Anachronistic Spider thread!

Hi everyone,
I'm now officially an Alfa Spider owner. With a few friends and a large trailer, I brought home with me this Red 1985 Spider! Her body was real solid throughout, with few rust spots. Now I have to begin getting her to run

Listing Price: $1200
Offer:$900
Price paid: $1000
Tax+Tabs: 75.00


Pictures:
The following picture album consists mostly of images taken before I vacuumed and cleaned the various compartments and components.
Pictures by crazybob1300 - Photobucket

P/O history:
Deceased for about 3 years, was a draftsman with a history of working on cars. His family was selling this car and 3 chevy 350 engines and associated tools.

It seems like the mounting of the left Carello was finished, but not the right. I guess thats when he may have moved on - either figuratively or literally.

Car history:
Has been garage kept since at least 1993 (the last tabs on the plate are from that year). The family could not remember a time it wasn't garage kept.

Rust:
The body is solid. Both "floor pan bungs" need to be replaced, and I honestly thought there was a giant hole on the driver's side because I was unfamiliar with these plugs.

There is a bubble the size of a nickel on the driver's rocker panel, but it is solid. The undercoating has survived. The downpipe and muffler are rusty, but seem to be normal for this area of the country. The trunk is totally solid - a rarity. My Father's 1990 Spider had a spare tire rot issue and it lived/lives in Virginia.

Body:
This is where the strangeness begins. The front is 100% from a 75-82 spider. I don't know what year. The rest of the body is the 1985 spider that it is.

Interior:
Looks like the bottom of the dash is exposed on the drivers side. I still need to go through the fuse box and set everything right.

The seats bottoms are pretty torn up - and the seat cushions have detached from the metal bottoms. The aforementioned metal seat bottoms have rusted pretty badly.

The carpets have a moldy odor, but are in decent shape. They are a tanish brown color. The trunk carpets look new and are black.

The center console is intact, its just detached. I have all the parts to put it back together - I just need to figure out why it was taken apart.

Top
The car was purchased with a hardtop, and it looks like its the factory top from 197X-198X cars. Its not the quadrifoglio style, but it still looks nice. Its in great shape - I'll be refurbishing it (i.e. cleaning it) and passing it on to another owner to help fund my Alfa's refurbishment.

Under the hard top - and to my surprise was a lonely soft-top. The cloth was in great shape (it was just dirty in the pictures) and cleaned up very nicely. I'm still working on cleaning the window, which seems to have had some trouble during its long dormancy period. It needs to be stretched some, as its about 2 inches from reaching the A-pillars to fasten correctly. I bet the top was new and being folded for 10+ years made it shrink a bit.

Engine
Here is where the anachronism continues. The original FI was removed and replaced with dual weber carbs. I have what looks to be a brand new alfa airbox for the webers. I cleaned the engine up, but have not yet turned it over. I have not tried to start it either, I will be going through the sitting spider thread as soon after I turn it over by hand. There is no catalytic converter! All the smog items were removed.


Pressing Questions:
-Where are the vin numbers located? Can I match the front end to a year, and can I check to see if the engine was that which came with the car? The P/O's family said it was a 1600cc, but the vin number runs as 2.0L.

-May not be original engine, is there a way to tell engine size from the outside?

-It looks like there is an air condition compresser, right?

-Is the intake used with the webers the correct one? How can I tell if the conversion was done correctly?

-When I turn the key (I bought a new battery) to what is normally ACC/ON - I hear a scary-sounding "whaaaaaaaa" that appears to be coming from the rear. I know that this is the fuel pump, but what noise is it supposed to make on the Spiders?

-Can you guys help identify the air vent hose in my linked photo album??


Pictures again:
The following picture album consists mostly of images taken before I vacuumed and cleaned the various compartments and components.
Pictures by crazybob1300 - Photobucket