Old bits #92
A few parts have come into my possession. A good window frame came from Rob Panetta at Manning Motors in Sydney. The other parts have come from another club member – a firewall rubber seal, spare tyre holder, jack clip, boot latch pin, and a very tidy original jack. Thanks...
Wedding car 159
A chap in the Alfa club was looking for some nice modern Alfas for his wedding cars, and I couldn’t resist. I think the two 159s look fantastic. It was nerve wracking driving the bride and groom back from the wedding to the reception – definitely do not want to have any incidents. Quote of the day “Good opportunity to teach your passengers the difference between oversteer and...
AROCA Phillip Island April 2011
A slow day for me – worn out tyres didn’t help, but I set a time in practice and pretty much went backwards from there. I took some photos in the pits. These two photos are from gregsale: Here’s a video of my understeering off the exit of Siberia onto the grass:...
1750 GTV – March 2011 #3
The body shell has gone to the blasters – to have the engine bay, radiator crossmember, and wheel-arches cleaned up. A replacement front left shock mount was welded in, promptly supplied by Manning Motors. The only progress to show here is the bonnet, stripped and a some cracks welded up. The frame has been re-sealed to the skin. I collected all the front suspension arms, and rear axle and trailing arms and brought them home....
Phillip Island Historics 2011 – Group Sc Alfas
A few photos of the Group Sc racers exiting Siberia. I didn’t take many more photos, I quickly got camera...
1750 GTV – March 2011 #2
Suspension is all off, and the body is sitting on dolly. A big rust repair was required in the front left inner arch behind the shocker mount. The radiator cross member box section is now in place and lots of little repairs done to the front upper nose where it has poorly repaired...
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