The rust has really eaten away at yours

I know, I swept it all up and glued it back together

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!

Awesome - my coupe was never quite like that under the bonnet.

I can see dirt on the brake fluid reservoir

Just nit picking, amazing job you have done on the engine bay there

Awesome transformation!

It's more of a stubborn stain tbh, it grates on me everyday, sometimes I can't even sleep for thinking about it . . .

You need a new one.

I'm not sure why I hadn't thought of that don't suppose they cost much from fiat if you can still get them.

My work in progress...



Rocker cover fitted today (thanks Fran). Still got to clean the expansion tank and paint or polish the exhaust heat shield. The slam panel also needs stripping, rust proofing and re-painting.

Very nice pstruck - yet to start mine. How did you go about restoring the horns (these are the worst part of mine)?

The horn bracket on mine was really rusty, so I attacked it with a wire brush attachment in my electric drill for starters, then left it fully sumerged in 'rusteater' for 24 hours, before brushing again, then painting with several coats of Hammerite smooth black. The horns are a cheat. Pair of red top snail horns from eBay for less than a tenner. Job done!

Cheers pstruck, I'll be adding that to my "To do list".

le 1999

Wow!

Looks like it's been a while since anyone posted pics in here so thought I'd pop one on

Very nice Swin

Picture of under my bonnet

a sprinty plus I'm helping to build to 350+bhp -

from this -



to this -



and here's mine at the moment but bound to change soon -

Here's a slightly better photo, the sprinty plus project is coming along nicely!

Looking

Are the plenum/fuel rail painted or polished?

VHT painted and lacquered!

Does the laquer not bubble once it's gotten hot? I did a rocker cover a few years ago and it looked great until I fitted it and warmed up the engine. Then loads of little bubbles appeared in the laquer.

It shouldn't if you use VHT lacquer!

1998 20V Done 3 days ago, 1 hours work (not including rocker cover and grill)

Before After

Joe, this rocker was sprayed with Halfords Lacquer over VHT, as I have with a few others. No issues with bubbling at all.

An amazing transformation in just one hour!

you need to give it a dusting of etch primer and use a vht paint otherwise it will bubble .

nice job Phil

Not actually fitted in the bay yet... but getting there!