Originally Posted by Scott1s
Incidentally - I have a few Sprint bits in my garage (wheels, back box even a gearbox!!) so if you need any of them give me a bell
Looking for a twin tailpipe rear silencer if you've got a good one ?
Only other parts I could be doing with is an outer headlamp and a decent steering wheel. The leather covering on mine's a bit hacked up.
I've started stripping the underside of the Sprint and I'm surprised at the great condition of the bodywork (so far). Was expecting to find some tin worm under the flaking underseal but it's all very solid.
Only dodgy bit I found so far is a small patch around the steel bung in the bottom of the spare wheel well which was very rusty. I've cut this section out with a dremmel and mig welded in a new section and it's fine.
Manged to get a hold of another 1.7 engine so I'm planning to do a full rebuild on it and swap it over. The one in the car has suddenly developed an unhealth knock like it's dropped a valve or spun a bearing ? I can't understand it because it was running perfectly when I got the car and in a space of 40-50 miles of spirited driving it's went into self distruct mode. Not too bothered as I was going to pull the engine and rebuild it anyway although perhaps not quite this soon after buying it.
This is my 14th Alfa so I've had plenty of experience in expecting the unexpected !