My 1967 Fiat 124 Spider Restoration Journey

[SoFlaFiat]

That's awesome!!!!
Gotta love true professionals!

[Mick124]

Jigs, frames and more jigs... Very fussy panel beater. Awesome work to the millimetre.









Plan is to weld rails next week, then the assemble of the front outer panels.

[Ptoneill]

Wow...a Fiat kit car!!......great job congrats on your progress!!

[Mick124]

Kit car?? I must be missing something with the last post. Definitely not a kit car...

[Ptoneill]

Sorry...trying to be funny...it's just the amount of work that you have put into making this a great car by assembling it from scrap reminded me of someone building a car from scratch. It was definately meant as a complement you are much more skilled than I am!!

[Mick124]

[Mick124]

Front new inners welded in place. Sanded back ready for epoxy primer.

[Mick124]

Prep'd for epoxy primer





Primed

[vandor]

Nice!!

How are the cavities protected from rust?

[Mick124]

Epoxy primer applied to all bare metal cavities. This waterproofs the metal therefore protecting the bare metal from oxidation problems.

[vandor]

But does it not burn off when welding is done on those members? This is something I always wanted to know, how to protect a closed box section that I can't get to after welding.
Thanks,

[djape1977]

drill a hole and use waxing spray gun

on the end of plastic hose is a nozzle that sprays whatever goes tru in all directions. i usually use it for cavity wax

[SoFlaFiat]

Eastwood sells an internal coating with a disposable spray nozzle like that. Same sort as I used on my header interior.

And Mick! Great progress! The car will be better than new when done!!

[MIGHTY 8]

Reminds me of the old saying, how somethings are worth more than the sum of their parts. What appears to be basic metal panels welded together, end up being a beautiful spider!

Really want to thank you for allowing us to see parts of our cars we would normally never have a chance to see up close!

[Mick124]

Thank you. The kind words and support from this forum only makes this journey more enjoyable.