Any comments, help etc. please post here

Is there another thread? What help/advice do you need?

Tim (in Medway, not too far away)

Should have done the other thread first I suppose, but its up now, with the first stage of what I have been doing. Very labour intensive, getting all these pictures on, Ill have to do it in stages?

Wow! This looks like a rather serious project....

All the very best. A real labour of love

Tim

I am not sure I should call my thread a restoration after looking at your pics.. Maybe more an intensive clean thread!

Looking at the pics, it reminds me of a car that's been burnt completely to the ground. Did you need to strip it down quite as much as that?

I wanted a total colour change, and the place I took the bodyshell to, always media blast the shells before spraying them, as they have no idea of what has gone-on in the past, with damage etc.So that's what they done and it did show-up prevoius damage to the shell.

Now that is a proper restoration!!! Looks great. I wish that I had the patience to do this to my car.
Well done.

I'm humbled, what a great start!

Makes it look like I was fiddling around the edges.

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!

Brilliant.

Bit difficult to use as a daily driver though

Good luck!

Gobsmacked! You have to have the premises and equipment too for such painstaking work

Excellent - I'm visiting just to see how this progresses. Keep posting pics of your hard work Dax!

great job mate

This could be the best resto yet!

I am impressed, but not surprised, because I watched your topic for Fiat Stilo 20V Turbo.
Bow to your pedantry

Surely this needs to be featured in one of the Italian Car or Classic magazines??

Amazing stuff! This is going to be a brand new coupe

The Stilo Abarth turbo project, I was a bit naive when I first took this one on! Didn't think it would have been such hard work to do. Reversed it all back to standard and still driving it, but have still got all the components to have another go one day!!

I don't think there's any doubt on that one.

:-)

Bloody Hell !!!!!!!!! just seen this


Me to Duffy

Just found your ‘restoration’ thread. Wow! What can I say? This will genuinely be better than a brand new car straight from the factory. I just wish I had the knowledge, workshop facilities, tools, time, money and patience to undertake such a project! Keep up the good work and keep the pics coming.

WoW! totally awesome. I really think you should put either all black Fiat style recaro's(original option) or have a set of recaro's re-trimmed in either tan or red.

I see you have a plus side skirts being prepped are you going to do a Duffy and have them fitted with stainless fixing points along the sills?

I'm off to have a look at your Stilo thread now =)...can anyone link me to it please?

Great work!

Where did you find all new parts? For example I can't find a new expansion tank

I just looked the part numbers up on eper, went to my local Fiat dealership, and ordered them. Not all the parts I wanted were still available, but got most of what I wanted, plus they gave me a 20% discount. I also just kept searching the Internet with part numbers, you would be surprised at what you can find other than on eBay!

Looking superb, it's good to see the coupe getting restored to this level.

Don't worry mate you are doing a fabulous effort we are all drooling

Looks well.

Awesome - can you do mine next?

That is so awesome. I would love to do something like this when I win the euro millions.

This is ridiculous even even new motors aren't this clean

Is the sound deading on the bulkhead new ? if so where did you get it?

cheers.

p.s. looking Great