1984 spider Lakeland Florida

[MYFIAT]

Got home in one piece and started pulling apart. Needless to say it has rust,holes in the floor but nothing that can't be fixed. I will put pictures on later. Apart from the rust the rest of the car is sound.
Scott

[Divers]

Good luck!

[Gunsmith]

That's great news, can't wait to see it.

[BEEK]

cool, im in clermont. if you need anything let me know, ill try and help

[MYFIAT]

Day 3 pictures to follow, I have removed everything except the motor/gearbox and the front and rear bumpers. The floor is in a bad way, the passenger seat rail is rusted through, the passenger floor at the rear is rusted through, both front sections of the floor are rusted and a half hearted attempt using aluminim foil to fix the issue is out. I intend to remove the sills I am hoping that the rust from the floor has not found its way into the sill area, will let you know. Apart from the rust I am having a great time pulling it apart.

scott

[MYFIAT]

Can you tell me how I can put photos onto this page?

scott

[RRoller123]

This is a procedure that I have been developing for a little while on how to post pictures here in the Forum. Hope it is useful, and comments are always welcome.

HOW TO POST PICTURES IN FIATSPIDER.COM

Well that picture-posting thing sure is confusing. Took me forever to figure it out. Here is what I do:

First, you must post your pictures on photobucket.com or one of the similar competing websites. You can't post pics directly from your computer. So set up a free account there first. The instructions here reference photobucket.com.

Then in your FS.com post, look for the "Img" box at the top of the post, #9 from the left in the row of command icons.

Put the cursor where you want the pic to appear in the post (leave a few spaces after text is a good idea) and click the "Img" button/icon above.

Then go to the photobucket.com site (or competitor) and find your pic. Hover the cursor over the pic and a drop down menu will appear. Then click the "Direct Link" or similar button. In Photobucket, it will respond with a "copied" indication.

Go back to your FS.com post and make sure the cursor is EXACTLY in between the 2 Img boxes: [img](cursor%20in%20here)[/img] then right click and hit "paste" and the web link for the pic will show up in between the 2 img boxes. DON'T hit the IMG button a second time. MOVE your cursor out of the IMG info you just created before you hit enter.

Now when you post the post, the pic will be there!

Remember that if you delete the photobucket "master" pic, it will no longer appear in the posting here on FS.com

Also: there is a size limit to the pictures that can be displayed here, I think it is 750 pixels in width, someone correct me if I am wrong. So you may need to resize (typically downsize) the pics so that they fit properly and all of the pic is displayed and not cropped. What I do is really simple: I email the original picture to myself within AOL. AOL will automatically prompt you to see if you want the picture "optimized". Say "yes" and send this new pic to yourself. I then save it with a "small" addendum to the picture name and put this optimized picture up on photobucket. It works every single time like a charm.

[MYFIAT]

ok here goes hopefully there will be some pictures, will keep updating as the restoration goes ahead

[MYFIAT]

Hi guys

Restoration going ok but I need some help. The steel mount/bracket that is welded to the floor that the seat sits on is totally rusted out. Do you know where I can get a replacement?

scott

[Gunsmith]

I think all of the parts houses carry new or newly made replacements. If you want a used one I am sure plenty of people on here have some. The car looks like it is definitely worth restoring. You should have quite the nice car to sell me when you're done.

[Fiat88]

Looks like a nice project.

[MYFIAT]

wolf steel restoration (Canada) has reproduced steel brackets along with other steel body parts. I will be ordering the seat brackets and let you know what they are like.
scott

[FiatBen]

Hi guys

Restoration going ok but I need some help. The steel mount/bracket that is welded to the floor that the seat sits on is totally rusted out. Do you know where I can get a replacement?

scott

Scott,
I'm stripping an '82 down because it is rusted out everywhere, but I can look at that particular item. Are you talking about the crossmember between the seat rail mountings, or ??? Can you post a pic or pm me?
Ben

[MYFIAT]

Hi

Attached is aphoto of my seat bracket and cross member, all of it is rusted through. I have cut it out and will buy the new parts from wolf steel restoration and the end of the week I will place my order. hOPE THIS HELPS

SCOTT

[deftone]

My footwells have rusted in the exact same way as yours, I havnt got round to fixing it yet.

The car exterior looks great! Looking forward to seeing it back on the road