How do I fully restore/ fix up my Fiat X1/9?

Question

All I need is a plan to fix up my Fiat, or how to do useful interior/ exterior fixing up, and engine fixing up.

Answer 1

restoration in a sentence

fix everything that is broken

Answer 2

Unless you have the needed skills most individuals that do car restoration work are really just project mangers.

They organize who and what , and leave the how to the experts.

Taking away the 'hands on' part of it is well worth the expense if you don't know exactly what you are doing.

The classifieds are full of partly restored horror cases gone wrong from the hands of well intentioned by no skilled people.

If you want to do the work yourself and are willing to learn , it pays NOT to take on a restoration as your first job.

Take on smaller jobs one at a time when they come up ,,eg , a brake job , replace the radiator or water pump , that sort of thing.

ONLY when you can complete these simple jobs without any s***w-ups would you consider a restoration type of project., and even then , it would be a minor one.

Remember , to be a one man restorer takes years and years of work , practice and natural skill. as there are so many different fields to be tackled.

Bodywork , rust , paint , electrical ,engine , gearbox and drive train , and then interior.

Each field requires considerable experience to be able to complete the task to completion.