The rust. Man I feel for you guys in the UK. Here in OZ you would never see that. Good work fixing it but it would be taken off the road here prior to you fixing it. Good job all round mate. Cheers.

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Nice too see all the good stuff happening to this car, caught in time with nothing major to worry about. So many interesting cars need this kind of attention but not many places will do it.

Great videos and great channel, I am hooked on them since finding them a few weeks ago. As a fiat/alfa enthusiast of this era it seems every video is tailor made for me. I had a silver barchetta, a red alfa 166 3.0 v6 and even a marea 2.0 5 cylinder. This coupé project is great even though I would have dropped the engine and gone for a more comprehensive restoration.

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! no engine out due to keeping budget down for the customer. i didnt really need to come out.

Happy to see the coupe is coming along nicely. Definitely worth the effort when it's finished. The Alfa 4,c sounded really nice, looks great and looks definitely quick. A future classic like the coupe 😁👍

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

Really enjoy the channel mate, a big big fan of Italians and have been really looking hard for a stock 20v turbo Coupe, feel like they've become even more rare than usual now. Good to watch these videos to gain extra knowledge on them. Keep up the good work, cant wait to see the next episodes 👍

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Love alfas, had 2, GT Junior & a Alfasud, (Wow did they rot) Great channel, Safe safe.....

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Ace to see you at the Auto Italia Italian Car event at Raby Castle today mate, hope you source all the bits for the fiat coupe restoration....got the moonie grey/silver from today and a Vinci LE and portofino 20vt now as donor mule, so I've got a few donor bits if you get really stuck mate lol👍

Good luck with the restoration ! Please look under the boot floor liner RHS, I suspect you've got some more welding along that seam.

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

interior is mostly coming out when the welding starts

Lovely Jubbly, turning into a project.

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

It really is!

guess what. Most of the turbo hoses are Made in the UK. 2 Coupes owner here :)

Looking forward to part 4.

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

it will prob be december now.

Wow, honestly amazed how British cars do rust.... 😱

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

they sure do

Did you fit a new drier to the a/c system?....its a service item

Just caught that rust issue before it was fatal, too many great cars are scrapped early due to such as many mechanics refuse (or do not have the skills) to do the work required!

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

hopefully so.

That 5 cylinder sound....almost as sweet as an Alfa V6 😁

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

A remap on a 1750 turbo. Heaven help the second owner.

Oh my word how much rust and corrosion is everywhere, even the engine, here in Romania we have bad weather for aprox 3 months a year, but i don't think i have a spot of rust on the body or even a screw head. Although I think cars sold in the UK just have worse rust protection then to ones sold in mainland Europe IMHO. Good job m8! Keep it up

@noelnicholls1894

3 жыл бұрын

Climate is everything.

@aldeacristian4582

3 жыл бұрын

@Antonio Farina I think the humidity, salt is used all over the planet in winter time and

@SMGJohn

3 жыл бұрын

UK salts their roads that is why, poor countries like Romania just use grounded sand which is far better. UK roads maintain high salt levels even in the summer so when there is humidity and what not it gets into everywhere, its a fucking nightmare I tell you what.

@noelnicholls1894

3 жыл бұрын

Antonio Farina Central Texas - no salt. Car bodies last forever.

Great work there Neil. I would love to know what product you use to treat and stop the rust spreading as I need to treat a couple of areas on my car before they get even worse.

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

omnicote i use on the rust.

@DevinderAthwal306

3 жыл бұрын

@@ItaliaAutos thank you, I take it that stuff is well proven to stop the rust spread?

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

@@DevinderAthwal306 I tested in on some rusty brake calipers 3 years ago there still looking good with just a coat of that.

@DevinderAthwal306

3 жыл бұрын

@@ItaliaAutos awesome, thank you.

Guy on the phone at 11.05 😂

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

well spotted.

Hi Neil, could you please do a tutorial on changing the bottom engine mount on 156/147 jtd, the one that bolts to the subframe? Thank you

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

dont do tutorials really anymore. sorry.

@vojin54

3 жыл бұрын

@@ItaliaAutos When i changed mine, a washer fell out of somewhere, I can't figure out where it went, a quite thick one

When's part 4 coming. Looking forward to it! 😁

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

Work should resume next week.

Good video Neil 👍🏼. How much did they charge you to refurb the alternator and do you have their contact details please?

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

lots as it was welded too. but there getting hard to get now.

Love your channel thinking buying a guilieta 1.8 50.000 miles wot to look for

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

Done a buyers guide on the,.

At 17:09 the automatic YT subtitles generator shows [Music][Applause]. 8^) I guess it finds you work quite fascinating. 8^)

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

haha

Today prices of 4C are insane. Around 100k.

I would take my car to you.. But im in another country.. And my 155 has no rust and as origanal 60km

Amazing how much this car has rusted, I never had so much rust on my Italian cars. Looks like she's been parked up on a beach for a couple of years

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

the joys of storing car outside in the uk

@fhwolthuis

3 жыл бұрын

@@ItaliaAutos I don't see much difference in climate between the UK and over here in the Netherlands. This car must have been driven in a salty winter and not washed very often. And stored when salty.

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

@@fhwolthuis yep. Common here people rarely wash the underside of there cars.

@anair70

3 жыл бұрын

Is it because of the salt used on the roads in winter?

@fhwolthuis

3 жыл бұрын

@@anair70 we have salt too over here but my FIATs and Alfas have never been that bad

Whats the black rust treatment you use ??

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

Omnicote.

@intergrale4x4

3 жыл бұрын

@@ItaliaAutos Thanks for the info I'll check it out ;)

What brand stone chip are you using?

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

i vary it. i dont like using the tar like stonechip though.

@babbo1218

3 жыл бұрын

Italia Autos ahh ok, I need to get some for my Alfa 75

Beautiful car, but so much rust on/in it...I would have it stripped from all mechanical parts, cleaned/welded and painted and then put it back together

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

what would your budget be to do this if paying a garage. :-) thanks for watching.

@RandomYTStuff

3 жыл бұрын

@@ItaliaAutos I get your point. I am just watching a lot of Arthur Tussik's videos. Check out his channel; watching his craft repairing crashed cars, makes me want to switch profession....jlnow that I think of it, what would the cost be to drive or ship the car to an Eastern European Garage, like Arthur's and have it repaired there? In Greece, where I currently live, people often drive/ship their vehicles to neighboring countries (Bulgaria, Romania) to tried/tested garages for large/expensive repairs (and to buy used ones).. .... some local garages have kinda comparative prices, but working with seasonal workers of course...e.g. 450€ for full paint-job metallic colour, including fixing rust spots (but large welding works will set you back for another ~200€ or something). Maybe worth considering if a car needs extenside welding, which may not be your expertise or not be part of yiur preferred work. I don't know how things are done in the UK, of course (I've lived/studied there, but have no idea about car repair practices and costs)

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

@@RandomYTStuff yeah seen several of his videos.

I can't deal with the 'coop' thing. Drives me nuts 🤦🏼‍♂️

@E46_Lenker

3 жыл бұрын

Who cares 🤷‍♂️

@Trappygit

3 жыл бұрын

@@E46_Lenker because it is a word mispronounced. If he called it a Fa-it, it would be just as ridiculous.

@funnystuffenstufff

3 жыл бұрын

Think you should look up the pronunciation given in the Oxford english dictionary mate. Flippin hate snobs...

@Trappygit

3 жыл бұрын

@@funnystuffenstufffare you suggesting 'coop' is correct?

@funnystuffenstufff

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Trappygit It is a widely accepted pronunciation in english and you will find it in the online oxford dictionary. Not too worried whether it is 'correct' or not.

Just broken coolant bleed screw..

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

ouch

@letsflyaway1

3 жыл бұрын

Sorted now. I got an aluminium one for a defender it’s done the job great. And four new tyres what a difference now. 👍

good work, but you got the name wrong, they are called coupe fiat. true.

Geez all the comments on the rust, am I the only one who thinks it isn't that bad for a 20 year old car (an old Fiat car at that) that lived all it's life in the UK!?! Haha! Our climate hates cars! All that said, if you think the rust is bad, have a look at a Mazda mx5 or Ford of the same/similar age, they'll be the same or much worse

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

I think moated of them are from dryer climates and just don't see what we see every day when working on old cars.

Please replace the regular music with some trap-type beat!!!! Great video.

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

different music in every video. thanks

You are still not wearing safety goggles when spraying !

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

Not with stone chip. Paint yes.

What a hacky job...this is no restauration rather a quick patch up

Very poor condition... :-(

@ItaliaAutos

3 жыл бұрын

it has been neglected.