@typecastboy may be a good person to assist.. 
...there shouldn't be any shortage of these!
Just a thought; if you're using it as a pattern, be very careful to check that it hasn't been bent. A lot of these get jacked on the beam during servicing or tyre changing. This is strictly prohibited by Fiat and is known to throw the beam out of alignment. If you can see obvious distortion or jacking marks, don't trust it.
If you can see it on the donor car and it's still got its rear tyres, look for uneven wear, and be doubly suspicious if you find any. Even on brand new cars, some were sufficiently at the end of the permitted tolerance that it was never possible to get a decent 4 wheel alignment.
Just a thought; if you're using it as a pattern, be very careful to check that it hasn't been bent. A lot of these get jacked on the beam during servicing or tyre changing. This is strictly prohibited by Fiat and is known to throw the beam out of alignment. If you can see obvious distortion or jacking marks, don't trust it.
If you can see it on the donor car and it's still got its rear tyres, look for uneven wear, and be doubly suspicious if you find any. Even on brand new cars, some were sufficiently at the end of the permitted tolerance that it was never possible to get a decent 4 wheel alignment.
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That sounds interesting, can you tell us what the project is?
Sorry I can't help with the subframe.
Sorry I can't help with the subframe.
There are often many on ebay. They are very very heavy, so would be quite expensive for a courier.
Thanks very much,I will lookhim up@typecastboy may be a good person to assist..
Thanks for that: That's my trade off idea, that its not bent but rusty, thus paying for courior as against paying from one out of a breakers and then a courior as well. Anyway that's the cunning plan!
Hi,
funny you should ask? I am basically going to cut the back of my wifes perfectly good 500 and make it into a pick up.
Hope this helps
Nickas
Thanks for the Information, very helpful. Quite scarey if you think how cheaply they must be made?
Brilliant, I hope you will make a project thread on here, so we can watch along
Carefull what you wish for! I am at present cobbling bits of stuff together for the spring offensive and circle the car at least three times a day in a hungry lion type stanceBrilliant, I hope you will make a project thread on here, so we can watch along
