Thank, Matteo!

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It’s so cool to slowly understand the differences of these two epic designs (105 and 911).

Cool, wenn ich zum Heranbilden von Oldtimer-Nachwuchs was beitragen kann! Privat habe ich da total versagt.

@@GreasyFingers Frage des Verkäufers im Spielzeugwarengeschäft beim Kauf einer Carrerabahn: Wie alt ist der Bub denn? Ich: Meine Frau ist im 3. Monat schwanger mit ihm. Noch Fragen? :-)

@@65Alfaromeo 😆😆😆

Thanks, mate!

😆😆😆 Gut beobachtet, Sigfried. Abkleben ist immer ein rechtes G‘frett.

Thanks, Lillo. I’m in regular contact with Jethro and I genuinely love his channel. Tell me more about your Giulia please …

@@GreasyFingers Hi Greasy Fingers (What's your name?) I really appreciate your work, in both restoring and filming, and I thank you for the excellent service you give to the people that like you have the passion for restoration of classic cars, with quality tutorials filmed in the way where you can really understand the meanings of the job you need to approach and the problems related to it. Coming to your question, I just bought a 1970 Giulia 1.3 ti, one of the latest ti produceded. Coming from a northern city of Italy has several rusty problems, which I don't know yet the gravity since I haven't strepp the car down yet.

Thanks, mate! Yeah, he looks quite happy these days. I give him two weeks to relax now and then I tell him what’s waiting for him at the left side.

I‘m really glad my vids have this effect on viewers.

Thanks, Paul. Yeah, it appears like a tutorial about how to not build door sills.

Thanks again!

Ja, da habe ich etwas zu früh auf die Pauke gehauen damit, aber spätestens im Sommer tut sich da was …

Thank you, Remco. Many mishaps mark the path that brought me there.

Thanks, Eric. Much appreciated. Please recommend the channel to friends.

Thanks, mate, that’s a wonderful statement.

Thank, Sjoerd!

Thank, Paul!

Thanks, Rodney. When I look at the panels that I sometimes cut out of my cars, I seriously ask myself: what are you driving around with?

Thanks, mate! It’s such a well designed car if only they have had corrosion in mind a bit more when they did the sills (instead of oversizing them by factor 18).

@@GreasyFingers Yes, but you know you love something when you are charmed by the imperfections. (And you are willing to get wax-oil in your hair to tend to it)

@@sameagle988 😂

The guy who taught it to me said it needs to laugh.

@@GreasyFingers good one

Thanks, Aziz!

Thanks, Luis! Please recommend the channel to friends. 😊

Thanks!!

Thanks, Pantelis!

Thanks, Raquette. 😀

Thanks!

Yes, I love it too.

Thanks, Christopher.

Thanks, Gerard. Glad you like it. Enjoy your time on the channel, and if you like it, I’d much appreciate if you recommend it to friends.

Thanks, Raffaele!

Thanks, mate!

Danke, Fabio, willkommen auf dem Kanal und viel Spaß beim Gucken.

Thanks for the feedback, Tony. I love it! When I bought my Giulia, in hindsight I have to say I was a greenhorn. Today my standpoint is: there’s no such thing as a 105 with okay sills. One is either before or after their restoration. Hoping to get one which is good enough to remove the topic from the agenda is kind of the wrong approach. This viewpoint of course excludes the ones that have been professionally rebuilt, but you can’t do that with a budget below 50k. When I did the Faggio’s sills an idea came to my mind to fully galvanise them next time I do this. I’m very excited about it and in my mind thoughts are maturing …

@@GreasyFingers - I have just noticed...you have another unsung classic...a Philips fan-heater from the 70s! They work forever, no restoration needed!

So cool to read this. 😀

Thank you, Paulo. Are you aware that a significant amount of GT‘s was built in your country?

@@GreasyFingers yes, i have two friends who have three alfa romeu 105, two 2000 gtv and one 1750 like new.

@@GreasyFingers in Portugal 🇵🇹 there were many alfa 105s but now there are very few and they are very expensive

Nothing but facts. 😆

Made me laugh out loud 🙂

Thanks, Dino.

Thanks, Alastair and no problem at all. When you say fish oil, I can’t help thinking the word „smell“. Is there anything about it of that kind that we should know?

@@GreasyFingers , according to the description on the can, it’s deodourised fish oil and acetone. However, it does smell vaguely fishy until it dries in a day or so, depending on the temperature. It penetrates very well and sets without completely drying, so that it remains sort of plastic / pliable. It can be coated with compatible primers and top coats. As I said before, Australia is a more benign environment for cars, probably akin to California or South Africa, but I do often take my cars to the east and west coasts of Tasmania, where there is a lot of salt spray and both of them - a 1978 X1/9 and a 75 Mitsubishi Galant hardtop - have only ever had minimal rust in the many years I’ve owned them.

Sounds good! I like the idea of processing otherwise useless organic material. Fluid Film e.g. is made of sheep’s wool grease.

Thank you! Most of the 105/115 stiffness results from the inner and middle sill. If those two and the A- and B-pillar are good, I think you can safely remove the outer sill. Maybe an endoscopy will help you making the right decisions?

@@GreasyFingers ....I was thinking the same. Some nice ones that work with your phone. Thanks!

Thanks, Hugo. There are good reasons for both ways. 116 are very cool cars. Every year that passes makes them more attractive.

Danke sehr! Das kann jeder, der Lust dazu hat.

Thank you, Gordon. Generally fit of spare parts isn’t too good. I’m therefore trying to save as many original panels as possible, though it becomes a bit of a Frankenstein car.

Now that you’re saying: I should get some more. 😆

That exactly is the doom of the world of Alfa Romeo ownership. You don’t know how bad they are before you’ve cut them open. Sorry I have no better news for you.

Wow, that’s a project! Will you be using it for racing?

@@GreasyFingers no.. not for racing.. for the driving experience and unique expression in .. but no long a v6.. now a ls1 v8 ...

Si, irresistibile!

Yes, this ruler has a very hard live.

Thanks, that’s Inox spray.

Thank you, Steve. Yeah, these sills are a nightmare. They could be improved a good bit in terms of corrosion with just slight design changes but I guess during its production, making new tools was out of budget. I am tempted a lot to get my CATIA out and do some design work. TIG is on my list, but yet I neither have the skill nor the gear.

@@GreasyFingers I bought a used TIG 2 weeks ago but haven't started working with it. My MIG is 30 plus years old and did not allow for making fine temp adjustments-Low and High settings.

I think I’ll finish the Giulia with the equipment I have and then follow your way.

I‘m using 0,8 mm which would be 0.031 inches. I guess it has not much to do with the final result but how much grinding you have to do. Gas is 80 CO2 and 20 Argon.

I‘m realising the same at my Giulia these days. The brand is Teroson. It’s a recommendation. Fingers crossed for your project!

@@GreasyFingers Thanks, will test it. Looking forward to see how you solved it on your Giulia in a comming video.

Thanks, mate! Here you go: instagram.com/jodornhofer?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Many viewers tell me that my English sounds like Werner Herzog‘s which I kind of like.

Thanks!

You mean the product I use towards the end of the film? That’s Fluid Film Liquid A.

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It’s Inox spray, aka weld-through primer.

Inox Spray Schweißprimer L234 perhaps?@@GreasyFingers

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Nothing special, just Amazon board magnets.

Danke vielmals. Das werde ich definitiv probieren. Hast Du einen Link für mich?

@@GreasyFingers Würth HSCo 8mm Schweißpunktbohrer, ich habe die vom nächstbesten Ebay-Händler bezogen. Es gibt die auch im 6mm, für meine Autos haben die aber leider keinen praktischen Nutzen, da die Schweißpunkte größer sind.

Now the car‘s straight and the ruler crooked. Better than the other way round!

Was hatte Karmann denn mit den Schwellen zu tun?

Ja, das Design bietet einige Möglichkeiten für Verbesserung. Ich habe die Löcher, von denen Du sprichst von außen rein gemacht, siehe zweiter Teil. Man kann sie nicht sehen, wenn das Auto auf der Straße steht und ich hab keine Lust, die nächsten Jahre immer seinen Teppich raus zu machen.

CF would certainly be an option for the front fenders and all hoods and doors. I’m also contemplating about galvanised sills and maybe I’ll try this out with my Giulia project.

@@GreasyFingers CF fenders would be nice! By the way just ordered a couple shirts to help the cause. Learned that Vereinigte Staaten is the US. ;)

@@overbuiltlimited Thanks, mate! That’s the best way to support the channel.

Hey! Not at all received as hostile. I personally can hardly imagine that the way the door sills are designed, a GT can survive more than 5 years rust-free, certainly not in a country with regular rain or even salted roads. I exchanged with Jethro the other day and we’re on the same line. I know a guy, however, a former owner of an Alfa Romeo dealership, who claims that his has never been welded and is without visible rust. The latter I can confirm. I’ve contacted the guy about making an “Is It Any Good”, let’s see whether this will work out.