The Super Nuova...

[2mAn]

I'm a bad subscriber, I haven't watched anything since June

I dont think I had a video since June lol

Im a bad YouTuber.

Mike36 I expect you to call out all the filth on my channel now

[Northern]

I'm a bad subscriber, I haven't watched anything since June

[Mike36]

Subscribed Ha

[roguetoaster]

For those that dont know what the Toaster is talking about, you need to be subscribed with notifications ON otherwise you will never be FIRST. He is always FIRST. So you know, SMASH that like button. SmASH the bell and SMASH the keyboard and leave me a comment or like

In slightly related news, The Man, the Myth, the LEGEND Glen proved me wrong by supplying a googly eye that DOES fit in the tight space, so stay tuned for an un-blurred license plate pic

I'm a rebel, I don't click the bell.

Can't wait to eyeball the googly eyeball.

[2mAn]

I didn't see YT stardom in the recent video, but I did see one of the best IG handle shares I've ever seen.

LOL Do you believe that absolutely none of my talking is scripted?... also annoyingly, Im moving that handle over from my personal page to the car page and Instagram locks it out for two weeks which means my car-page should officially be @the_tuman_show by the weekend.... for now its just @tuman_show which while good, is nowhere near as good.


Anyways, My buddy came by the other day and we circumcised the T-Bar bolts. Then last night after a little fiddling with the rear shocks.... shes slammed!

Just to give you guys an idea. Once I got the bolts in, the tapered ends started to poke out with plenty of thread left to go.

The Shadow ruins the pic, but also shows just how far out the bolt was and still had to go




Just the tip




Chopped down, Lubed up and balls deep








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https://youtu.be/rzv0AT_TYgo

In slightly related news, The Man, the Myth, the LEGEND Glen proved me wrong by supplying a googly eye that DOES fit in the tight space, so stay tuned for an un-blurred license plate pic

[roguetoaster]

I didn't see YT stardom in the recent video, but I did see one of the best IG handle shares I've ever seen.

[roguetoaster]

How else do I know that Im working hard if Im not covered in dirt when Im done?

If you need to feel good about it and/or prove that you were working on the car you can just vacuum the street near you and liberally apply the collected material to the face/scalp/arms. Bonus, your neighbors will think you are completely insane and will not bother you any further.

Also, this could be your ticket to YouTube stardom.

[2mAn]

Commit to doing that as step one on the next project. Nothing betters informs the work needed than a clean engine bay and underside. Also, working in grease and having stuff fall on you while you do work is icky.

How else do I know that Im working hard if Im not covered in dirt when Im done?

[roguetoaster]

No way. I might do a pressure washing of the wheel wells and undercarriage once its running, but this is something I tell myself I will do on every car Ive owned and to-date Ive never done it haha

Will this car be different? We'll see

Commit to doing that as step one on the next project. Nothing betters informs the work needed than a clean engine bay and underside. Also, working in grease and having stuff fall on you while you do work is icky.

[2mAn]

Will you be cleaning those wheel wells now that you have shiny new suspension in there or am I the only weirdo that does something like that?

No way. I might do a pressure washing of the wheel wells and undercarriage once its running, but this is something I tell myself I will do on every car Ive owned and to-date Ive never done it haha

Will this car be different? We'll see

[roguetoaster]

Will you be cleaning those wheel wells now that you have shiny new suspension in there or am I the only weirdo that does something like that?

I think the irony is that by the time the wheel wells are cleaned up (probably when the rust repair is done) the suspension components will mostly match the current look of the wheel wells. This would of course lead to suspension rebuild 2.0, spray paint edition.

[Mike36]

Will you be cleaning those wheel wells now that you have shiny new suspension in there or am I the only weirdo that does something like that?

[2mAn]

Fresh TAs and suspension look good in there. Are you just waiting on the sheetmetal to do the rust repair?

I'll get to the rust repair ... someday... Replacement sheetmetal is available through Classic Alfa, which I will order one the car is driving again. The front suspension looks like it will be even more fun than the rear. We'll see

[Northern]

Fresh TAs and suspension look good in there. Are you just waiting on the sheetmetal to do the rust repair?

[2mAn]

Well, progress has been slow, but Im plugging away.

Step 1 was getting the bushings pressed into the trailing arms. I took them over to DV Mechanics to do it. Im sure anyone couldve done it, but I only want their hands on the car besides me, so this was worth the drive.





With those in hand, I was ready to tackle the removal. Driverside had the fun surprise (see previous posts), but ignoring that I continued on and soon was looking at this. Quite a nice change. I weighed both setups, but I will post all the weight savings in its own post once its all done.




Sadly the passenger side seemed to also move smooth, until the rear trailing arm bolt wouldnt come out. The bolt was frozen to the bushing... repeated heating and hammering only frustrated me and I ended up mushrooming the threaded area. ****




With a 'new' bolt en route (Thanks Andrew!), I busted out the cutting wheels and went to town. It was slow going because the best tool wouldve been a sawzall, which of course I dont have. My trusty Ryobi cutting wheel also died mid cut which slowed me down even more. Borrowed a tool from a friend which also couldnt cut it...


In the end, the Dremel and the mini metal cut off wheels did most of the heavy lifting and now I can continue


The carnage...









With that, I took this pic and called it a day




The T-bar is already out and the Aluminum one is ready to go in too, so hopefully a few more hours and I will be done.