My 1967 Fiat 124 Spider Restoration Journey

[Mick124]

Hi Guys,

I want to share with you the journey I am on with regards to restoring my 67 Fiat 124 Spider (Series 1). I have had the car for approx 7 years and have been procuring parts over that time. The car is now at the panel beaters.

Car on its way to sand blasting





car at panel beater



Floor repairs




Wheels restored




New grill found

[djape1977]

sweet!
keep it up!

[Weelan]

Looks great so far! Gonna be awesome when it's done getting painted!

[deftone]

Looking good! A '67 as well, must be one of the oldest on the board. Myself and a few others have '69s, but I havnt heard of another '67 on here.

[rontron2012]

REALLY .............THEY MADE THE SPIDER IN 67 ? IS THAT TRUE MARK?

[Gunsmith]

What a great project! Thank you for letting us see the progress.

[FiatBen]

REALLY .............THEY MADE THE SPIDER IN 67 ? IS THAT TRUE MARK?

http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/search.ph ... mit=Search

[ital]

Great progress there Mick. Would like to point out one thing. The new hub caps you have are the latest production type. The stainless steal is thicker then the originals and will not dent easy (the good part) Unfortunately the bad part is the very poorly made centre logo. (which is just a wafer thin decal) The chrome lettering will become dirty in no time because water with brake dust and dirt will seep behind the plastic disk. Water will also oxides the decal and ruin its beauty. I suggest that you remove the plastic disk and spray automotive clear coat over the logo. (not lacquer based spray can stuff!)

Guaranteed the logos will remain shiny and black for a long time

Unfortunately the 2 small holes will show.

[Mick124]

Thanks Ital,

I have two sets of original hub-caps and will be restoring a set. I too dislike the two holes in the centre cap. It was my intention to also use a set of original centre caps and modify the new outers to fit the old centre...

Regards,

Mick124

[FiatBen]

Any pics of your rotisserie setup, specifically the attach points you used?

[ital]

Thanks Ital,

I have two sets of original hub-caps and will be restoring a set. I too dislike the two holes in the centre cap. It was my intention to also use a set of original centre caps and modify the new outers to fit the old centre...

Regards,

Mick124

Excellent idea there Mick!

[Mick124]

Rotisserie was made by the panel beater working on the car. It looks a bit rough but it does the job...



Support through the grill section and mounting to crossmember mounts.

Rotisserie is quite high. A little too high for my liking..It seems to work though.

[FiatBen]

Do you have pics of the rear mounting points? Thanks!

[engineerted]

The bumper mounts are perfectly acceptable to use for mounting to your rotisserie. That is what I did and so have many other. Sorry no photo, that was seven years ago.


Ted

[engineerted]

The bumper mounts are perfectly acceptable to use for mounting to your rotisserie. That is what I did and so have many other. Sorry no photo, that was seven years ago.


Ted