Hi. I am Marnix from Belgium. Now that our Barchetta is about 15 years old, and is getting into seriuos trouble getting parts, thought it time to join the forum. I somehow end up having all FIAT group cars, apart from my wife's Barchetta having inherited a Punto II from my father (only the 8V 1.2, not really a high performance car), and Alfa 33 inherited from my wife's father, and two Lancia Fulvias (one coupe '68 and a 2C Berlina from '64).
Now to the trouble: the floor plate is heavely rusted through, mainly at the sides. The trouble is not coming from below, as it would be with other cars, but from ABOVE (water getting in between the plastic floor and the metal floor panel, and the protection at the inside of the car probably not being very good - water trapped between the plastic floor and the metal floor panel, and no way to escape or evaporate. Not a very big problem for a serious workshop to fix, wouldn't it be that a new floor panel (part No 46724842) is no longer optainable (as many other parts for the Barchetta ). Any advice on second sources? Help would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot, marnix
Now to the trouble: the floor plate is heavely rusted through, mainly at the sides. The trouble is not coming from below, as it would be with other cars, but from ABOVE (water getting in between the plastic floor and the metal floor panel, and the protection at the inside of the car probably not being very good - water trapped between the plastic floor and the metal floor panel, and no way to escape or evaporate. Not a very big problem for a serious workshop to fix, wouldn't it be that a new floor panel (part No 46724842) is no longer optainable (as many other parts for the Barchetta ). Any advice on second sources? Help would be appreciated.
Thanks a lot, marnix