My 1967 Fiat 124 Spider Restoration Journey

[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. Found one!


Ted

[FiatBen]

Thanks guys. Those are the answers I was looking for. Oh boy, another project to add to my list!!

[Mick124]

Hi Guys,

I was hoping someone would have set of early model spider door latches that bolt to the door jam. See photo below.


Regards,

Michael

[Weelan]

if you can't find used, I saw autoricambi added them recently. Maybe other vendors have them too, but I don't know.

[KeithVZ]

Mick,

That B-pillar door catch in your picture looks like one from a 1200/1500 Cabriolet. It appears to be different from the door catch for my 68 124 Spider. Now I'm wondering if the early series Spiders before 1968 (first year imported to USA) used the 1200/1500 Cabriolet catch. I believe FIAT did this kind of thing (part borrowing) when first producing the 124. When you get time, take a look on Chris Oberts fiat plus website http://www.fiatplus.comand look at p/n 0000905070. It looks like what is in your picture. The door catch for my 1968 looks like p/n 0004222579 which was also used on the 850 Spider. Isn't there something about necessity being the mother of invention????

Keith

[Mick124]

Update

New inner guards with chassis rails (left and right) purchased from Vic's. These will be used to repair the entire front end. Original chassis and shock towers were not worth repairing.



New front fender sourced from Canada. This is an original NOS panel.


With regards to the door catch, I found replacements. Thanks to everyone that responded. I will post more photos soon (rear quarter repair, front end off, etc)

[Mick124]

Rear quarter removed - replacement will go on shortly after all inner guard rust removed and repaired.

inner left seal with cancer.



Inner left seal repaired



Inner left guard (inside boot/trunk) with cancer



Repaired inner guard

[Mick124]

Inner quarter cleaned and repaired ready for outer fender to be welded back on.


Rear valance removed and exposed rust to inner panel





Rear inner repaired







Outer valance panel fitted and epoxy primed





Rear left quarter placed on the car for correct placement - GAPS!

[Mick124]

[PininF]

Great progress, I expect my '67 will need a similar birthday treatment sometime soon...Although a costly exercise now you could potently get another 45 years out of her !

Thanks for sharing the great pics , look forward to seeing more soon.

Cheers
John

[Mick124]

Realised that the later model spider door catch sit higher than the earlier model.



used the old catch door section



bottom outer seal section prepared

attached and completed


inner rear left quarter cleaned and prepared. All surface rust removed.



Rear left quarter position and welded into place. Door and boot (trunk) gaps are all perfect!!


rear shock tower section finished.


The plan now is to finish the rear right hand side wheel arch and then get started on the complete front end rebuild.

[Exit98]

Incredible, what a labor of love.

It's going to be amazing when its done.

[Mick124]

Door catch sorted


Original doors stripped exposing all previous repairs...



Rear left lamp provision cut in



Rear right wheel arch repair



Rear section worked on


Inspiration

[MIGHTY 8]

As a Spider owner I applaud your efforts!

Thank you for taking the time to post these pictures of your progress.

Good luck!

[spiderrey]

nice