and pieces connected up......exhaust manifold,radiator some of the pipework and all cable etc connected up to the box so tomorrow its time to finish wiring pipework and front suspension and then exhaust and fuel pump change over and then its running again :yum::yum::yum: im hoping back on the road tomorrow night