Vehicle Owner

Member ID: van_buick_man

Location: belgium, BE

Vehicle Info

1971 Fiat 500

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Aug 10, 2009

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buickman’s Fiat 500
“Tha beast from Italy.”

  • Currently 3.475 /5 Stars.
5 guestbook comments

     Building a Fiat 500 Abarth.

The first page shows how the car looks now,

Next page is the restoration part,

I am transforming an old 500L into a fast Abarth look a like (abarth clone)

anyway , it will be a lot faster and more fun than the original 500L.

                                              van_buick_man's 1971 Fiat 500

When i bought it, the body was rusted trough at several places , an old slow 500 engine,and the original paint was white. Not my favorite color,,

The bodywork is now almost finisched, engine is a 650, 123 distributor , diskbrakes ,wider rims. etc.

A dual weber carb and a panda 30 cilinderhead will be add soon after it is streetlegal. this car is going to be fast when its finished,,,fast, but streetlegal.

The car has now new floorpans, new front(in and out), new fenders all around (in and outer).front disk brakes, lowerd ,abarth wheels,a bigger engine and a lot of new parts

I did all the work myselve, welding, painting etc.

The picture below with paint still wett. I always wanted a black mat painted car.

                 van_buick_man's 1971 Fiat 500

The reconstruction, with lots of new parts. Parts are easy to order and cheap in belgium,

I have a dealer for parts in my village and another in holland. So almost everything is new,

                   

                

van_buick_man's 1971 Fiat 500

 van_buick_man's 1971 Fiat 500

 

van_buick_man's 1971 Fiat 500

 

van_buick_man's 1971 Fiat 500 

 van_buick_man's 1971 Fiat 500

van_buick_man's 1971 Fiat 500

 Check the next page ,,,,restoration,,,

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DoctorPDR  

Posted by: DoctorPDR

08/16/2009 08:37AM

You've done a lot of hard work on this car. It has a lot of potential. Good job. Check out my car when you have a chance.

LOW500  

Posted by: LOW500

08/10/2009 04:46AM

Thanks for the visit and compliments Bro! I'm really digging the 8 ball on your car its unique and the black color is nice too. Like what you are doing with your mods as well. Definatley a 5***** star ride.

andersen_knight  

Posted by: andersen_knight

07/11/2009 08:45AM

looking good, keep us posted on ur project

fantomkiss  

Posted by: fantomkiss

07/09/2009 07:12AM

IT IS A REALY BEAST!!!!!!ABARTH IT IS REAL,OR ONLY LOGOTYPE?NICE WORK.

djalexspeed  

Posted by: djalexspeed

07/08/2009 10:47AM

Welcome to Cardomain.com my Friend. Congrats on the new FIAT . Love the color choice and very clean ride. What plans do you have for the ride? Have fun w/ the new toy and keep us posted on the upgrades. Gave your ride *****5***** Stars. Stop by and checkout my Mazda Protege and rate my ride. Thanks! =)

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: van_buick_man

Location: belgium, BE