FIAT 500 PROJECT

With the steering and front suspension removed from the car, the cleaning, checking and greasing process becomes a little complicated.

SIMON GOLDSWORTHY

PART 10 Our Fiat 500 was bought at auction as an unfinished project, with the previous owner having died some years previously and the car then having sat in a workshop corner. This set of circumstances has brought with it a number of problems. For one thing, the previous owner carried out an awful lot of work on the Fiat, but we are unable to get any details about just what was done when, and so body-wise we have had to backtrack quite a lot to be sure of exactly what lay under the paint and underseal. We are also somewhat in the dark with regards the mechanical condition, but problems here have been compounded by the passage of time. So, for example, we've had the engine running and it…

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Classics World (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2024

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