Project R the Mk1 Cabrio Restoration project

Introduction

Project page for my 1998 Punto Cabrio Restoration project. This car was aquired in October 2023, with no service history and in a pretty poor state, however they are becoming extremely rare now in the UK, just a dozen or so of the 1.2 16v models left on the road and about 30 or so cabrios in total.

Pictures are from the forsale add and ones the previous owner sent me before I got it.

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Latest updates

The engine is finally back together and starts!!!

Thursday at 10:46 AM

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.

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in other news,

Mar 27, 2024

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.