1966 Giulia Super Project

[ItalCarGuy]

Just one of many I have collected over the years off the net. Check this thread out I started on the AlfaBB a while back

http://www.alfabb.com/bb/forums/sedan-1963-1974/145954-foglights-carabinieri-super.html

[AikenDrum105]

This might fancy your tickle then - (you've probably seen this already)

Ti Super chasing the Carabinieri ...   well,  briefly..   On the Ring too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPqTmiWV89A&feature=related

[ItalCarGuy]

Thanks Scott, cool clip. Just watched it with my wife. Interesting how narrow the track gets and how loooong that straight is in the last minute of the clip!

[ItalCarGuy]

Well after a bit of a break after Christmas & New Years its back into the bodywork. The front end is coming along nicely. The engine bay has been stripped to bare metal and primed, the front left corner repaired, and the lower valance replaced with a replacement panel from Germany. Most repair panels seem to originate there. Check out the old lower panel! I remember when I first bought the car and was cleaning it up a bit, I found a butter knife caked in dried body filler behind it!

Things are progressing well, I am moving around to the back for a while and hopefully not too many nasty surprised under the paint.

It might be a while before I can get back across the river to where the car is if these crazy floodwaters keep rising.

[Evan Bottcher]

Great stuff Derek!  It's a nice arrangement where you can do some of the work yourself.  Making great progress - hope the floods don't affect you or any of your friends and family.

[1750GTV]

I'm a bit slow reading this thread - your car is coming along really well.

I like the Giulia Supers and TIs - they were miles ahead of their time. There can't have been too many sedans in the mid60s offering a twin cam alloy engine mated to a 5 speed gearbox with 4 wheel discs and aerodynamic to boot .....

For interest, I've attached a recent photo of my wife with one of the Carabinieri (? Carabiniero) taken in the piazza in Mantua (Mantova), the home of Tazio Nuvolari. Their cars were Landrovers rather than Alfas.

Chris

[bonkfrog]

Gerek, you didn't remove that butter knife I hope - very important in time to establish provenance! In any case it was probably an important part of filler reinforcing.
I think the Super, and the TI, represents the most pure of all modern Alfas (that should stir up some discussion!) and yours will be a worthwhile restoration.

[ItalCarGuy]

Thanks guys for your interest. Well its still slowly, slowly coming along up here on the Super. It is progressing but I'm having a bit of trouble finding time to get over to the shop to finish the stripping. Still cheaper for me to do it this way so I shouldnt complain!

I'm also still waiting of some metal from Europe - lower right repair panel because as you can see in the pics there is some nasty rust there which was covered by a massive piece of bog that came off in one slab! and a NOS battery tray because mine had rusted away. Its the early one with the metal side guard that they dont reproduce, yet.

The rear panel looks pretty good. A bit of damage around the bumper mounting holes and a touch of rust to repair but the lower edge is perfect which is nice to find. I also had a win finally getting the last of the hinges and door latches off the B-pillars. Hopefully next visit will be just getting some of the last fiddly bits stripped and then its all in the hands of the pros!

[ItalCarGuy]

Sorry for the phone photo quality but in the last pic you can see my car lusting over a beauty that just arrived for some minor repairs.

[Evan Bottcher]

Nice work Derek!

Where do you source sedan panels from?

Edit: never mind I read on your blog

[ItalCarGuy]

My metal bits are from

http://www.classicalfa.com/shop/category33_1.htm
http://www.highwoodalfa.com/43dad3b1-bac3-42d9-8029-85e56d08dc26-9.html
http://www.classicalfaparts.nl/

And one of my favourite ebay stores

http://stores.ebay.com.au/tstrettberg

Beware if ordering stuff from Germany and it is sent by DHL as apparently Australia Customs are making packages come by sea...

[Mark Baigent]

Derek,

Congratulations on the fantastic work you're doing to bring the Giulia back to its former glory - you'll never regret doing so and if all the suspension and mechanicals are carefully attended to at the same time you won't believe how it drives ....I can't help but smile everytime I take my Giulia Super 1300 out for a run (25,000klms only from new) - it's hard to believe the quality of the drive ! Keep the standard high - you really only want to do this once !

[alfa75gta]

I've seen those wheels before, have I not?  How are they Derek? Did they fit without roling the rear guards? They didn't seem to be a problem when fitted to my Ti.

What colour do you plan on painting the car?

[ItalCarGuy]

Thanks Mark, I will do the suspension soon too. I have two spare sets that I have pulled apart to get blasted, painted and rebushed for each of my cars. The diff in the Super is currently a leaky noisy 1300 that is good in traffic but I have a 1600 rear end on my bench at the moment getting cleaned up. Hopefully the speedo will be a bit closer then too. Engine is getting a full rebuild, bottom and top end.

Nigel, the wheels seem to fit well, although I will wait until I have the car fully loaded with full and passengers to see it at its worst. I will change the tyres to 195/65 though I think as I want a reasonably comfortable ride with koni reds.

[ItalCarGuy]

What colour do you plan on painting the car?

It will stay Biancospino, but the interior is still up for debate. I am looking at getting leather seats but inkeeping with the original stitching pattern