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Hello everyone. My '65 Giulia Spider has sat in the garage since 1973. Several times I brought myself right to the point of selling it. It has some dents and mild rust with substantial chrome pitting and various problems none of which is terminal. However my latest decision to sell the vehicle created such a backlash from the part of me which stills loves it to death that I decided to try to get it
going and slowly improving it.
My first step was to fill the cylinders with Marvel Mystery Oil four days ago.
Yesterday I removed the radiator which is probably a basket case although the fluid didn't leak out the surfaces are heavily rusted and flaking.
I had the idea in mind that if I couldn't get the crankshaft to turn after a few weeks of soaking that I would have to dispose of the vehicle, since I have a hard time trusting someone to be capable and honest in getting it going and I didn't want to spend the money for a complete engine rebuild as well as all the associated expenses.
Lo and behold today when I put a breaker bar to the crankshaft after taking out the plugs it turned the engine as easily as if it had been running just yesterday. I am very excited by this and want to not screw this up. The next steps I have in mind are to rebuild the carburetor, replace the fuel lines, remove and clean out the gas tank and try to start the engine.
I would really appreciate some feedback and suggestions with respect to what I have described and my intended course of action. Particularly I wonder about the necessity of rebuiling the carb, as well as what I may be missing.
Thanks
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