1972 Fiat 500L LHD Abarth 595 Engine with 126 gearbox

This car is a delight to drive, I have owned it for quite a few years and it always puts a smile on my face. I built the engine up to make the car useable in modern traffic. A standard 500 engine is quite slow and a non synchromesh gearbox is tricky to drive.

Please contact me with any questions, someone is going to get a great car.

ULEZ and tax exempt.

Parts that have been replaced-

Engine, Rebuilt Dellorto FZD carburettor, the one they used for the 595 Abarth engine originally.

1mm skimmed cylinder head with ‘Trojan’ metal Nickle Copper Silicone custom made racing valve seats, to allow unleaded petrol and high temperatures. Larger Inlet valves and new exhaust vales at standard size.

New Abarth specification camshaft, new cam chain. New bearing shells. New Abarth higher capacity Sump. Port matched cylinder head to the inlet and exhaust ports. New full stainless free flowing exhaust, piped straight to the cylinder head. Smoothed off tinwear to remove the stock air filter housing, custom air filter. New electrical system to remove the over heating problems these engines suffer from with modern ethanol petrol. High voltage coil, wasted spark and iridium spark plugs. Lightened flywheel. Running at approximately 35bhp, not much but twice the power of a standard 500L. 

Gearbox A checked over and cleaned with new oil gearbox from a 126. This gearbox changes gear perfectly and smoothly with no issues.

Interior Reclining seat frames replaced, with new foams and new covers. New door panels, new carpet set, nos rubber floor mats in matching orange to protect the carpet set, new sunvisors, new door handles, new door pockets, new headliner. New pedal rubbers.

New boot liner.

Running Gear All replaced, new brakes throughout, new drums, new wheels, new suspension, new shocks, new tyres, new hubcaps. New steering box, new track rods, new king pins.

Exterior New sunroof, new bonnet, new engine lid, new bumpers and over riders, new chrome door handles, new chrome trim throughout. New badges, new metal rear number plate light housing, headlamps replaced with good RHD ones for the UK. The front panel had a dent and the spare wheel well was rusty, so that was all cut out and replaced with new panels. The whole car was resprayed 7 years ago in the original colour of Blu Scuro 456, it still looks clean and shiny and I think it is one of the very best colours to show of the shape of a classic 500. The boot rack is new and has the original Italian plate from Varese on the back basket.