Paolo66
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I'm starting a new restoration thread for Paolo. I know there are a few on here but I never get bored of reading them so I hope you lot don't get bored of this one. I don't know how long it's going to take me (or how much it's all going to cost) but I'm taking the Italian approach of it's done when it's done.
Just to give you a bit of background leading up to this restoration we bought Paolo about 18 months ago in as original condition. He'd had a respray at some point (I don't know his original colour it's missing from the chassis plate) which was adequate but not amazing. We changed to a 650 engine and syncro gearbox last year and to be fair we were really happy in him and he didn't really let us down. On this years MOT however he failed on excessive corrosion. Left hand floor pan was particularly bad with a hole right through. Right hand was not much better and the panel which houses the battery bay had a repair on it which was basically filler!
As gutting as the news was we decided to bite the bullet and go for a full resto. I didn't want to repair a couple of panels and have the same situation in a couple of years time.
So far I've stripped out the interior and took out the engine and gearbox.
The plan is to completely strip him down to a bare chassis and then replace all necessary panels
I'm changing the colour to 433 azzuro acquamarina (baby blue).
What's the trick to getting all the glass out safely and in one piece?
Will keep the photos coming when I get to the interesting bits
Damian
Just to give you a bit of background leading up to this restoration we bought Paolo about 18 months ago in as original condition. He'd had a respray at some point (I don't know his original colour it's missing from the chassis plate) which was adequate but not amazing. We changed to a 650 engine and syncro gearbox last year and to be fair we were really happy in him and he didn't really let us down. On this years MOT however he failed on excessive corrosion. Left hand floor pan was particularly bad with a hole right through. Right hand was not much better and the panel which houses the battery bay had a repair on it which was basically filler!
As gutting as the news was we decided to bite the bullet and go for a full resto. I didn't want to repair a couple of panels and have the same situation in a couple of years time.
So far I've stripped out the interior and took out the engine and gearbox.
The plan is to completely strip him down to a bare chassis and then replace all necessary panels
I'm changing the colour to 433 azzuro acquamarina (baby blue).
What's the trick to getting all the glass out safely and in one piece?
Will keep the photos coming when I get to the interesting bits
Damian