1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Spider Corsa
Every now and then as part of being a car club member you get access to some very special things. At the start of this month club members were invited to visit a private collection of racing cars and memorabilia – a collection that is not open to the public. Bruce and I arrived at the stated address at the stated time – to a nondescript warehouse building, and walked through an unmarked door. Inside the building is a...
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...
New Bits #22
I have an ignition lock supplied by Rob Panetta, with a single key. I was thinking I should get another pair of keys cut from the original. In my Internet meanderings I came across a recommendation for Keys4Classics.com, who claim to be able to identify and re-cut keys from photos as good as the original. They have a large stock of key blanks to suit classic cars, and will either cut a key from code you supply, or identify the code...
New Bits #21
Koni yellows front and...
AROCA Sandown Sept 2011
Jack and I visited the AROCA club sprints at Sandown yesterday. We didn’t enter this one, will focus instead on the 6-hour relay at Winton next...
In the family: 1965 Giulia Super
Fiona’s parents have finally succumbed to the Alfa virus, and bought this very tidy 1965 Giulia Super. It belonged to a club member who took very good care of it while using it regularly so it’s really a perfect car for Bruce and Helen. I had a good run around in it last weekend, and wrote my impressions afterwards: Wonderful note, very smooth the 1600 feels surprisingly strong (I’ve only driven 1750s or 2000s...
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