Restoring the Vicious Jack Point of my Alfa Romeo Giulia (72) 

This car is going to be an excellent example when you are finished with it. I know how long and draining this sill repair process is, but well done and keep it up!

Truly a labor of love. “No problem Olivia, sweetie. It’ll all be fine.” Excellently videographed. Fascinating to see it come together, step by step. 👍👍

Dude!... i love your slow and detailed approach. So good to see another home builder showing how it can be done without having to spend a fortune at a restoration shop. Great work!

Metal surgeon.....No doubt about it!!! Excellent work Johannes..

This kind of repair is the best way to do.

Great vlog…I had a 74 Spider for maybe a decade (now the garage space is occupied by a 3.2 89 Speedster)…my Spider was very clean & I did a full engine drivetrain rebuild…maybe the lack of rust was indicative of our dry climate (Eastern seaboard Aust (Kangaroos not Mozart) & no salt on our roads…the quality of your work is a credit to you…very entertaining…all hail the Alfisti…👍👍

Another brilliant video. Your commentary is as thoughtful as your work. I love the way you preserve as much of the original car as possible.

What I like most about your channel is that you show the work and I am learning from you. So many others have become minor celebrities and the learning that drew me to them has begun to fade. Your channel remains an engaging one to watch.

Simply brilliant work on the floor pan repair - great attention to detail in match the radi. There may be coatings which offers extra durability to jacking point areas. Once again thank you for capturing and sharing the excellent content.

That is one lucky Alfa. Awesome work as always.

While I’m still nervous about my own repairs it’s these videos that are my guide and give me some confidence about moving forward. Thanks!

wow, intensive amount of reconstruction and patience! very nice work 👍

I love the pink, and the two fingers it gives to the red and black powder that attacks - perhaps even was built in- to Alfa’s of a “ certain” age. And of course it is because of rust that so many have secumbed over the years , such that relatively few are now left and are only salvable with patient skills like yours

So impressive, as always. Thank you so much!

Yes! Perfect timing... I just hit a wall fixing rust on one of my cars and needed a break.... what is better then to watch someone else at it? :)

I also started wearing a plastic face shield on some of my projects . Great content as usual. Thanks 🇨🇦

Had the same problem with my 1966 Giulia Sprint GT, only that the coupe has an additional strengthening panel at the bottom of the A-pillar. Five layers of metal, coming together in similar arcs at the bottom where they are all welded together longitudinally. An outstanding trap for moisture and debris. We're finished with the right side, now comes the left which is even worse, because in my car the wheel well panel's bottom has also rusted out. Keep up the good work! And by the way: the video is nice. We're also filming the process on my car and I am at awe by seeing the amount of labour that must have gone into setting up the cameras and the lights to make this stint.

Excellent professional restoration work project ,equally a improvement from factory This work is the most difficult types of metal work With lots of patience and tools to assist its easier but still very time consuming Well done excellent result

Fantastic video Johannes Your craftsmanship is admirable as is you video production this one with a cool guitar rif in the background. Looking forward to seeing the next step of the repair

Well done Johannes.. great job!

Amazing attention to detail as always! Well done Sir!!!

What a work ! It is so good to see your attention to detail and your skills. The Giulia is my dream car, more than anything else. It requires truck load of attention though, it seems. But yours is saved, it will be better than new.

Awesome! Cannot stop nail biting until it comes to steering box and carburator surgery

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing work

This is sooo motivating! Awesome job.

I so much llike watching this awesome work with such a beautiful car!!!

great job.I know this hard bodywork very well.Iam doing now alfa berlina year70, where I changed all floors including trunk floor to all complete door sills inside and outside with all the floor beams.many successes in renovation.Paul.Slovakia

20:28 Die Rache der Giulia 😊. Ich habe mir so oft den Kopf gestoßen, das ich dachte, der 145 macht das extra...

I have been waiting since 2021 for this ;-) many many thanks.

Some people take a long bath, some a massage. Others do yoga or meditate. I just watch your videos!

Bravissimo! Your channel is excellent and u deserve more subsribers. Former Montreal owner urrently restoring Swiss 105 bertone.

As always another great video with a lot of detailed information how to tackle the problem. Your channel and of course Fitzee’s are tremendously helpful for body work. Will definitely helf with my GTV 2000 project. Thanks!

Well done from the uk! Really enjoy watching your skilled work 👍. Hoping for more Porsche content in the future 😉

Great work Sir, and not only for Alfa nuts, but anybody who is trying to repair or bring back to life any old car. This is Fitzees Bello's custom or Japhands quality work LOL

An amazing amount of work!! Great job sir

Alfa nuts alert!!! Great craftsmanship, once again!

I felt it when you banged your head..ouch. thanks again for the amazing video

Its always a pleasure to watch your videos. Excellent work as always and I really like that you only repair what is needed. For example, instead of replacing the entire front floor section you carefully out what was soft and replaced it with a small section. I like this approach, as the factory welds and assembly are strong and really hard to replicate. The metal treatment is after your welding work is a must and the pink paint,... ahh, its ok :) Keep up the great work my friend!

Johannes-excellent work as always. The Previous Owner of my 66 TI cut out the front pans and dropped in repair panels from above. It's a solid tub but the underside is a potential/probable concern down the road. I think they did that to avoid the tight quarter you were in at the 18 to 20 minute mark. It's impossible to do Fitzee's 45 degree cut in tite quarters, so the way you've done it is correct , but ever so much work. I commend your efforts. Will you consider provisioning a drain hole to allow draining and evaporation? A drain hole would also provide access for Waxoyl application every few years. Thank you for going slow and providing the names of products you are using. I like the tip on using tape to outline a cutline for a repair panel. When I see this much work on a pretty clean sedan, it makes me think I need to go back to University and take a class in stoicism before tackling my crusty GTV. Happy New Year from Austin Texas

Nice work. Looked like a real mess in there

Unfortunately, rust simply wasn't a concern when these cars were designed. The unibodies from this era are littered with such crevices where rust can spread unseen for years... It was only from the 1970s that engineers started designing bodies more rationally, taking rust protection into account. But before that, it was a disaster, regardless of make and model. I love your videos and the high standards of your work: I learn a lot and gain much more comprehension for huge restoration bills: it does take an awful lot of time to put these things right, after all...

Great work, Johannes 👍👍👍 btw while watching I was just thinking haven’t seen that funny timelapse hammering for quite a while and there you went again 😂

I also watch M539 Restorations and Jethro and I must say, your channel is excellent, subbed :)

No mortal man would press on after seeing onion like layers of rusty metal peeled away, each one revealing another layer of rust beneath.

You should get a Autovip! That makes work like that so much more ergonomic! :) Very nice work btw.

Ok, NOW you're just showing off!

Really thoughtful work. Can you describe your MIG welding set up please ? Do you use gas or just flux? I’m new welding but I want to fix my Alfa GT myself. Thx

Liked and Subscribed, very, informative. My only question is who supplies your body, floor panels because in my country South Africa nothing Alfa is available which means everything must be imported. Cheers from sunny Cape Town.

Excellent work! When will you reinstall the jacking point?

Your son will not be pleased to see torn gloves. It does not bother any of your viewers. ;) Thanks again for the complete record you provide.

Shoudnt you be using cooper primer for the parts you will be welding? It weldable and rust prevention. Forsch has some L233 i believe. Any way looks like my 924S in the same spots :)

what rustprotection do you use... I mean the pink stuff....is there any special thing with it why you use this stuff ?

Sheisse - how many hours did all of that take?? Nice work.

Whats your rationale for going epoxy vs zinc based weld through primer? I usually try to go for the latter since its supposed to be able to handle heat a bit better thus leaving more of the protection intact (on the backside, usually). That said its such an unsatisfying topic since you basically rely on Hohlraumversiegelung to cover the bases you cant get to.

Are you going to repatriate all that soil in the sill back to Italy? There was some significant countryside trapped in there! 😀.

I’d love to be your apprentice, but at 57 I’m possibly a little late to the game..

Top quality resto work. I like your “no compromise’ approach and the methodical way that you go about measuring and cutting your repair sections. I’ve been continuously restoring classic cars, mainly Alfa and Lancia for over 30 years and work to similar standards. Check my RU-vid vid on my 105 Gt at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bvce_Fax_q0.html