thank you all so much for the input on the carb rebuild kit for solex. here's what i've found, for those few of you in the u.s. with this kind of carb. the europeans all stock the kits. i bought ours from alfaholics.com., but the day i made the order i got a catalog from international auto parts, domestic, that also stocks them.
just to add something: i've been reading brock yates' biography of enzo ferrari, and i've learned so much about the historical place of alfa. he would never have reach the heights he did without the help of a truly great marque, alfa. we should be proud to have any association with alfa. but you all knew that.
i thank you all again. bill grady