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..and more...currently using the cabin for storage for other parts i will need later....
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Nice work. You have come a long way with your car. I like the color you are going with, can't wait to see it in the sun.
Keep up the good work,
Will
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The speed with which you car has progressed is astonishing! Well done.
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I'll be interested to see the final product on this... particulalry as when I first bought my car I wanted to make it black or grey.
Hopefully the dark colour doesn't hide the lines of the car -
Keep up the good work - well done
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I'll be interested to see the final product on this... particulalry as when I first bought my car I wanted to make it black or grey.
Hopefully the dark colour doesn't hide the lines of the car -
Keep up the good work - well done
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Nice work. I too have been tempted by respraying in a very dark blue or black. Maybe someone can explain to me the concern about darker colors hiding the lines of the car. I've always thought that this problem is greatest with the lightest colors (like white). When I've had the opportunity to walk around a black gtv or spider in the light, all the natural creases and angles seem accentuated rather than made more ambiguous.
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IMO the darker colours make the car look more rounded - if I can use this beautiful black race GTV as an example - you can see how the side has lost it's 'edge' (note car lines I have added which are difficult to pick up without). Funnily enough I have always found the lighter colours to enhance the GTVs line (and I think they really work in white).
Just differing opinions I suppose.... Don't get me wrong... on the right car dark colours scream cool  - the 65-68 fastback mustangs are a prime example of a car that looks sweet in dark grey and black.
Hence why I'm interetsed to see how this project pans out..... when I first bought my Alfa I was going to do a colour change from Giallo ochre to black or grey.... my old man convinced me out of doing so. Whilst I'm very glad he did... FMD's car is taking a path I chose not to travel.
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not to get too off the beaten track with FMD's thread...
IMO the darker colours make the car look more rounded - if I can use this beautiful black race GTV as an example - you can see how the side has lost it's 'edge' (note car lines I have added which are difficult to pick up without). Funnily enough I have always found the lighter colours to enhance the GTVs line (and I think they really work in white).
Just differing opinions I suppose.... Don't get me wrong... on the right car dark colours scream cool - the 65-68 fastback mustangs are a prime example of a car that looks sweet in dark grey and black.
Hence why I'm interetsed to see how this project pans out..... when I first bought my Alfa I was going to do a colour change from Giallo ochre to black or grey.... my old man convinced me out of doing so. Whilst I'm very glad he did... FMD's car is taking a path I chose not to travel. |
I agree, but here is another angle of the same car. Do you think a white car would give the same definition? In the end, you are absolutely right--a matter of personal preferences. But an interesting difference in perceptions none the less.
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James,
I agree, but here is another angle of the same car. Do you think a white car would give the same definition? In the end, you are absolutely right--a matter of personal preferences. But an interesting difference in perceptions none the less.
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 as I've seen other black GTVs side-on and they just seem to lose that crease).
To contradict myself somewhat, I have to agree with white hiding the lines a bit, but still place it in my top 3 colours of personal choice (1. Giallo Ochre (yes some bias). 2. White, 3. French / lemans blue and then a host of others which are too hard to rank).
Definitely keen to see how this project turns out as I've seen some sweet Supers in similar colours and would like it to work on the GTV.
The age old colour debate continues - it get's people passionate, that's for sure (see start of this thread).
James
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guys
its light, angles and surfaces which give you lines you refer to, not colour....but anyway im not getting into the colour argument again...
just to keep you all updated, I am busily putting all the lovely newly powder coated and bushed suspension compnents in, the steering box and re-built differential is currently going in (waiting on a support plate for the steering box)....
in the mean time....i have taken delivery of all new clutch and brake hydraulics from cliassic alfa in the uk and have all the lines redone. Therefore the plumbing will be the next job I'd imagine.
once this is done I will put in my electrical loom which has been washed , all newly terminated with new conenctors (which are soldered not crimped - for longer lasting) and tested.
i have taken delivery of the engine head that I had redone and machined to take oversize stainless valves, it is also now a twin spark config. I have had another spark plug bored into the head...
the new cam config has just come off the lather and with the high performance springs combination and the bottom end of the engine fully balance i am ready to assemble the engine in the meant time....
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i have taken delivery of the engine head that I had redone and machined to take oversize stainless valves, it is also now a twin spark config. I have had another spark plug bored into the head...
the new cam config has just come off the lather and with the high performance springs combination and the bottom end of the engine fully balance i am ready to assemble the engine in the meant time....
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who did the head work for you in the end? beninca? vince sharp?
what sort of power are you expecting?
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Hi FMD159, been through your restoration and it is fantastic. I,m restoring my 2000GTV now in Thailand and will powder coat the suspension bits as yours.
Out of curiousity, what do you plan to finish the insides of the wheelarches and underneath the floor plan with? A friend of mine did both in the red finish of the car(just as shiny) and it looked great with all the creases from the factory shown sharply and a good contrast with all the mechanicals. However dont know if it will last. Is a stone guard textured finish in matt black from Wurth or a similar product better in the long run. I,m told that it was all just black in the arches and under the sill.
Wondering whats your thoughts on this before I move along with mine.
Thanks
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Hi James 1750, in the same old colour dillema over the colour choice also. Hoping for Alfa Romeo to get me the original colour of my 2000 GTV currently about to be painted. Anyways here is picture of my Super done in non original Metallic Dark Blue, think its okay after I changed the trim to brown inside.
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Here we go again....fresh subject though veneers not paint colour
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Frank....how is the project progressing?
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Frank....how is the project progressing?
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prior to this we have all the suspension (all new busings, bearings and shocks)/differental/steering tie-rods, electrical loom back in, gearbox has been restored, differential restored, tail shaft rebalanced and replaced all busings.
I am waiting on my 80amp alternator and new starter motor which is coming from the uk.
I have the seats sent off to be re-upholstered in the original look but in leather and I am doing some research on appropriate air conditioning unit that I can tastefully hide without spoiling the look..
I decided to add an extra spark plug per chamber to the original engine so its with the machine shop at the moment.
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