'63 Giulia Spider Normale Restoration (Euro)

[GTD]

Tom
To complete the answer to your initial question; the wires run thru the hollow steering column and exit below the steering gear-box as pictured in Alfabits great pic:

[pathung]

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Originally Posted by pathung Another Saturday, another day in Berkeley working with Glenn - this time on the Weber 40DOCE4s...

[Gordon Raymond]

Patrick,
All the 750 Veloce's used them. Remember though, ALL was not that many. These carbs had sandcast bodies, and did not work as well as the 40DCOE's. Many of the early 750's had them removed and replaced by the DCOE's. The manifold, and throttle linkage, + water tube, made this a complex assembly. Back in the day if one wanted the 750 Veloce to really run nice, many of the DCO's, manifolds and all were replaced, with the Veloce parts from the "new" 101, 1300. I probably did half a dozen such "updates" in the early '60's. Today, everyone wants the cars original, so there is a big demand for the complete assemblies, as there were not a lot of them to begin with. I should have saved all those I removed, but then, who knew? Gordon Raymond

[Hall750DSpider]

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Originally Posted by GTD Tom To complete the answer to your initial question; the wires run thru the hollow steering column and exit below the steering gear-box as pictured in Alfabits great pic:

[pathung]

Another day at Glenn's, and more work accomplished.

Since we finished the Webers last weekend, we finally started on the engine itself today. It looks like a mess on the outside, gunked up by oil from God-knows-what-leak(s) over the years. Glenn said at first sight of the car that this was the dirtiest 101 underneath that he'd ever seen - I believe him - not too well taken care of previously, apparently.

In any case, we're leaving the block alone and working on the head first. The head had already had a valve-job at Jon Norman's before I bought the car, so it was quite ready to receive a cleaned-up manifold. The manifold seems to be from a Super, but it fit fine. We bead-blasted then wire-brushed the manifold, and finished by sanding the ports so air can rush through at 200 mph. Glenn sanded the older carburetor rubber adaptos(?) and we bolted everything together. If it weren't for our ultra-lengthy lunch-break (yakking about the Alfa community in general, and the sun was out for a balmy 60+ degrees in the shop's backyard), we probably could've finished in less than two hours. Part of the fun, wasting time and getting nothing much done.

Enjoy the pics of the finished head assembly. The last photo on the next post is that of the set of stickers that Bill Gillham makes and sells for $50 - very nice.

[pathung]

More pics of head and Bill's stickers:

[TKO]

Pat,

Good to see you are making progress. Can I ask you about the decals that you are showing, are they repros of originals that were included on your car? Does Bill make sets for 750's (if they were different)? And lastly, can you share contact info for him?

Many thanks...

[alfabits]

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Originally Posted by TKO Pat, Good to see you are making progress. Can I ask you about the decals that you are showing, are they repros of originals that were included on your car? Does Bill make sets for 750's (if they were different)? And lastly, can you share contact info for him? Many thanks...

[alfabits]

And here are a couple more decal shots. I have since moved the air cleaner decal to center.

[user459]

George,
Where did you get the Girling decal for the brake fluid reservoir?

[GTD]

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George, Where did you get the Girling decal for the brake fluid reservoir?

[alfabits]

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Originally Posted by user459 George, Where did you get the Girling decal for the brake fluid reservoir?

[pathung]

Bill should pay me for all this free advertising! The sticker set cost 50 bucks.