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Well, I guess this is quite a rare sight on stanceworks, but my car is a 1970 alfa romeo giulia 1300 ti.
I bought the car last june, when I didn't have my drivers license yet, nor being the legal age to drive! back then, it was looking like this:
as you can see, it was dirty and some pretty horrible damage. the previous owner had crashed it into a tree during a rally!
So I started cutting out everything in the front which was in my way, and pulled out the engine.
with help from a friend of mine, I welded in this piece, coming from a donor car:
while welding in the front, I decided to weld through the rest of the engine bay;
after that was done, a new radiator balk could be fitted;
then the front panel & grill could be testfitted to see if everything fitted nicely;
and as it did, I welded everything in, and started on finishing it off;
after the engine was thoroughly cleaned, a new waterpump and carter were fitted, it could be put back in
and this was what it looked like having that finished:
well, of course it had to be dropped quite a bit!
it doesn't look to be that low, but as the engine and exhaust are quite low, I now have a ground clearance of about 1.5 inches in the middle!
I fitted some bucket seats that were laying around, and put in a new radio & stereo system .
then I started sanding it down, and primering the front panels & rear panel, to have it painted:
and this was how it looked when it went to the painter, next to the 1750gtv which I've build for my father
As I was away when it was at the painter, I received these pictures of how it came out:
and just a while back, I finished it. I put on the grill, blinkers and the rest of the little pieces:
plans for now are getting some other wheels, these aren't mine, and the tires are too low imo, finish the little pieces of the exterior that still need some detailing, and getting hold of the original interior the old owner has still got!
btw, this is the other project car I'm working on right now, it's a '71 datsun 240z which I'm building in full rallyspec, to drive classic car rallys with!
I bought the car last june, when I didn't have my drivers license yet, nor being the legal age to drive! back then, it was looking like this:
as you can see, it was dirty and some pretty horrible damage. the previous owner had crashed it into a tree during a rally!
So I started cutting out everything in the front which was in my way, and pulled out the engine.
with help from a friend of mine, I welded in this piece, coming from a donor car:
while welding in the front, I decided to weld through the rest of the engine bay;
after that was done, a new radiator balk could be fitted;
then the front panel & grill could be testfitted to see if everything fitted nicely;
and as it did, I welded everything in, and started on finishing it off;
after the engine was thoroughly cleaned, a new waterpump and carter were fitted, it could be put back in
and this was what it looked like having that finished:
well, of course it had to be dropped quite a bit!
it doesn't look to be that low, but as the engine and exhaust are quite low, I now have a ground clearance of about 1.5 inches in the middle!
I fitted some bucket seats that were laying around, and put in a new radio & stereo system .
then I started sanding it down, and primering the front panels & rear panel, to have it painted:
and this was how it looked when it went to the painter, next to the 1750gtv which I've build for my father
As I was away when it was at the painter, I received these pictures of how it came out:
and just a while back, I finished it. I put on the grill, blinkers and the rest of the little pieces:
plans for now are getting some other wheels, these aren't mine, and the tires are too low imo, finish the little pieces of the exterior that still need some detailing, and getting hold of the original interior the old owner has still got!
btw, this is the other project car I'm working on right now, it's a '71 datsun 240z which I'm building in full rallyspec, to drive classic car rallys with!
I come from a FIAT Alfa Romeo family.
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