Punto (Mk1) Project R the Mk1 Cabrio Restoration project

[AndyRKett]

I fear a fair number of mk1 parts will get more scarce. I am still very tempted by a 3 door P90 or P85, the only issue is space & probable future ULEZ in my area...
Here is my 'good enough' bodge from years ago, it is not glamorous

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• Didge3
• Apr 28, 2016

That Throttle linkage typical Italians using multiple parts where one would do.


There was someone on the mk1 Facebook group last year who basically was happy for anyone to come take parts off his mk1 cabrio because he was going to scrap it under a ULEZ scrappage scheme, if anyone wanted the car they could have it for £2k which is what the scheme would have given him. Predictably no one wanted to pay £2k for the car so it got scrapped. It's a shame but is also what is making these cars so rare.

 

[Didge3]

That Throttle linkage typical Italians using multiple parts where one would do.

Yes it is quite the marvel of unnecessary engineering, not as bad as my mk2 Panda's which did a full 180º turn for some reason, causing it to eventually snap on the A3. Fortunately there was an alternate throttle linkage & cable available which funnily enough went straight from the pedal to the linkage rather than make the elaborate turn

 

[Steve gt]

Doing those little things will make a big difference when it’s done , look after the air box brackets they are like unicorn poop .good luck with the rebuild

 

[AndyRKett]

Doing those little things will make a big difference when it’s done , look after the air box brackets they are like unicorn poop .good luck with the rebuild

I’ve heard that they are somewhat difficult to get hold of

 

[Steve gt]

I’ve heard that they are somewhat difficult to get hold of

Yeah, they are very similar to the ones on the gt , many owners over the years binned them when putting K&N etc filters on , now they are wanting to go back to standard look none are available , or if you’re lucky to find any very expensive .

 

[AndyRKett]

Yeah, they are very similar to the ones on the gt , many owners over the years binned them when putting K&N etc filters on , now they are wanting to go back to standard look none are available , or if you’re lucky to find any very expensive .

I follow another youtuber who has a GT he is restoring and I know from his videos that they are impossible to get, that being said most things for GTs are seemingly impossible to get now. The cars that were left standard rotted away and got scrapped, the cars that where subject to the max power treatment as you point out had a lot of standard parts thrown away, they sat in someone’s garden or shed for 20 years and now they all want £3k for a rusting wreck that’s missing half its parts

 

[cauchemarre]

Hello,
Just so you know, I am heavily following your topic and even your YT channel. I have exactly the same model with 155k km, works really fine.
I am doing some repairs and light tuning on it. I'll update some photos when it'll be ready, for now I just have angel eyes and I'm just changing every things that have to be changed (oil, rocker arm gasket, spark plugs, fuel filter, etc).

Thank you for your time and please keep posting, thanks to you I know what to buy for the car (Ribe bits)

 

[AndyRKett]

Bonjour cauchemarre, (interesting name btw hopefully not a description of fiat ownership)

Thanks for following. I have been unwell this past week or so, and everything has come to a halt, however the next video is nearly done.

Be sure to stick about on this forum as well, there is about 20 years of knowledge on this site so if you need help you can pretty much find it all here.