Fiat 500L Seats Re-Covered

It’s a real pity that both the driver and passenger’s front seat has small rips in them when we picked the car up.

We contemplated repairing the existing holes but in the end we thought it was best to strip and recover the seats with new seat covers and it was very much the right decision once we had completed the task.

The rear seats have now been fitted back in to position but as we have Paul Johnson Valeting coming on Monday to give the car a full valet we thought it was best to leave the front seats out until after Monday.

Repainting the engine

Mechanically, our lovely little 1972 Fiat 500L is spot on but as with everything in life that has been used and enjoyed, the engine could benefit from a little attention…cosmetically that is!

Lauren has spent the day cleaning, polishing and repainting the engine to freshen up the look.

We’ve kept to the existing colours but after a thorough clean we’ve added a couple of new coats to bring back the shine.

Refurbishing the existing fuel tank

To ensure we keep some of the originality of the car we decided to freshen up the look of the existing fuel tank.

From new back in the 70’s, and also if you were to purchase a new tank today, it would be finished in black so we decided to clean up our red tank and give it a coating of satin black before re-fitting with some new bolts.

Not only did we refurbish the fuel tank but whilst we were tidying the boot area we re-lined the entire area with brand new black carpet. Lauren has done an incredible job, not only is all of the wiring neatened up underneath but they are all hidden away to give a really clean and uninterrupted look.

As you can see, the originality remains the same, we have not tried to hide the imperfections, we have simply tidied and made a more appealing finish to the overall look.