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Hi Mark,
Your username is my perfect statement right now: Back to 105!
Things evolved quite a bit from my last post onwards. Not necessarily on the project itself, but very much in ... different terms! Some crazy turns led me to the decision to work full-time on Alfas and other classic Italian Sports and Race cars. My own car does not get the attention he deserves, but step-by-step it's coming together! Working on these cars all day including GTA, TZ, SZ, etc. just makes you want to increase your quality standard all the time - which is not the best thing if you want to have a finished car soon
Anyway, have a look: The bodywork is almost done, what is missing are the aluminium doors, engine hood and boot lid; I wanted to attach them when the suspension and all the heavy stuff is already mounted. Although, with that much of reinforcement welds I doubt there is a difference to the shut lines of the doors really
The wings, front and rear panels are welded 'classic' with oxy-acetylene, leaving a very nice and mallable material that can be beaten into shape wonderfully! The panels from Classicalfa were very well made, although they still needed a LOT of attention with hammer&dolly. I stiffened the steering box area left&right, installed a cage and did small modifications wherever it was reasonable.
Parallel to the bodywork I built a 1600cc single plug 'race' engine and a suitable close ratio gearbox, a 8:41 LSD rear axle, ATE aluminium brakes (GTAm setup)and a modified suspension here and there to have somewhat of an enjoyable trackday car! Limited funds led to the decision to only paint 'half' of it; meaning that the outside layer of the car will be done when it is almost completely assembled.
Have a look at some of these pictures.
By the way: My jig now holds a bent 1300 GTA, waiting to be repaired. Cool stuff!!
Your username is my perfect statement right now: Back to 105!
Things evolved quite a bit from my last post onwards. Not necessarily on the project itself, but very much in ... different terms! Some crazy turns led me to the decision to work full-time on Alfas and other classic Italian Sports and Race cars. My own car does not get the attention he deserves, but step-by-step it's coming together! Working on these cars all day including GTA, TZ, SZ, etc. just makes you want to increase your quality standard all the time - which is not the best thing if you want to have a finished car soon
Anyway, have a look: The bodywork is almost done, what is missing are the aluminium doors, engine hood and boot lid; I wanted to attach them when the suspension and all the heavy stuff is already mounted. Although, with that much of reinforcement welds I doubt there is a difference to the shut lines of the doors really
Parallel to the bodywork I built a 1600cc single plug 'race' engine and a suitable close ratio gearbox, a 8:41 LSD rear axle, ATE aluminium brakes (GTAm setup)and a modified suspension here and there to have somewhat of an enjoyable trackday car! Limited funds led to the decision to only paint 'half' of it; meaning that the outside layer of the car will be done when it is almost completely assembled.
Have a look at some of these pictures.
By the way: My jig now holds a bent 1300 GTA, waiting to be repaired. Cool stuff!!