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500 (Wanted) Rusty old subrame

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...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.
 
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There are often many on ebay. They are very very heavy, so would be quite expensive for a courier.
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!
 
...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.
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 stance
 
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