I BOUGHT A CHEAP FIAT PUNTO FROM AUCTION 

Still amazes me how all fixed up, this would be a £700 car pre-lockdown. Nice interior on your Maserati

Crazy money cars are going for. I sold a 58 plate punto 56k 8yrs ago £995 perfect little car, still see it about now.

Good luck with this one Lee and fair play for seeing beyond the issues. Really hope the numbers stack up for you when it’s all said and done mate. Cheers again for the upload - absolutely loving the content fella - roll on part 2

I’ve got a a whole ‘death row’ of cars like this where it has some fault that stops it from selling right away and gets put to the back of the queue! 😅 You’ve inspired me to work through mine!

Haha, so funny this one. Exact copy of my €350 GP. Bought it, stood for about a year, moldy, non airco and also the generator seized. Tip, just put a spanner on the generator, poor diesel in it so it gets greasy and turn it. It will unseize! Realy, GP is so easy to work on, cheap parts, it is cheap motering at the best, even more better when you can do some things yourself.

Fiat = Fix it again tommorow 😂 I hated selling these absolute garbage but people love em

FIAT. Fix it again tomorrow. That's a long way from its original home in Aberdeen and now in Cheshire.

She's not seen much love

89k for a 14 year old is reasonably low. It will make a good car for someone although for me I’d much rather that beautiful Rover next to it.

Hi Lee I think you will do ok with this one .. what I call Bread & Butter motor.. good luck Lee I will be watching progress 👍

As a trader it still hard to get my head around cars that were £900 before covid are now £2k, the days of buying a cheap car have gone for now great video lee

You need a clutch for your Punto why don't you go down to co part you may be able to get a clutch out of a spare car from their yard and why don't you out a cd player into the car

2 Italians in one video. Which Maserati do you have? I haven’t spend anytime in this era Punto, but I did have a 198 Bravo as a rental car, which I filmed a boring in-depth tour on. This is when I popped over, back home tO the UK a few years back. It did drive quite nice, considering it wasn’t in the best shape. Cheers

I can belive how much older cars are fetching. I though my 2007 golf would be worth a few hundred pounds. But even a banger is £2K

Back in 2006 i bought a brand new Punto like this, a 1.4 8v with Duallogic gearbox and it was the most unreliable car i ever had, i am glad i have a Toyota Yaris now.

Admiringly I always thought fiats were absolute trash but so many other manufacturers are made so cheaply but I can see your point

As you seem to struggle to find cars at the moment mabee you should take a stroll around the auction carpark and see what hasn't turned a wheel for some time. I remember a white Volvo 440 diesel sat there for 18 months back in Kens day. I bought a Suzuki jeep been there two years as they had lost the keys. I had to tap the steering lock off before towing it home. Cheers Jim in NZ.

I have same car, 2009.punto..£1200, 105.000 miles service history..Only issie on MOT was rear subframe surface corrosion that's getting sorted April.. Good little cars really. Basic of the basic engines though.

Saving it would certainly be worth it, Lee.

Deffo can make a car out of it, as you say, and still turn a profit, you got this fella.

"It is what it is " great saying and a realistic way of looking at occasional unfortunate circumstances that come to test us all once in a while Lee. I have started to say that to myself when this happens to me and guess what, it makes me feel a hell of a lot better !!!! Thanks mate and all the very best.👌👌

Fiat Fix again Tomorrow!!! mate bought his wife a Punto arbarth she drove around 30mph everywhere but the grand kids loved a borrow turbo knacked in 3 years

I’m mpressed that the Punto fired up… I thought the fuel would be stale & contaminated with water!

My local auction charges per day for leaving the vehicles on site, so you are lucky there Lee.

Hey Lee why don't you come to Kingston upon Hull and start your very own car auction as we have loads of empty car show rooms here in hull

It’s an attractive car…worth sorting out I think mate…good luck with it.

Lee really looking forward to seeing you make this Punto a beauty once again. Your Metro looking good in the background too 👍👍👍

There's something about keeping older car's going. An this is one of them. Can't wait for part 2.

It is what it is.

The water drains are designed to pour the water over the alternator (Italian designers) there's a hose fiat now sell that redirects the rain water to the side of the alternator. 👍

I totally agree with you Lee, if there's a profit to be made you've got to make it mate, and yeah sometimes that involves a bit of graft!!! 👍🙂👍

Interesting to see how this one goes,hope it's a frog to a Prince.and there's always someone who needs a cheap runaround.

Surely you want to do a Cam belt and water pump on that as well on it as well. Or at least give it a very good check over

Hope it works out. Please give an update 🤞👍

are those puntos the same platform as the corsa.im sure they are the same under the skin apart from engines boxes and ecu stuff.

I am not a mechanic but I can definitely see where hes coming from, even spending £1k on it it could be a nice motor and plenty left in it!

The more you look at these.Grande Puntos - the more you can see the Corsa D platform that their based upon! Looking forward to the next episode, should make a decent car once fettled. 👍👍

This little Fiat does have potential, with some time, new parts, and plenty of TLC lavished upon it, I believe it can be brought back to life, looking forward to more content on it❤.

aw man, i do love a good punto but they're about reliable as a boat with holes in it. good video as always!

Errr it might be on fire. Great start to any video mate! I would be itching to wash that car 😂

super helpful thank you

should have called this "the abandoned auction purchase"

You must know the kindest painter in the country :D

Great vlog. Glen.

posative attitude wins the day.....every day

What happened to it in the end? It looks to have been a fairly abused car from its .Gov MoT history. Did you proceed with it?

That's why I buy a car for 4k from a dealership with all the extras

Not keen on italian car's myself ,however I have always heard that fiat engine's are quite durable units.Hope you sort this one out lee and make a generous profit.

He who dares, wins. Always worth a try. Worse case, money back and a drink on top from someone who would spend even more time and money on it with the plan to keep it.

Great video

Did a box swap on one of these on the grond 3 hours, I would swap the box fix the alternater , fill the scratches, polish it clean the inside and sell

Well worth doing Lee , excellent video as always , look forward to more content .

Fix It Automotive Time 😉😀🤭😂👍 . . . Thanks Lee for your Fiat Grande Punto RU-vid Video 1st Instalment as I really enjoy watching your Motor Vehicle Exploits, Good Sir !

What car auctions do you buy from bud? I’m a wigan lad and looking for local auctions

I’ve heard ECP Lion batteries aren’t great, but seem a cheap price with 3 year warranty. Is there a decent battery brand at similar price to Lion? 🔋

Brilliant video, as always love the break down of costs to get it right. Cant wait to see new videos of saving this punto.

Scrap it its junk !

Has potential Lee, will make a decent car

You and Salvage Rebuilds having the same luck with car fires 😂

your video's are better than the tv repair car programs,some of my best profits have come from cars that needed a little bit of tlc, i don't think you get many cars these days from auction for under 500

Should just scrap it as putting a new gearbox in would be like £700 and you will need a clutch at the same time , the body work to repair would be a few hundred quid too , so when all done you may get £200 profit but is it worth it ? I mean come on mate its a Shiate I mean Fiat excuse my bad Italian LOL I used to have the same car only had 76thousand on the clock and gearbox went luckily back in 2017 i only paid £600 for it so just scrapped it after a year of use and got £400 in scrap but moral is do not buy a Fiat they are part of the Chrysler group not exactly known for reliability or quality even Americans wont buy Chrysler

I have noticed scottish registered Fiats of that age especially the 500's don't fair to well with rust underneath, I know the rear axles rust but ones from Scotland are even worse.

A bit of a wrecker there Lee so looking forward to part 2 already 😊

Hello Lee I want to purchase a diesel automatic car with a 1600 cc or less engine. The price is 10000 euro or less. Could you help? Any suggestions? Do you recommend automatic hyundai i30 (kia ceed) 1st generation or 2nd generation ( some of the 2nd gen have dct ????) , or should i opt to automatic diesel astra k ( if yes wich engine and year)?

F I A T Fix it again tomorrow!

Charles Trent will give you £22 scrap price

Look forward to the follow up video please Lee 🔧💥

lots of very useful info in this video. not seen under the bonnet of a Punto before and it looks quite easy to work on. would like to know why you don't like Lion batteries; the only experience I've had was good being a type 096 that did 3 years on my mates diesel Mondeo before he scrapped the car and another 2.5 years swapped into my diesel Fiesta. really keen to see the next video on this Punto.

More interested in the ep3 civic sport in vivaro blue behind you, what's the story with that one? Also is that an MG Maestro behind the black mini?

Nice one Lee, hopefully double your money 🤞Citroen part 3?

Lee you are absolutely off your nut. A 2009 Fiat Punto. We all know that means "fix it again tomorrow". Gear box, alternator...I can't even remember long list of stuff you said. Get it up the scrapyard lad, I admire the "let's give someone a cheap run around thing". But this aint the car to do that Lee...peace to ya bud.

I had a 2007 Grande Punto, water drained off the window, through a drain hole, which was located above the alternator. This froze in cold weather, turning the belt around the stationary pulley burning the belt, the water eventually wrecked he alternator. Electric steering issues, sump made of thin metal which rotted away which leaked oil. A lot of other issues aswell.

Can't wait too see Part 2 on this one Lee m8...hopefully u can keep the numbers on it down and maximise your profit...Good too see someone willing to keep a fundamentally good car that needs some TLC...Well done Lee m8...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Another great video, this should make a bonnie little bus when finished, they are nice little things, looking forward to seeing this one back ready for the road, keep em coming mate!

That's an Aberdeen registered car

Interesting video as always, but I have to admit, I'm not a fan of Fiats, and in particular the Punto.

I don,t think it is necessary to put “ cheap” before Fiat……

NICE Metro next to the punto

wow 2k for an old punto how times have changed