Been offered a re-shelled Fiat Uno Turbo.

[DeanR32]

Afternoon PH

I've been talking to a guy who's selling an uno turbo. It's 80% complete and it's all there, but because it's probably only an Uno 45, is it still worth as much as a 45, or will it get judged as a turbo, and therefore be worth turbo money?

Good turbos are making decent money, and will only go up. Just wary of the re-shelled cars

Cheers

[Ali_T]

Series 1 or 2? Not sure how the law goes with these? Is it not classed based on VIN number and reg no? TO be classed as a Turbo i.e, you'll have to make sure all the spec is there, down to the digital dash, correct stickers, seats, gear knob etc etc. Only the really good ones will make money.

[TTwiggy]

Was it involved in an altercation in a Parisian tunnel?

[Lost soul]

I had a turbo back in the 80's great fun little cars

[DeanR32]

Cheers for the replies

It looks a pretty good car to be honest. From the pictures, all rusty bits sorted and painted well too.

The owner must have re-shelled his own turbo, as he has the log book, so it should be pretty correct.

And it's a MkI

[Rude-boy]

Your call but given that my brother managed to twist the shell on his through nothing more than 'making progress' and that it was a 5mph side impact from a car on a roundabout that folded the pax side to the centre - I'd pass on this one.

[DeanR32]

Rude-boy said:

Your call but given that my brother managed to twist the shell on his through nothing more than 'making progress' and that it was a 5mph side impact from a car on a roundabout that folded the pax side to the centre - I'd pass on this one.

Yeah, but it's an Uno! You're not supposed to crash em'!

I'm just thinking along the lines of a car which would go up in value in time

[Northernchimp]

An UNO is officially harder than an S Class, especially at high speed, in a tunnel.

[heisthegaffer]

I love Uno Turbos. Absolutely love them. Coincidentally my predictive text just spelt Uno as Unofficial, how apt on this thread. If you do getting OP, pictures please!

[DanCat]

Awesome cars with a huge amount of presence, especially with sports exhaust, plenty of pops on the over run!
As for handling, to be honest (dare I mention it here) I found it a little intimidating. Certainly around the new forest where my hillclimb puma was way more fun. My best drives were bigger trips on bigger roads . It can b driven sensibly like a normal car just fine, you really have to flex your foot an extra bit further forward-tvr traction control and it really goes.
I don't think I'd have another whereas I'd really like another Elise. More of a scalpel to the tvr's sledgehammer.
I also had to have the engine rebuilt after only 15 k. I took it to power in Coventry and they covered the work with a 100 k warranty so I'd go for a car that's been done.

As an event I can't tho.k of another car for the money that matches it, so I'd say do, scratch the itch, I don't think you'd loose out financially.