AYV 871 T - Where is it now...?

[mirafioriman]

After restoring several Fiats I don't believe there is such a thing as surface rust

Every time I find some corrosion and attempt to clean it off a hole appears

[Thotos]

I agree. These cars (and in fact most older Italian cars) rust from the inside out. By the time you can see the rust on the outside surface you can be sure that it goes all the way to the other side.

[106usj]

Is it still alive ?

[stathe174]

Yes you have to look twice and then look again if you missed something...

[106usj]

Ah have not read this post in a while 
I missed that 174

[stathe174]

I was answering to the post from Thotos about rust... Sorry for the mix up

[106usj]

Theo.
When you want to own a 131 and not dream about one for the rest of your life,sometimes if you are not in luck to find or afford a mint one you have to make a compramise and find one that need's some work.
Within reason that is.
If we all bought mint 131's the 1/2 bad one's would end up in the skip.
Do you not agree ?

[mirafioriman]

At the end of the day it all comes down to the price you can afford and believe the car is worth. A restoration can cost a lot of money if you do it yourself and a massive amount if you pay others to do the work. As I have found with many of the cars I have restored or worked on the problems often go much much deeper than you first think

[Thotos]

Theo.
When you want to own a 131 and not dream about one for the rest of your life,sometimes if you are not in luck to find or afford a mint one you have to make a compramise and find one that need's some work.
Within reason that is.
If we all bought mint 131's the 1/2 bad one's would end up in the skip.
Do you not agree ?

Yes I agree. In fact as I said further up this thread, I made an offer for that car but seller and buyer were too far apart on price to agree (I think that's the same expression I used last time). The car needed work but nothing that wasn't repairable. It needed some TLC and some money and while I was willing to give lots of TLC we couldn't agree on the amount of money I should be spending. The car that I eventually bought instead of the one above (my current 131 Sport) also needed some work and still does.

[curt]

Please Please PLEASE -tell me where the skip is 

[106usj]

I agree with the two of you there is a fine line between the money you spend on a mint 131 and the build cost of getting a 1/2 decent 131 that needs either a full strip down or part rebuild.
I think the question is
Do you want to buy a 131 that you can be involved in its rebuild and enjoy working on it.?
Do you want to buy a 131 that someone else has done all the work on  and have nothing to do.?

[stathe174]

I have spent well over 5000 euros for restoring my 131 S but now that I'm almost there I think tha deserved every eurocent ...

[jasonh131]

A few days after i got it back after fitting up .. the first time, 4 years before theo looked at it..
 

[jasonh131]

With the 15" alfa alloys and capri grey recoro's , a few days later
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[N. Dinis]

I've once bought a bit rustier one... https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1623928232332&set=a.1288483846432.44143.1060277622&type=3&theater after the 3rd time popin th wood it felt in the ground... LITERALLY