More than thirty brands participate in this edition of the Barcelona Motor Show exhibiting its most innovative and futuristic models, incorporating new materials and the latest technologies within the reach of the driver. This year, Seat has surprised us all by showing the restoration of a Seat 600 Convertible with modern materials and techniques. A classic from 1957 that returns 60 years later.
El Seat 600 was an icon of motor culture Spanish 60 years ago and for this, Seat has restored one to celebrate that birthday, specifically, the convertible version. Manufactured by Seat under license from Fiat, the 600 was built for 15 years, during which time 800.000 units were sold.
The Seat 600 Convertible we are talking about will be presented at the Barcelona Motor Show just this week, and in it a team of 30 people have worked for 1.500 hours in a 600 convertible that had been sitting still for 25 years. For restoration, it was carefully disassembled and restored, replacing more than 1.000 parts.
It's almost better than when it originally left the factory 52 years ago. – said Angel Lahoz, head of the project about the result.
The chosen Seat 600 Convertible It was built in 1965, but after that, a private buyer bought it and has been unemployed for 25 years, which means it needed a complete mechanical, electrical and body work. To make this car functional, modern techniques and materials were used, for example, for its interior.
Even so, the Seat 600 Convertible will maintain many details, as well as its design, of the original Seat 600, and It will include the practicable canvas roof or the "suicide" opening doors, in addition to the steering wheel or the horn, which have remained intact.
The Seat 600 Convertible will not provide bluetooth, rear camera or parking assistant. But, even if it was a transfer from Fiat to be able to manufacture its 500 model in Spain, the Seat 600 has something that many cars today do not have, and that is that this small exudes personality on all four sides.