PART 2-- 1959 Fiat 600 series 1
In part 2: I will be showing you more uncovered rust as the disassembly continues. Robert Blackman was kind enough to put his trust in me to bring this car back to life. There is a photo of us together at the early stages of the restoration.
As horrible as these photos are...you have to look at the big picture and go step-by-step so that it does not become overwhelming. There is a picture of a door from the passenger side that took a lot of water from the sprinkling of the Ivy next door. Luckily Mr. Blackman had found a replacement used door years ago with minor rust holes. Mr. Blackman kept that one in storage. Although it was a vent wing door, I was able to convert it over to the non-vent.
Another thing that is on the 1st series was the use of a parking brake on the transaxle.
Again, these photos are just to show you what you don’t really see until you strip the car completely. Because of all the rust issues, we elected to have the car dipped so that the rust could be stopped in places we cannot even see. In the next part, I’ll show you the dipping process. Again, enjoy the horror show… You supply the popcorn!
