Be good to compare, been doing the same to my 147 GTA, been at it for a year now, still got a shell stood on stands, bet this one is still done before mine:thumbup:
This is my father's car. He has owned it from new and although it may not seem it, he has looked after it very well. In fact, this car is like part of our family.
We changed the trailing arms and rear hub bushes together about 2 years ago, and i distinctly remember having a conversation with him about preventative undersealing. It was looking pretty decent back then so we left it as were both very busy with work etc (dad hates it when i remind him of this conversation!). 2 years later... the thing has rusted to bits around the trailing arm mounts and all across the pan in the predictable places. :disappointed:
I am pleased he has taken the car to Autolusso and not gone down the welding route, which was discussed. You could really go to town on this and do lots of nice things, but as its road car I thinks hes going for the pretty normal things (Quaffie, uprated ARB's, uprated suspension etc). Hopefully the car will be good for another 130k after.
BTW - over 130k on the original diff, just like my GTA. Maybe there were some made on a Monday? :thumbup:
I hope Ned and the team can upload a few photos as the jobs are being done.
I cannot wait to drive it when it's done :biglaugh::biglaugh:
What about the sideskirts? When we took them of mine we found some minor issues with rust that could have escalated - The glue is that strong it had pulled the paint off the body allowing some surface rust set in.
OK all the parts that are getting powder coated have been stripped, removed and delivered to the powder coater (who is away until Monday so will cause a slight delay)
Cut out one side of the floor and replaced it with a new floor panel
Great to see such effort going into saving motors like this. The pictures should be posted to Alfa Romeo, perhaps that may induce a little shame and ***** their conscience about the continuing high prices they charge for spares for obsolete models. But I doubt it. I need a new sub-frame and steering rack for my 159 Q4. There is no point in doing any work unless it is done well and I know I am unlikely to see the cost reflected in the resale value. Non the less, it has to be O.M. parts and that is going to cost me £2k. Thanks Alfa!
Underside rust treated and the laborious job of fully painting the underside has started
Every bit of loose rust, old under seal and loose paint was stripped off and then treated with Hydrate 80 then painted with red oxide and now 3 coats of black gloss Hammerite are going on to protect the underside.
This is giving me mad ideas!
I have a shell rollover spit so when my Capri is off and i have finished the Jag, i may strip the GTA and do the same, makes working around a car alot easier.
On a GTA that is a hell of alot of work though. I am scared of waht mine really looks like underneath everything, but also impressed with your work even more
Nice job
Looks great.
Get rid of those horrible plastic droplinks and put some Meyle HD ones on instead, look much better as they shiny. Go with the rest of the shinyness
Oh the horror! I'm slightly more than half way through doing just about the same on a 166 to create a 166GTA and have almost forgotten how rotten it can get and then this reminds me - helluva job lads!:clap:
It's gonna be one sweet GTA soon.
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