Robert,
Great to hear from you, for you to be impressed im speechless....
My restoration was a lot less involved than yours, I had no rot to deal with.
I used to work and was trained as a mechanic working for a fiat dealership in the 80's and when I found your photos on the net I just had to do something similar, I found my one on ebay, it was the first 1 I found and bought it straight away. it is now up and running and drives like brand new, im really happy with my efforts.
The paintwork is cellulose, with no lacquer, its my first ever attempt at painting a car and I think I done ok, I have now flatted some areas again and will then paint it again follwed by a mop compound and polish, the only reason I have spent so so much time on paintwork and preparation was because of the end result you managed to achieve.
I did buy some Cinqucento alloys but have decided to keep it standard although I would dearly love a set of alloys similar to yours I just cant spend any more money on it at the moment, unless you know of a set going for a reasonable price?
As you probably saw from my flickr photos it was in parts when i bought it and sadly many little parts are missing and I do require some other parts to make it 100%, dajwid a fellow member has kindly offered some help in obtaining some parts for me so hopefully soon it will be close on perfect as can be with out going totally crazy on it.
To lower the front, would i be right in saying it would be different shocks or is it a bit more involved?
dont suppose you have the tensioner wheel which is fitted to the inside of the doors used to tension the winder mechanism cables? im missing one amongst a few other really small bits and bobs?
Fiat 124s hey, funnily enough I saw one on the road last week, brought back very fond memories, a good friend had a corker about 20 years ago which I used to go in but sadly some idiot drove into the back of him and totally wrote it off.
Great to hear from you, if you think you can help me finish the last little jobs please get in touch, i will pm you my details.
Where are you located/based?
Best Regards and thank you again for your comments, love to see your pictures of the 124s
Mike