1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Spider Corsa
Oct08

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...

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1750 GTV – October 2011, little details
Oct03

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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