[Serpent]

So, after a long filled week of alfas- the recent Alfas in the Bluegrass Convention, I have summed up the motivation to document the complete restoration of our 1969 GTV that was almost completed for the convention. Unfortunately we did not finish it in time, but there will be pics when it is finished! I've decided to start from way back in the beginning when we picked up the car from a storage unit after sitting for years. It was originally an Arizona car. When we contacted Alfa we got the following back: the chassis number AR 1530259 originally corresponds to an Alfa Romeo 1750 GT Veloce USA (105.51), manufactured on the 8th February 1969 and sold on the 10th February 1969 to Alfa Romeo Germany, Frankfurt.The body colour is Alfa red (AR 501), with black skai interiors.

Here are the pics of the mess we started with:

and the boxes of parts

It had had a nose collision

more pics to come

 

[Serpent]

now that it's back at the Alfa stronghold, the 69 is finally free of the storage locker:

time to strip the paint:

engine pull:

and for the trans:

 

[Serpent]

got some parts of a 74 donor car:

car now going through body work:

now to be primed:

 

[Serpent]

and finally its red!!!

wow it's really really red!

 

[alfa10530]

Nice (and hard) work!
Keep the nice pictures coming!

 

[Serpent]

now for the newly powder coated- vegas metallic- rare alfa wheels.

and the newly refurbished center console with aluminum inserts and clock

newly painted rear:

one wheel on and suspension:

 

[Serpent]

painted a set of turbinas grey for racing wheels- they have slicks on them:

now for the evil headliner....

and a nice layer of dynamat for the interior (you could almost have a disco in there!!!):

 

[Serpent]

time for the complete engine rebuild:

the metal etching wheel cleaner worked well

10.1:1 compression arias ss pistons:

and replated clover badges- BLING

more engine stuff:

 

[xanderg]

Hi,

Very interesting thread... subscribed!!!
I'm very impressed with the work, congratulations!
Also... I'd like to have an idea of the time it takes for every major step (body work, engine rebuilding, suspension and driveshaft, interior...).

Keep the photos coming and add as much as you can please!

Waiting for more... ;-)

 

[Serpent]

now time for the complete transmission rebuild:
not that we knew what we were doing....
trying to fix a second gear synchro issue

"I can fix an Italian Transmissioni!"

 

[Serpent]

some more engine stuff:

dual boosters:

got some rare Ronal light weight racing wheels:

cam cover in crackle red:

starting the interior work:

butress seats rock

we decided to go with aluminum panels to make it look more like a racer:

headliner turned out well for some newbies:

 

[Serpent]

carb rebiuld- its amazing what a wire wheel can do to old car parts:

so is this clean enough?

dash in

green dot racing mirror:

much cleaner now

 

[Serpent]

they look more shiny in person but my phone camera sucks

we tried to make this air box work but the clearance on the fender wasn't right so we decided to get the socks

 

[Serpent]

schenkle or however you spell it performance sway bar

yay clean engine

some awesome lights we got

glass in

wooooo safety!

so after buffing and shining and even more shining.... did I mention shining?

"did you buy a new engine?"- Mom

and its in

 

[Serpent]

momo

horn button in

I fit in the back seat!

didn't like the blue line for the radiator overflow so we switched it later on

rubber elbow off of a ford taurus used with the oil separator

on the lift

ever try to clean a transmission mount?

GTA Headers! the pitting just adds character

wiring complete!

so this leaves us where we are currently....
hopefully we'll be done soon!

 

[Chris1750]

Excellent