Early Gulia 1300 - Page 3

Giulia Bianca · #31 (**permalink**) 03-14-2007, 02:08 PM

Congretulations with your purchase, looks like a nice project car !, nice steering wheel also !

Front bench and floor shift is not very common, have seen it only a few times

Push button is original, is for spraying water on the windscreen
The toggle switch with the red light is not original, maybe for a rear foglight ?, the little gauge in the middle is also not original

Front bumper is from a later type

Is it a 4 or 5 speed gearbox !?, I think it is 4

Jipstar · #32 (**permalink**) 03-14-2007, 02:11 PM

Have no idea how many gears it has, still exploring new things to this date! Will get you all updated with the project! What do you mean with floor shift by the way?

Andrew · #33 (**permalink**) 03-14-2007, 02:21 PM

Floor shift is what your cars shows, with the gear shift coming out of the transmission tunnel. Early Giulia TIs had the shift on the steering column.

All Giulia sedans were 5-speed from the factory.

Andrew

Giulia Bianca · #34 (**permalink**) 03-14-2007, 02:24 PM

floor shift is with the gear lever on the transmission tunnel like your car, the older versions have a gear lever on the steering colom, colomshift

sorry for my bad English !

Giulia Bianca · #35 (**permalink**) 03-14-2007, 02:31 PM

Andrew

Early 1300 Sedans have 4 speed, all 1600 are 5 !!

**italiansedanman** · #36 (**permalink**) 03-15-2007, 02:29 AM

Yeah, I was under the impression that very early 1300's had 4 speed boxes too. I have seen a photo somewhere (on this BB?) comparing the 4 and 5 speed boxes from the outside.

Andrew · #37 (**permalink**) 03-16-2007, 07:21 AM

I looked in Fusi last night before I saw this reply and you're right; I hadn't realized Giulia 1300 Berlinas were four-speed. Sorry for my error. The 1300 models were never sold here, and I've never seen an early one in the flesh. The few 1300s I've seen have been Supers, with five-speeds.

Andrew

Jipstar · #38 (**permalink**) 03-16-2007, 12:27 PM

It's got a 4 speed gearbox, just checked.

I got a really serious problem. The fuel cap is sealed with a key lid and I do not have a key to it! What can I do guys? Thanks.

**italiansedanman** · #39 (**permalink**) 03-16-2007, 05:43 PM

Drill the lock out on the cap, remove and discard it. Drain the tank, replace the cap with a new one.

It might take some fiddling to get it off if its one of those types that has the lugs that retract with the locking barrel.

**italiansedanman** · #40 (**permalink**) 03-16-2007, 05:44 PM

You might be better off trying to turn the lock with a big flat-head screw driver, as you might need to retain the ability to rotate the barrel, and you'll avoid filling the tank with metal shards too.

Giulia Bianca · #41 (**permalink**) 03-16-2007, 11:23 PM

@ Andrew,

No problem, I admire all the good work you do for the Giulia enthousiasts on your side of the pond, and no one knows everything but all board members together have a lot of Alfa wisdom, that's the strenght of this board !

@ Jipstar, would use a big flat head screwdriver just like Ben mentioned

Green Berlina · #42 (**permalink**) 03-17-2007, 05:23 AM

I would second the use of a large screwdriver in the key hole along with a pair of swan neck/plumbers pliers for some additional twist/leverage on the outer casing of the cap. Try to avoid the drill option as you may end up with 1. swarf in the tank/fuel lines

and, 2. the very slight risk of a spark from the drill bit (depending on speed and metal type) igniting any remaining fuel in the tank!!

You've really got your work cut out with your project, time to start looking for a replacement original engine to put the power back in your Alfa me thinks?, Twin cams and twin carbs are after all the heart and soul of any Alfa.
Keep up the good work Jipstar and keep us all posted with the progress.

**italiansedanman** · #43 (**permalink**) 03-17-2007, 11:28 PM

Green Berlina is right, avoid the drill. I think I realised that as soon as I posted the reply!

As far as that motor goes, it going to be a challenge to get a twin cam in Malta WITHOUT being charged big $$ (or, I should say "big Lm") and I think that car would have had a down-draft Solex originally... But a pair of Webers is the way to go.

Jipstar, my uncle works at Bezzina's at Marsa. He could arrange shipping for things like engines if you were to find one in Italy. LEt me know if I can help.

Jipstar · #44 (**permalink**) 03-19-2007, 11:30 AM

Thanks all you guys for your posts. I will try the screwdrivewr method.

Judging from the pic I have below, which is the switch of the Main headlights?

And what does the other leaver do which is next to the indicator leaver on the steering column?

Jipstar · #45 (**permalink**) 03-19-2007, 11:33 AM

And what does start and Accel do? (The small chrome leavers on the middle left of the pic)

Please be patient with all these questions. I'm new to the Alfa scene let alone the classic scene and now my next job is to fully work all the electrical gismos.