The seats in the super were in bad shape. I ordered Italian leather in the same color as the previous vinyl covers. The old covers and foam were stripped off leaving the rusty frames which were then blasted to bare …
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super Restoration part 10
After months in the body-shop where it had to be put aside a few times due to insurance/collision work, time has now come for color. High build primer was applied then sanded off then sealed. All the seams have been …
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super Restoration part 11
After sitting outside under a cover for a year or so I discovered some creature had fashioned a home for itself inside the heater box on top of the radiator. Aside from leaves, twigs and acorns, bits of foam and …
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super Restoration part 12
Various updates: Some of the front suspension and drive shaft parts have been assembled. All new bushings, powder coated parts and cadmium plated hardware. Soon to be dirty….anyway. Color and clear have been applied. Wet sanding and buffing are to …
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super Restoration part 13
With all the parts finally together and prepared the rear axel was assembled. Some of the powder coating flaked off and will be touched up. I’ve ordered a new set of break lines and will put them on when they …
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super Restoration part 14
Now, with the car rolling and prep work done for the engine reinstallation the Super is loaded on a flatbed again and delivered to Alfa Auto Clinic. They checked the engine rebuild and then installed it along with the transmission …
1600 Zagato Engine Work
After driving my Z for hundreds of miles thorough Europe this past summer to attend the Centennial celebrations, I thought a full check up was in order after the car arrived home to New York – USA. A compression test …
Watkins Glen Vintage Grand Prix Weekend Featuring Alfa Romeo
In celebration of the 100th birthday of the formation of ALFA, the yearly Watkins Glen Vintage Grand Prix choose to mark this special occasion by making Alfa Romeo the Featured Marque for the 2010 event held in Watkins Glen New …
Scheveningen and Noordwijk aan Zee – Dutch towns on the North Sea
Two seaside beach towns on the coast of the North Sea. Scheveningen is a very built up and busy town and that is to be expected with Den Hague so close by. Full of casinos, shops and a huge modern …
Zagato shopping in Holland
With my arrival in Holland two weeks early for the Alfa club drive to Milan, I thought it would be fun to do some car shopping. This year with the Euro falling I thought it may be the right time …
Holland – Groningen: Pancakes and windmills
The occasional day of sunshine followed unavoidably by rain.Three actual functioning windmills form a “windmill museum”. These three windmills were used as water pumping stations to drain the land of water. No longer used in that capacity they are now …
Holland – Friesland
Some beautiful cities along the Waddenzee in an area of North Holland called Friesland. The cities I visited are; Makkum (famous for its traditional –and ugly- pottery), Workum including the Jopie Huisman museum, Hindeloopen, Stavoren and it’s old harbor and Sloten with it’s nice windmill. The …