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MOT time, Eeeek!

April 5, 2025

Well, finally it was time for the MOT so I booked it in at the local Vauxhall dealer as there are no fiat dealers near me and I have taken my Opel there before and they have been quite helpful and I wanted to talk to the MOT technition before he did the MOT to explain what work I had done and that the car had not been driven until bringing it down to them. He was super helpful and totally understood. So after waiting around for them to do the MOT I went back to get the car and…

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Time to get started on the stripdown.

January 14, 2024

Since getting the Chinq back home it seems to have constantly rained, and then got freezing cold! But today it was nice enough to get out and get started stripping the car down. Its now sat on axel stands at the back so I can start stripping the back end. The plan is to remove anything metal from the suspension and bumper and get it blasted and powder coated as the old Italians didn’t paint them very well so all the paint is flaking and there is lots of surface rust. I will need a fair bit of WD40 to…

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The little Yellow Chinq is finally home :-)

October 21, 2023

I finally managed to bring the Chinq back home. After a quick clean, its parked up in the drive ready to start getting it back to road-worthy condition and start driving it again!

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Cinquecento Sporting Abarth

September 30, 2022

This is a little blog to record the restoration of my Fiat Cinquecento Sporting Abarth in broom yellow. Standard Fiat Cinq, with full Abarth body kit, full Polly bushed suspension and Koni adjustable shocks and lowering springs. Owned from new the car has been dry-stored for over 10+ years and its now time to get it back on the road!

MOT time, Eeeek!

Time to get started on the stripdown.

The little Yellow Chinq is finally home :-)

Cinquecento Sporting Abarth

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