That Throttle linkageI 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
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 turnThat Throttle linkage
The last couple of weeks the rebuild has stalled due to going on holiday, and stupidly losing a clip that has to come from Italy.
So I have taken to doing a little light restoration work, this involved using stuff around the house to Nickel plate some of the more rusty and grubby parts
Brackets that support the air filter box
Misc metal brackets that hold the headlights in place
And I have been plating all the bolts and hardware to prevent corrosion when putting it all back together.
, 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 ofDoing those little things will make a big difference when it’s done
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
Rebuild process here
I have also been working on some other little jobs along side the engine.
I have obtained a second steering wheel with airbag which I plan to retrim with Leather, a nice little project to undertake soon.
I have also been working on the allow wheels in the background. This is the first of 4 to be done. It was a total mess of corrosion to begin with so really happy at how well it has turned out. It still needs a couple of coats of lacquer but looking forward to getting all 4 to this state so they can finally go on the car and I can get rid of the horrible modern Punto wheels currently on the car.
The front of the wheel is Steel silver and the back is black with a blend between the two behind the spokes to give them some contrast, once the suspension is sorted the calipers and everything behind the wheels will be painted so the black will help make that pop a bit more.
So what started out as a wheel refurb as you'll see in my last post, turned into something rather more involved.
With the wheels off everything behind the wheel looked really grotty and rusty. The main concern was the subframe given italians tendency to build them out of rust which just crumbles in our UK weather, I was also concerned about the state of what was behind the wheel arch liners and if the fronts of the sills where rusty.
So without any real plan I started stripping everything down. Off came the lower arms. Steering joints. the drive shafts. struts and wheel arch liners. It wasn't long before there was nothing left in the wheel arch but a brake caliper hanging on its pipe. (that eventually came off too)
Soon the car was dangling in the air without any of its important bits that connect it with the ground.
The subframe was not just in a surprisingly good condition, aside from some very mild surface rust, it was basically completely untouched.
A quick clean up with a wire brush to clean up any loose dirt and rust, and then a damn good blast with the pressure washer and it was as good as new.
I layed down a coat of Etch Primer, then some gloss black to make it actually look as good as new.
These three pictures show the subframe before paint.
This picture shows the subframe before removal from the car and you can only see any real rust behind where the exhaust bracket mounter. this was just from the bracket and the metal under the rust was basically unmarked and still painted.
What then followed was a lot of sanding, wire brushing and cleaning. over the course of the last 3 or so weeks in the evenings. Then the application of a lot of paint. Some colour coding of parts to make it a little more visually appealing rather than just painting everything black. So anything springy (springs and roll bar) got painted red. Anything structural got painted black, and anything else was either painted silver or nickel plated to add contrast. The steering joints for example were painted silver as everything attached to them was painted black. Finally because the brakes would be visible through the wheels and the car being red I panted the calipers a nice bright Yellow.
The drive shafts have also been fully refurbished and painted. new grease and checked for wear.
Everything was properly prepped and painted with high quality paints.
I have installed all new parts where needed or essential for safety. So new brake discs and pads. New shocks, new antiroll bar bushings. New ball joint covers, new clips and bolts where needed. New boots and gaiters where needed.
I am super happy with how it has all turned out. Everything looks shiny and new and is better than when it left the factory. I am just waiting on a set of bump stops for the shocks (the old ones had ceased to exist) and then I can start bolting everything back on the car. The one thing that has really surprised me is the insane amount of weight in all these components for such a little car, I would estimate probably more than 75 KG in everything bolted to the subframe. I think I may have to find a way to weight it to see for sure, and that is without wheels.
Anyhow I hope you can enjoy all the shiny bits before they get bolted back on never to be seen again. I would like to thank @ben for not only allowing me to host the pictures from the build here but for also providing a really good set of tools to format all these pictures and text to lay it out so its easy to read and navigate having been here >10 years I can appreciate just how much the forum has changed and improved over the years,
Most convertables are viewed as "hairdressers' cars", only go out on sunny days.
That's what was said about my Citroen Pluriel and also what I thought about my MGB Roadster, however I soon overcame my reservations when out driving in the sunny weather and of course coupled with "the price was right" which always helps.
I have seen some pretty bad ones when looking about, but the cars where heavily modified by bertone in their factory after Fiat built the car, therefore I have to wonder if this process added extra layers of paint to areas like the sills and wheel arches which were not modified and potentially got painted over multiple times as a result?
I don't think that is a fair assumption. given that they can cost more than twice the price of the regular car of the same spec, people buying convertibles do not have bundles of cash to spend on a brand new car only for it to sit in the garage for most of the year.
I was always fascinated by the plurial. they were such a weird choice for a company to put into production. people whined about the sides of the roof having to be taken off to make it a full convertible,,,, but then people call the 500c a convertible and that's pretty much the same as the plurial if you don't take those roof bits off.That's what was said about my Citroen Pluriel and also what I thought about my MGB Roadster, however I soon overcame my reservations when out driving in the sunny weather and of course coupled with "the price was right" which always helps.
Some years ago we had a elderly customer with an E type Jaguar which fitted a certain "stereotype" until he mentioned driving it at 135mph and I "allegedly" drove it at 115mph and totally sh*t myself, so realised he was a braver man than me, mind you the old Dunlop SP sports tyres may have had something to do with it.
I wouldn't care if they were, these things are of little concern to me. It was more the commentDont worry, no one is questioning your manliness
One statement that contains two indirectly connected points. for example do hairdressers only go outside on sunny days ?
clearly I was being a bit to subtle 
My 169 panda had a dribble, the 15 year old sump was in great condution,
