1962 Fiat 600D advice to Abarth modifications
Posted: June 9th, 2008, 6:18 pm
First of all, hello everyone, I am a new member and this is my first post so I will say something about me, I am young (17 years old) and have very little experience but my father has a bigger experience as he had even a service where we both were working on cars, especially Italian , Fiat/Alfa/Lancia , my father’s first car as a beginner in 1991 was a beautiful Fiat 131 Supermirafiori 1.6 TC , after that he had an accident with the 131 (unlit carriage at night) the engine was intact no damage so he bought a 131 diesel body with a body kit similar to the Abarth one and remade the car , after that he bought an 131 diesel break , a 131 diesel Berlina that had problems with the papers , scam car unfortunately so it went to the crusher.
After that my dad came with the car this topic is about , a dream Fiat 600 , two bad previous owners - instead of appreciating a car with such great history and age they used to carry cement and all kind of building materials , the car was running but in a pretty bad condition , it was reconditioned once by me and my dad unfortunately with low budget and lack of parts. The car had a long time to rest , it was kept about an year in a big garage where my dad worked an than my dad had to leave that place when he was bringing the car home a tire exploded , he left the car at a friend that was close to the incident , and bad luck struck twice , some guys tried to steal my car and with the tire flat they pulled her from the front right wheel arch and did a lot of damage to the paint , me and my dad urgently went to bring the car home , problems never end.
In the place I keep the car parked there is a tree with fruits and kids climbed up and bent my ceiling , solved the ceiling but paint problems again!. Now the car`s sleep is about to end as summer vacation is just an week close, I will find a job this summer but I will make time for the car.
I am sorry if my little story is to long but I think a short history would not hurt.
I need some parts, pressure plate, first and second gear.
I need some advice because I talked to my father and decided to make some modifications as the Abarth has, eg: back wheel arch , but not as big as at the Abarth , change the 12 wheels with 13 ones , or just 12 but different , something racing retro , move the radiator on the front , some engine modifications , tractions parts , brake parts , at the engine modifications I want to raise hp but make life easier for it .
I want if it is possible to see how a original Fiat 600 Abarth is made, a few pictures and data, I want to know more about the 600 Abarth , what options I have on low budget so it will take time. After school ends I will make more photos of the car and the problems described , but I started the topic to get opinions of what I can and can not do to it .
Excuse the quality , I have no digital camera and my good phone was in service , as I said I will make more exact photos of the car, but this topic will help me and my father to decide exactly what to do to the car .
I am sorry Guy if I have gramatical errors , I used a dictionary and got some help from a friend so I hope my post is ok .
A good day to you all .
Alex P.
(edited by GC)
After that my dad came with the car this topic is about , a dream Fiat 600 , two bad previous owners - instead of appreciating a car with such great history and age they used to carry cement and all kind of building materials , the car was running but in a pretty bad condition , it was reconditioned once by me and my dad unfortunately with low budget and lack of parts. The car had a long time to rest , it was kept about an year in a big garage where my dad worked an than my dad had to leave that place when he was bringing the car home a tire exploded , he left the car at a friend that was close to the incident , and bad luck struck twice , some guys tried to steal my car and with the tire flat they pulled her from the front right wheel arch and did a lot of damage to the paint , me and my dad urgently went to bring the car home , problems never end.
In the place I keep the car parked there is a tree with fruits and kids climbed up and bent my ceiling , solved the ceiling but paint problems again!. Now the car`s sleep is about to end as summer vacation is just an week close, I will find a job this summer but I will make time for the car.
I am sorry if my little story is to long but I think a short history would not hurt.
I need some parts, pressure plate, first and second gear.
I need some advice because I talked to my father and decided to make some modifications as the Abarth has, eg: back wheel arch , but not as big as at the Abarth , change the 12 wheels with 13 ones , or just 12 but different , something racing retro , move the radiator on the front , some engine modifications , tractions parts , brake parts , at the engine modifications I want to raise hp but make life easier for it .
I want if it is possible to see how a original Fiat 600 Abarth is made, a few pictures and data, I want to know more about the 600 Abarth , what options I have on low budget so it will take time. After school ends I will make more photos of the car and the problems described , but I started the topic to get opinions of what I can and can not do to it .
Excuse the quality , I have no digital camera and my good phone was in service , as I said I will make more exact photos of the car, but this topic will help me and my father to decide exactly what to do to the car .
I am sorry Guy if I have gramatical errors , I used a dictionary and got some help from a friend so I hope my post is ok .
A good day to you all .
Alex P.
(edited by GC)