New bits #5
A pair of NOS Carello taillight lenses. The ones on the shelf off the car aren’t too bad actually, but I couldn’t resist the lure of ebay ‘buy it now’.
Sud Memorabilia #2 – Trofeo Race
A nice black and white print I bought on fleabay years ago. Nice river through the turn in point…
1750 GTV Memorabilia
I should dig out more of my old memorabilia and put it up here.
1750 GTV – January 2011 #2
The pedal pivot has a lot of play, will have to do some research on how to resleeve it. Even old cars like this have hundreds of parts, I keep turning around and there’s another part to remove. The passenger grab handle is in good condition, just needs replating on the end parts. The handbrake is also in very good condition, the teeth that lock it in place are all sharp. Off-side front spring is out – I wanted to remove...
Old bits #85
One of my favourite things about the 1750 GTV is the main instruments – two large pods very attractive. Years ago I pulled these apart and dusted inside and cleaned up the glass – the bezels need a polish, but otherwise they look fabulous. From memory the odometer was not working, and the trip meter definitely does not reset (the cable is cracked around the reset button). I’ll have to look into getting it repaired,...
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I made a handful of t-shirt designs which you can buy from RedBubble online. Click on the image to look at the selection.
