My 2011 Giulietta is still in near perfect condition, no rust whatsoever has 185k kms on it now. Only regular maintenenance, oil, filters, brakes, cam belts etc. no big repair jobs necessary until now. The most reliable car I ever owned, and I had a few.

The Giulietta / Mito still had their issues but they are miles better than the cars before it. Now the Stelvio / Giulia are very reliable. Nearly 10 years of data combined with anekdotes like this video proof it.

This car has seen it last days

oh boy that was a lot of rust

This is my friend's dream car :3

I wonder how did it get to be so neglected?

My sister in law has owned her 2013 Gulietta since new and has done 130k miles in it. Apart from a faulty drivers electric window, replaced under warranty, no problems.

A wee bit off Metallica and Aerosmith in the background,Didn’t know you had good taste in music buddy.

Hardly a restoration - the amount of rust on the hub carriers is shocking. I wouldn't trust putting that back on the road in this state.

I really enjoyed this minus the music. Thanks for updating the video.

Fabrication of the metals both inner and outer skins are not easy and I picked up a few tips from watching your methods on a few things here so thank you for the content

Aircon drain pipe putting water in to the floor, known reason for floor pan rot. Most were dead by their tenth birthday for this reason.

As a proud owner of GT Busso I'd appreciate a series of videos with 156 rebuild. It is nice to learn something.

great job restoring a 159

weightgain 3 kg , stengthgain 160 percent, perfect job 100 percent

Where did you find this one pin connectors on the car. I have never seen it on Fiat. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the videos. I only regret that I'm not there to help you.

It’s the way car manufacturers are all going now. The reason car manufacturers put this security gate way on the cars diagnostic system is to stop garages from accessing the vehicles ECU to do service lights, fault codes on every system on the vehicle. Also it’s so car owners can’t do system deletes like EGR, DPF deletes, and other systems on vehicles to cure or bypass faults without renewing parts on vehicles. So every manufacturer now asks garages to pay a subscription with a code to allow you access to do even the simplest of jobs like a service light, or want you to go to your main dealer to pay their over the top expensive charges just to plug in their diagnostic computer..

My God Neil, if you just posted this video 2 yrs ago would have saved me a lot of money and headache lol. No worries, finally i figured out myself back then, but it took a few weeks to find out whats causing the rough start

Thanks for sharing, great video. Really enjoying this project! Gonna be a gorgeous car when finished.

For someone who says they're not a professional welder I think you did an amazing job. The priority is safety, and you've got that sorted

Great garage tour. Would love to see the 156 video, and can't wait to see what you've bought. You're right about treating yourself.

I'm no mechanic but even I could have done a better job of welding. This is the most shocking so called repair I have ever seen

Love the channel mate and appreciate the work that goes into putting the videos together. Hope you're doing well, take care.

Any idea this colour? Is it blue vela 400? Cheers

Its just a fact that manufacturers make limited money from the actual sale of a car. Its aftercare where the big bucks are made. This is just part of that. How dare the consumer take a hand in aspects of their own vehicle. Its almost as if you dont actually own it anymore

I really like all your videos however The 'with music' version of this was quite hard to watch for me. It was too loud compared with your voice and the choice of music was very far from being unobtrusive background music. There is probably a balance to strike but in this instance the without music is way better 😊 keep up the good work!

Thanks for sharing that info Neil!

Fingers crossed you charged him double the cost of actually fitting new arms 😂

Well done for saving another coupe!!

Thank you Neil for sharing

still don´t get it, so much work and effort and then not replacing wheel hubs ... why?

Great work. Love these cars 😎

Fantastic work Neil. I really appreciate the the time and effort you put into creating this content. You deserve a much, much larger audience. Thanks again for sharing 👌

Much better without the music for me, was a bit too loud last time. Love the channel though, thanks

Brilliant Neil love it - always wanted a coupe thank you

wow so many vids over the weekend

What gear box is in the 159 2.0 jtdm. M32 ??? Great vidoes mate 👍

Great work, on which will hopefully turn out to be a nice car when finished Neil.

any rot in the boot and rear wheel arches ?

It's a shame that Alfa did a poor job of rust protecting 156's as they were great cars otherwise. My last one had big holes in the floor and inner front wings at 9 years old. Even Fords are not that bad.

Neil, I've got a lot of new old stock parts for 156, some of which are long time out of production. I totally sympathize with the 156 owner, having a few 156 race cars and a V6 156 mk1 Daily driver/trackday car myself, which i spent a lot more money on than makes sense. If you are unable to source a part to finish the project for your customer, drop me a pm. Maybe i can help. even if its RHD specific. Not looking to cash in.

Classic case of a little knowledge is a dangerous thing

I hate the fact that companies (video games, programmes, movies, music as well) just hinder you from fully owning anything. If I own a car then it's my foggin car and I do whatever I want to it. The EU should ban those methods. You shouldn't be banned from accessing your own property. Imagine you would have to pay to open up the fuse box in your own house!

Had a 95 1.8L super/ lusso series 2 back in the nineties for a few years and loved it. Loads of character but a bit slow. Still a lot of fun. Still miss it.

Not worth it. Easier to just get another whole chasis and put that engine in

What software were you using on your laptop top?

Any tips on how to remove it if the window doesn't work and window is now fully up?

Bought a fiesta off a dealer ,he said its had a bump but repaired properly,he did not have the log book,this would show cat s it was biggest bodge l have ever seen,wrong air con rad,air con pipes missing,remove headlight to find bent twisted metal front crash bar two bolts instead of 4 ,side air bags cut out ,bolts missing wood screws used ,it had just been mot tested one headlight out one headlight beam lighting up the sky this had been moted over the phone no tester would have passed this,

That 156 owner must have deep pockets.

Hey, thanks !! do you know if it would work for US market vehicles?