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Test Drive! : Arril 29, 2006: Yesterday I picked up the car for the first test drive! Here a couple snapshots...

Test Drive!

Arril 29, 2006: Yesterday I picked up the car for the first test drive ...

Updated: May 01, 2006 5:33pm PST

Crystal Cove Debut : The every Saturday Morning car show in Newport Beach Californa, April 29, 2006.

Crystal Cove Debut

The every Saturday Morning car show in Newport Beach Californa, April ...

Updated: May 01, 2006 8:08pm PST

Snapshots of the Process : These are photo's my mechanic took during the restoration process. They are fairly random, but interesting!

Snapshots of the Process

These are photo's my mechanic took during the restoration process. The ...

Updated: May 01, 2006 6:12pm PST

Coming Together : February 16, 2006: Checked on the car today and it is coming together. The suspension is in with the Alfaholics "fast road" springs and Koni sport shocks. The limited slip differential is in. The steering box is rebuilt and installed. Engine is in and 4-2-1 header installed. Weber DCOE45's are in. We tried the new wheels on the right side of the car, you can see the car site very high, but that should improve once we add the weight of the glass and interior back to the car. It really is all coming together!

Coming Together

February 16, 2006: Checked on the car today and it is coming together. ...

Updated: Feb 16, 2006 10:26pm PST

Engine Work : December 12, 2005: These are a few shots of my engine as it goes together. You can see the front of the engine where the cases have been modified to fit the 1600 water pump, the Borgo Motronic 10.5:1 pistons, the aluminum flywheel, the inlet ports machine to match the 45mm carbs, and the head machined to clear the big cam lobes.

Engine Work

December 12, 2005: These are a few shots of my engine as it goes toget ...

Updated: Dec 05, 2005 7:17pm PST

Pictures by the body shop : October 7, 2004 - November 2005: These are pictures the body shop took throughout their process.

Pictures by the body shop

October 7, 2004 - November 2005: These are pictures the body shop took ...

Updated: Dec 21, 2005 12:16am PST

Completed Body Work : December 12, 2005: The body work is finally done! Pictures dont do it justice, and these are a pretty random sets of shots inside the shop. But check out the reflection in the door: not a ripple!.

Completed Body Work

December 12, 2005: The body work is finally done! Pictures dont do it ...

Updated: Dec 05, 2005 4:52pm PST

Underbody Pictures : December 12, 2005: These are some random shots of the underside for my reference.

Underbody Pictures

December 12, 2005: These are some random shots of the underside for my ...

Updated: Dec 05, 2005 7:21pm PST

Detail: Left front quarter panel repair : July 6, 2005: These pictures show the front left quarter panel repair. - The first shot shows the car as I bought it and the damage was invisible to my untrained eye. - The next shots show the corner in gray primer are of the bare metal with just a thin primer coat. You can see that we discovered a lot of damage/ripples/dents that had been covered with bondo. - The shots after that show the inside of the fender were you can see it had been pulled out sloppily with a slide hammer. Albert has now hammered the shape back as best as possible and is starting to apply a thinner coat of plastic. - Then there are some shots of the car with white primer being block sanded and looking great! The edges are still sharp as Albert will only round these after getting them "just right".

Detail: Left front quarter panel repair

July 6, 2005: These pictures show the front left quarter panel repair. ...

Updated: Jul 08, 2005 10:36am PST

More progress at the body shop! : July 6, 2005: The body is going through the final adjustments and block sanding. Small low spots are being filled and the edges like the hip line are are being perfectly straightened.

More progress at the body shop!

July 6, 2005: The body is going through the final adjustments and bloc ...

Updated: Jul 08, 2005 10:32am PST

Progress at the Body Shop : April 14, 2005: I visited my Alfa at the body shop. Alot of repair work has taken place. I have included here a good number of shots of the repair work to the front end.

Progress at the Body Shop

April 14, 2005: I visited my Alfa at the body shop. Alot of repair wor ...

Updated: Jul 08, 2005 10:27am PST

Giulia at the Body Shop : October 29, 2004: The Sprint GT Veloce has been stripped to the bare metal. And then they immediately sprayed it with primer to prevent any rust from starting. The ripples and imperfections you can see are in the actual metal, there is no bondo or goop on the car at all, just the primer. We discovered more damage than we expected, but there is no rust!

Giulia at the Body Shop

October 29, 2004: The Sprint GT Veloce has been stripped to the bare m ...

Updated: Jul 08, 2005 10:22am PST

Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Veloce : September 9, 2004: This is my 1966 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Veloce. I took these the first time I saw it, now the project of restoration begins! C

Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Veloce

September 9, 2004: This is my 1966 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Veloce. ...

Updated: Jul 08, 2005 10:17am PST

The Target: What the finished car should look like! : The red GTV shown here is owned by Richard Lane. Mine is being done very similarly: same color, slightly lowered with Alfaholic's GTA replica wheels. The interior shot is of a GTA (owner unknown). I plan to use a replica GTA steering wheel like this along with the restored wood grain style dash. (In case you don't know, the GTA is the very rare racingversion of the GTV, so adding those wheels and steering wheel are "period" sporting modifications. I have also included a copy of the the original brochure for the car!

The Target: What the finished car should look like!

The red GTV shown here is owned by Richard Lane. Mine is being done ve ...

Updated: Jul 13, 2005 11:03am PST

for TJ :

for TJ

Updated: Sep 09, 2009 2:03pm PST