Good, I got a slight twitch above one eye when I looked back at that character.
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Spent some time (literally hours) trying to get the door alignment perfect. I rushed to get the car ready for my 1/1/23 drive and I didnt like how it was. Had to go back and forth quite a bit. Took the drivers seat out to save my back, but eventually... success! I plan to put some miles on it and prep the 2L to swap in soon. Looking forward to 2023!
Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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Car is looking good! Something, something, Fiat 1.6 turbo swap?Comment
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Trying to keep the momentum going, I snuck into the garage during nap time to finish up the emblem side of things on the trunk lid. Left side was already done, short of one extra hole that needed to be welded shut. Right side was a different story. Plenty of extra holes and then the holes I drilled for the Giulia emblem needed to be redone. With nothing else to work off of, I lined up two holes that ended up throwing the alignment off. So now, some pics...
So.Many.Extra.Holes
You can see here where I was just off, more holes to weld up...
All welded up! No extra holes
Perfecto!
Bellisimo!!
Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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Good intro to the vid!Comment
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Interesting week/ weekend.
Originally was supposed to drive down to San Diego on Saturday night to join an "alfas & fiats" cruise in Escondido. During the week I got notice that someone had reserved my car on Turo for Friday night/ Saturday Morning! I had only decided a few days earlier to put the car on Turo as its running nice and anyone who has had any kind of vintage motoring experience can comfortably manage the drive and have a blast doing so. After this happened, I got notice that they were changing the date from a Sunday morning drive to a Saturday morning drive and that meant I was going to be able to take part. Not just because of the reservation, but because Saturday my wife had a list of Honey-Do's for me.
Back to the Turo rental, I was a little nervous as I thought I could approve or deny the request prior to the reservation being made. I asked the renter some questions and hoped for the best. Turns out he owns a Lotus 7 and has driven a variety of vintage cars, so I knew it was going to be in good hands. Still nervous about handing the keys to someone, I managed to connect some dots to the Motoring Club & the drivers own Instagram account and all concerns disappeared as he was posting his enjoyment, as well as others seeing the lovely Alfa out and about at a C&C and Malibu.
He ended up keeping it another day had a lovely time with the car. Many at the Motoring club were excited to see the Alfa out and showed an interest in renting the car as well. I plan to only do this for a short term as I want to use this to gather the funds to pay my friend for his time to repair the passenger side rocker on his own. This way it gets done faster and without giving me a headache. With this weekend done, Im 20% of the way to the goal.
Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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Very cool! And I can completely understand the nerves in renting out a car, especially something like that - but glad it all worked out well.Comment
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Who's the blonde? She's already in the trunk, that saves me half the work
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Fun weekend update!
First the 'business' side of things. I wrapped up the welding on the trunklid. I picked up this trunklid a while ago and finally wrapped it up. Its ready for final prep and paint. I plan to farm out the paint and will let the painter know that I need extra paint so I can paint the rockers also. You've already seen most of the work so I threw it all together into a 'quick' video
Onto the fun side of things, the monthly Cars & Coffee of Los Angeles was happening and the Car Gods gave us a window of sunshine in between the crazy rain and weather we've been getting. It was supposed to be 'Italian' oriented but it should've just been Alfa because we dominated. Just a few Ferrari's probably because of the coinciding event at the Petersen museum. Regardless, I caravan'd with a few Alfisti and met several more at the event. Good times!
I snapped a quick pic of my own car before I spent the next 2 hours chatting ...
One of my buddies took this pic. He's got a Berlina, but is a certified BMW guy. Has a 318IS with like 400k on it!
The only other car I took a picture of was this Genuine Alfaholics GTA-R. This cars been complete for ~6 years and next to Max's own GTA-R has the most miles with an odometer showing 11xxxKM. I've seen it on Angeles Crest, but never been up close to smell the Connolly leather and see all the lovely details.
Amazing
Simon
Current Cars:
-1966 Lotus Elan
-1986 German Car
-2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
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That GTA R was one of the coolest cars I've ever seen.Current Collection: 1990 325is // 1987 325i Vert // 2003 525i 5spd // 1985 380SL // 1992 Ranger 5spd // 2005 Avalanche // 2024 Honda Grom SP // 2024 Yamaha XSR700 // 2024 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon
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