New bits #2
From Automobilia.NL, a set of leads and a plastic repro battery tray. And thanks to Robert Panetta (Manning Motors in Sydney), a pair of the brackets that fix the centre console in place (long gone from my car it seems), and a correct ignition lock in very good working order.
New bits #1 – Santa delivers
Christmas 2010 – under the tree along with loads of kids presents is a shipment from our friends at Alfaholics. I haven’t unwrapped the new seat covers fully – they look amazing however. This was a big wedge of the most expensive trim items for the project, I still have a long list of items to find either repro, NOS, or to...
1750 GTV – March 2009
Time passes. March 2009. Stripped door hardware, wiring loom, brake lines, fuel tank (revealing a sadly rusty boot floor), and the heater box. Car is looking quite bare now. Starting to wonder who will do the body...
Collecting the ‘barn find’
In November 2006, we collected the 1750 from the farm. Under a good tarp and on a very dry farm during a drought, it looked pretty much exactly as it was left. It was guarded by a nasty brown...
Introducing the 1750 GTV
In 1999 Fiona and I bought a 1969 1750 GTV. We’d always had a fascination with the 1750 coupes, and weakened when this one came up in Unique Cars. We knew the car had a little rust in the sills and the boot lid and we’d give her a tidy up before driving her properly. We did do one great weekend away down the Mornington Peninsula – what a fabulous car for touring. We started to strip the car a bit in 1999, with...
Buy a T-Shirt!
I made a handful of t-shirt designs which you can buy from RedBubble online. Click on the image to look at the selection.
