[karlosdeville]

dont bother chroming your side "pattis"...I have a brand new set in stainless steel with me.

Originally Posted by V-16

Note the hammer marks on the metal. A lot of manual labour has gone into the metamorphosis already. I would call this a labour of love.

indeed it is...now when u making one for me?!

[V-16]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

dont bother chroming your side "pattis"...I have a brand new set in stainless steel with me.

Karl "Fiat" Bothe saves the day again.

indeed it is...now when u making one for me?!

Anytime for you my friend!! anytime!!

[badboyscad]

pimp it up:

[moralfibre]

Brilliant progress. Sorry I couldn't see it yesterday while I was there. Keep us updated Gogi.

[V-16]

Continuing from where I stopped..











Now see these rear and front door panels.







The engine bay gets its job done





This was what was done in the engine bay.
note the top left end and the right end corner below, where you can see the pieces missing, appeared cut out.
A portion of the fire wall and the air vent was removed from the original car from here...



And transplanted, thus.







On the inside too, these changes meant, extra holes in the right places to accomodate the various modifications made, keeping originality in mind. Note the round cut made to accomodate the air vent.



On its way to becoming this...I hope!!



I now wait for comments and suggestions as always.
Please keep them coming. Will post Wurth process pics soon. No work done today due to bad weather conditions.!! What the heck, the team does deserve a break

[Technocrat]

Great work Gogi ji

I like the blue colour scheme.. Btw nice way to retain Chasis number I had thought similar :-)

All the best for further work & keep us posted :-)

[superavi]

Meraviglioso, Superb, fantastico!

Looks like creation! We all learn from you V-16!!

Superavi

[Ajaybiz]

I hope front door are going to open in its original style.

[moralfibre]

Originally Posted by Ajaybiz

I hope front door are going to open in its original style.

Hi Ajay, the front door is indeed opening on the original side. This particular model did not have suicide doors.

[V-16]

Originally Posted by Technocrat

Great work Gogi ji

I like the blue colour scheme.. Btw nice way to retain Chasis number I had thought similar :-)

All the best for further work & keep us posted :-)

Thank you buddy.

Originally Posted by moralfibre

Hi Ajay, the front door is indeed opening on the original side. This particular model did not have suicide doors.

Thank you Kiran.
Ajay, this model if you notice this model is a mix between the rounded fintail type Delite(the front) and the newer non fin typr back 1100/D.(the rear), hence this model came without suicide doors. Tis model also came with many oddities due to its metamorphosis from the rounded to a more squarish type of body. I will point them out as the progress goes on. Keep a close watch onthis thead.

Thanks everybody for the appreciation and interest shown in this project.Please keep suggestions and tips flowing.

[NIP]

amazing !! kudos for undertaking such a project V-16 ! dont know how i missed this thread...! thread subscribed...eagerly awating progress reports

[Ajaybiz]

My Grand Papa use to have Fiat but sold before my birth, seen her in one junk yard in my native during my recent visit.
Dont have enough funds to restore that beauti :(.
Any one wants this beauti or amby or Standard Herald or Gazal PM me ill arrange to get them from my native, plenty of them are resting in peace from last 20-30 years.

[egangsta]

Gogi this is the first thread that I always open after logging in,its very interesting to read and go through the work in progress.Check out this colour combination..





Cheers Ed..

(All the best with the paint selection.)

[V-16]

Thanks Ed
Its great to have so many enthusiasts giving inputs.
The colour you have posted is the colour my paint guy also advised me for, only the top he said should be black, but I found this colour to bling. So I settled for the blue greyish shade. Of course the final selection is yet to be done hence im relying on friends like you to help me out.

[R32_GTR]

awesome tin work boss...can barely see the seams and gaps....beautiful work....just make sure you choose the right paint scheme and an awesome paintshop to do justice to the bodywork....cheers!!

P.S. Whats the best solution for keeping the noise of the doors slamming to the minimum on these old warlords?? the doors are rough and loud aren't they? plus maintaining the seams and gaps...