1750 GTV – March 2012
Fiddling with the pedals for the GTV. These pedals have a pressed-in bronze bushing which wears and makes the pedals loose and rattly, and the brake pedal from our car was particularly bad. Rather than hunt for a suitable bushing, I went through a box of old pedals until I found a decent brake pedal and cleaned it up. I still need to drill out the hole for the push rod clevis pin as it has worn into an oval. When that’s done...
New and Old Bits #23
Latest acquisitions. A pair of NOS interior light / grab handles which are very tasty indeed – I’ve never seen these come up NOS before. Many thanks to http://www.ar10537.com/. Also collected a good used distributor cover, these are usually tossed away but are a neat under-bonnet detail when they are present. No progress on the car itself this year yet – other projects and life in general getting in the...
1750 GTV – November 2011 #2
So the 1750 GTV is safely in place at the workshop ready to start some assembly. Here’s some photos of the handiwork of the trimmer – the headlining fitted, and some of the vinyl edge strips and covers replaced. Next steps will be the suspension, floor deadening, wiring loom (on it’s way back from Lionel Velez), and brake lines. No...
1750 GTV – November 2011
I received these photos from Lionel Velez (http://classicwiring.com/) who has remade the wiring loom for the GTV. The loom is matched perfectly with correct wire colours and markings. The loom will be on it’s way back to me soon, ready to be...
New and Old Bits #22
A chap on the AlfaBB was having a garage sale, so I purchased this very good brake fluid reservoir from him, and an original Fispa fuel filter/regulator. I’ll clean up the filter/reg, hopefully it’s in good working order although I understand that the diaphram and seal are available from Ferrari specialists as it was a shared component. I also got this air filter housing sticker from Prins Bredevoort in the Netherlands....
1750 GTV – October 2011, little details
This is one of the original rear side window catches for the GTV. The chrome is peeled and the plastic handle cracked and discoloured. I bought a pair of reproduction catches from Classic Alfa – which are great, but it bugged me that the plastic handles were black. So with a bit of research I found that the handles are a very close match to those on Karmann Ghias, and readily available from volks parts suppliers. Being too...
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