The question is nearly as bad as Duetto sill lines, should they show ??
The correct nose for me has also never been really been put to bed. I’ve “wondered” about the correct shape for about nearly ten years now and without access to a known as new car am sleeping at night having decided that it’s the rounder, shorter bump that is correct.
1. It appears on the majority of cars
2. This nose bump is more in keeping with the 750/101 spiders
3. Similarly, the nose bump is more in keeping with the nose of the 156 and later cars
4. More importantly there’s a nice reproduction of it available and the winner always writes history
That said… when we went to the Alfa Museum (Torino).. their Duetto (looks like the same car as Willies picture given the rope) on display in pride of place on the fourth floor – had the long knife ridge (it’s just not a bump)
I need to graft a series two front end and repro nose shortly and would be interested in all your thoughts on the best way to do it, ie. weld nose bump into nose and then weld to car or weld nose onto car and then weld nose bump in.
I’m more concerned about a correct way to get everything aligned.
Craig
- neither in the US or a specialist