I'm a viewer from Australia (literally disassembling the doors from my 1300GT Junior at the moment, to begin rust repair), and whilst I wish we could claim Fitzee as our own, I think he might have something to say about that...
Yes, and he did! Newfoundland of course. My son was on a stay in Australia while I said that and I suppose something in my head went „far away and hard to understand ... must be Australia“.
So satisfying to do the metal work. I hate the holes that blow out, too. Another tip for filling holes in sheet metal, or bridging large gaps, is to create a tiny spot of molten material on both sides (yes, more on the thicker side) and then run the two together. The problem is a quick build up of heat close to the edge (or even worse, a corner). In that case, I do extra heat-bridges (just like the tack-welds) at intervals. This permits the heat energy to disperse across both panels as you continue to bridge the gap. Otherwise, one side just keeps blowing away from you. Anyway, good work.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make and post these wonderfully educational and inspiring videos. You are a skilled craftsman and communicator and given that English is not your first language I find myself humbled somewhat. I fear I may need to pick your brains a little further when I begin the restoration of my next project. In the interim please keep the content coming as it's very much appreciated.
Thanks a ton for the flattering feedback, Martyn! Please don’t hesitate to recommend the channel to guys like us. Feel free to contact me when you experience troubles in your upcoming project. What car‘s on your list?
Super Arbeit und schön erklärt ... danke dafür. Wenn ich beim Schweißen Löcher verschließen muss hilft mir ein Kupferklotz. Den kann man hinter das Loch halten. Für schlecht zugängliche Stellen nehme ich oft ein Kupferrohr, welches ich am Ende flach klopfe oder in die entsprechende Form .... vielleicht ein hilfreicher Tip 👍 mach weiter so, freue mich auf weitere Videos ...
I like your approach and I also have learnt a lot from Fitzee's skills to give me the confidence to do more welding work. Looking forward to the progress on those doors and the front....
Restoring a car is one of the best mental medicines available. I used to do alfa's and pininfarina years ago. A long time before internet, and the only place I could get parts were at the italian guy just outside Hannover, which was a two day drive each way for me. Getting parts become too frustrating, so I went into a local cheap shop for pattern parts and asked which car they stocked most parts for. Fiat they said. So I bought an old rusty Fiat Uno for similar to 100€ and had a good time in the garage. My wife said I looked like a newly divorcee in that cheap car B-)
Thank you for creating this latest video. Good to see the nice progress you are making with this project. Patience is certainly the key with some of these challenging panels. Keep up the good work here.
Greasy Fingers Consider taking a day for those memorable drives , time out for you & also time to reflect on direction the project/s - helps keep the fun going too. It’s more than engineering and panels . Your creativity reaches and connects with people beyond the workshop for sure. Have a good week ahead.
Perhaps you know already but a tip I learned when welding such holes is to take a copper bar and hold it tight against the metal from behind. The mig rod does not stick to the copper and you minimize the problem with burning through the thin metal. Thanks for all the nice videos by the way!!
I'm becoming a big fan of your videos! It's fascinating to see the work and skills that go into a restoration. The apalling fit of that repair panel you bought got me thinking... How can they get the shape so wrong? With modern digital scan techniques, they should be able to make a much better product!
Thanks very much! One makes mixed experiences with Alfa spares. The door skins are great, these repair panels seem to be some backyard garage’s work. I’m nonetheless grateful to have them, after all they saved me some work.
Amazing work. Simply amazing. I’m afraid to dig to deeply in my 105 TI doors. My car is generally rust free but seeing what you found, I’ll be taking videos with a fiber optic wand to verify. Simply amazing
Thank you, Steve. Very encouraging. I wouldn’t be too concerned really. If you don’t have rust at the door bottoms, which I’m sure you had already noticed, it’s rather unlikely that you’d find some at the upper edge. That said, looking inside with a camera sounds cool.
@@GreasyFingers I bought a Wand on Amazon for $25-30 and my iPhone takes video clips. great for looking inside door and rocker panels, inside a differential case etc. My door bottoms look good but the inside door skin has either a sound proofing paint or something near the bottom of the door. No paint bubbling. I need a driver Alfa-I need to sell my GTV to fund other projects (Duetto and another GTV) so I may try the neutralize any oxidation and not replace the dllr skins. I'm having to fix where someone flared the fenders by replacing the lower rear 1/4 panels and leaving a 15mm gap between trunk floor and 1/4 panels-that seems like enough body work as it is
Hi Joel. I was initially thinking about just leaving them away, but I’ve changed my mind. Current status is: the original ones have been removed, I’ll next fit the stainless ones, drill holes for rivets, then paint the doors, then built them in with rivets.
@@GreasyFingers So they way to the weather strips is to remove the window trim right? Also interested in your removal of the rubber seal channel. Mine is rusted away in areas so removal would be my cleanest solution at this stage. You feel that (with correct door adjustment) the seals on the body are enough?
Greasy Fingers I wonder if Dweezel knows.... copyright claim against RUclips🤣 Anyway your metal work is brilliant. What an adventure you are having. Including the freezing drive back from Rome. 👍🏼
Respekt for your work, but i think your welding Maschine is not adjusted well and, why you goe sooo narrow with the Hand burner to the material. You cant see the wire and where you weld.
Es ist ja nur so lange drüber bis das untere Bleche komplett raus ist. So tritt das neue Blech Schritt für Schritt komplett an die Stelle des neuen, wird also stumpf eingeschweißt.
Nicely done. Thanks for the kind words on my video. Well done. Subscribed
I'm a viewer from Australia (literally disassembling the doors from my 1300GT Junior at the moment, to begin rust repair), and whilst I wish we could claim Fitzee as our own, I think he might have something to say about that...
Yes, and he did! Newfoundland of course. My son was on a stay in Australia while I said that and I suppose something in my head went „far away and hard to understand ... must be Australia“.
I'm new to the channel - I find it very therapeutic. Real dedication and skill and its putting an Alfa back on the road.
Thank, David and welcome to the channel!
Besides, good tip from Fitzee. can't wait to try it out too!
Sheet metal repair is an art in itself. Very impressive!
Thanks, mate. Much appreciated.
So satisfying to do the metal work. I hate the holes that blow out, too. Another tip for filling holes in sheet metal, or bridging large gaps, is to create a tiny spot of molten material on both sides (yes, more on the thicker side) and then run the two together. The problem is a quick build up of heat close to the edge (or even worse, a corner). In that case, I do extra heat-bridges (just like the tack-welds) at intervals. This permits the heat energy to disperse across both panels as you continue to bridge the gap. Otherwise, one side just keeps blowing away from you. Anyway, good work.
Using the same technique. 😊
Thank you so much for taking the time to make and post these wonderfully educational and inspiring videos. You are a skilled craftsman and communicator and given that English is not your first language I find myself humbled somewhat. I fear I may need to pick your brains a little further when I begin the restoration of my next project. In the interim please keep the content coming as it's very much appreciated.
Thanks a ton for the flattering feedback, Martyn! Please don’t hesitate to recommend the channel to guys like us.
Feel free to contact me when you experience troubles in your upcoming project. What car‘s on your list?
Super Arbeit und schön erklärt ... danke dafür. Wenn ich beim Schweißen Löcher verschließen muss hilft mir ein Kupferklotz. Den kann man hinter das Loch halten. Für schlecht zugängliche Stellen nehme ich oft ein Kupferrohr, welches ich am Ende flach klopfe oder in die entsprechende Form .... vielleicht ein hilfreicher Tip 👍 mach weiter so, freue mich auf weitere Videos ...
Danke fürs Kompliment und den Tip, Ole.
I like your approach and I also have learnt a lot from Fitzee's skills to give me the confidence to do more welding work. Looking forward to the progress on those doors and the front....
Thank you, Sharif. Fitzee is an enormous inspiration.
Restoring a car is one of the best mental medicines available. I used to do alfa's and pininfarina years ago. A long time before internet, and the only place I could get parts were at the italian guy just outside Hannover, which was a two day drive each way for me. Getting parts become too frustrating, so I went into a local cheap shop for pattern parts and asked which car they stocked most parts for. Fiat they said. So I bought an old rusty Fiat Uno for similar to 100€ and had a good time in the garage. My wife said I looked like a newly divorcee in that cheap car B-)
That is very true.
I’d immediately buy it if I found an Uno Turbo in a reasonable state.
repairpanel for the repairpanel. 🤪..THAT reminds me the restoration of my 65 Rekord Coupe - great video editing and perspectives - respect buddy !
Thanks 👍
I'm sure that was a huge amount of work, but you make it look easy. Very good video
Many thanks, Paul. A normally worn door would take me two days to restore, this one took me at least a week, I stopped counting the hours.
Thank you for creating this latest video. Good to see the nice progress you are making with this project.
Patience is certainly the key with some of these challenging panels. Keep up the good work here.
Thanks, Manjit. The effort that goes into this project is a bit out of control, but the good thing is: most of the time it’s pure fun.
Greasy Fingers Consider taking a day for those memorable drives , time out for you & also time to reflect on direction the project/s - helps keep the fun going too. It’s more than engineering and panels . Your creativity reaches and connects with people beyond the workshop for sure. Have a good week ahead.
Perhaps you know already but a tip I learned when welding such holes is to take a copper bar and hold it tight against the metal from behind. The mig rod does not stick to the copper and you minimize the problem with burning through the thin metal. Thanks for all the nice videos by the way!!
Thanks for the tip.
I use this technique sometimes and I like it a lot.
I'm becoming a big fan of your videos! It's fascinating to see the work and skills that go into a restoration. The apalling fit of that repair panel you bought got me thinking... How can they get the shape so wrong? With modern digital scan techniques, they should be able to make a much better product!
Thanks very much! One makes mixed experiences with Alfa spares. The door skins are great, these repair panels seem to be some backyard garage’s work.
I’m nonetheless grateful to have them, after all they saved me some work.
Amazing work. Simply amazing. I’m afraid to dig to deeply in my 105 TI doors. My car is generally rust free but seeing what you found, I’ll be taking videos with a fiber optic wand to verify. Simply amazing
Thank you, Steve. Very encouraging. I wouldn’t be too concerned really. If you don’t have rust at the door bottoms, which I’m sure you had already noticed, it’s rather unlikely that you’d find some at the upper edge. That said, looking inside with a camera sounds cool.
@@GreasyFingers I bought a Wand on Amazon for $25-30 and my iPhone takes video clips. great for looking inside door and rocker panels, inside a differential case etc.
My door bottoms look good but the inside door skin has either a sound proofing paint or something near the bottom of the door. No paint bubbling. I need a driver Alfa-I need to sell my GTV to fund other projects (Duetto and another GTV) so I may try the neutralize any oxidation and not replace the dllr skins. I'm having to fix where someone flared the fenders by replacing the lower rear 1/4 panels and leaving a 15mm gap between trunk floor and 1/4 panels-that seems like enough body work as it is
Great job explaining and showing everything! Seems like a tough job right there! Good work!
HAha!! The camera move to show the door skin land was great! I lol'd!
Good Work !!!👍
Thank you, Ljubisa.
Hey. I vaguely remember you tackling the stainless trims around the Super windows. Am I dreaming? I’m about to embark on weather strip replacement.
Hi Joel. I was initially thinking about just leaving them away, but I’ve changed my mind. Current status is: the original ones have been removed, I’ll next fit the stainless ones, drill holes for rivets, then paint the doors, then built them in with rivets.
@@GreasyFingers So they way to the weather strips is to remove the window trim right?
Also interested in your removal of the rubber seal channel. Mine is rusted away in areas so removal would be my cleanest solution at this stage. You feel that (with correct door adjustment) the seals on the body are enough?
Hallo super Arbeit mein Respekt 👍👍👍👍mit freundlichen Grüßen aus dem Ruhrgebiet 👋👋👋Kai
Danke, Kai! 😊
Looks familiar! Doing well! certainly frustrating when the sheet metal has become too thin !!!
I remember you did the same repair some weeks back. Does the Nuova actually still have the external "second" door seal?
@@GreasyFingers that's right! you mean sill?
Alfa Giulia Restoration with Frank Zappa….perfect!
Thank you, James. How you mean Frank Zappa?
@@GreasyFingers the music was "Willy the Pimp by Frank Zappa!
Bugger it, you’re right! It comes as a free RUclips sound but it clearly is the refrain of Willie the Pimp! 😆
Greasy Fingers I wonder if Dweezel knows.... copyright claim against RUclips🤣
Anyway your metal work is brilliant. What an adventure you are having. Including the freezing drive back from Rome. 👍🏼
James Wragg Thanks, James. ☺️
Impressive work...I am wondering what you find in car that looks rustfree in your first video.
Yeah, I ask myself the same question. 😂
Exzellent 👍
What solder material do you use? I have plenty of places on my own Alfa where pinholes need filling, but welds are likely to blow through.
Drop me a note on instagram or by mail, and I send you the spec
No more seals on the doors?
No, I'll try without.
Respekt for your work, but i think your welding Maschine is not adjusted well and, why you goe sooo narrow with the Hand burner to the material. You cant see the wire and where you weld.
Thanks for the feedback.
There’s nothing which could not be done better.
Das neue Blechteil über dem alten … - das sieht bzgl. der Passform perfekt aus, doch vergrößert das nicht die Außenmaße?
Es ist ja nur so lange drüber bis das untere Bleche komplett raus ist. So tritt das neue Blech Schritt für Schritt komplett an die Stelle des neuen, wird also stumpf eingeschweißt.
You are
definitely an artist...not a restorer !
Thanks, mate. You’re much too kind!
Mr Fitzee is not from Australia, he's from Canada.
Thanks for telling me.
I know in the meantime, the two of us are in contact.
Today's lunchtime viewing,are you self taught in body repairs ?
Yeap.