ItaliaAuto

by **swliam** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:54 pm

This thread is back alive and kicking!!
Sorry but terribly busy and also having issues with the painter. They have issues installing those NOS parts on the 2 earlier 105s and broke a few of those and taking old parts to putty the car therefore after painting having issues installing the new ones. Big arguments with the owners...Terrible. Lucky that they've done nothing to my car yet so towed it back to the body guy and got him to the painting work. Ol-skool style!!
Stay tuned for the updates....

by **swliam** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:08 pm

: 20120713 - Back to the body guy and start to do prep work for base primer

: 20120713 - Re-sanding and getting the lines right

by **swliam** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:47 pm

: 20120804 - All stainless steel and chrome parts to be sent for cleaning, polishing and chrome plating

For all the suspension bits, propshaft, trailing arms will be removed, sandblasted and powder coated. All original screws will be cleaned and to be zinc plated. Sample as per this car.

: Clean huh...

by **swliam** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:51 pm

: 20120916 - Front view of base primer on the outer panels with some minor touch-up to edges and correcting body lines

: 20120916 - Rear view of base primer on the outer panels

: 20120916 - Sanding down and cleaning the engine bay for base primer

by **swliam** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:57 pm

: 20121005 - Base primer to engine bay done. Some touching up on edges.

: 20121005 - Rear parcel shelf

: 20121005 - Boot area and tyre well. Thin putty on tyre well to get perfect shape.

: 20121005 - Touching up on inner wheel arches and seams

by **bravosx** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:06 pm

by **swliam** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:09 pm

: 20121122 - Inner body painted with base primer and black paint over floor boards and area to be covered with Wurth.

: 20121122 - Rear portion.

: 20121122 - Rocker Sill.

: 20121122 - Final touching-up to front end. Steering rack removed.

by **swliam** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:40 pm

: 20121228 - Self-adhesive Wurth panels are shaped and cut to fit floor boards. Hard stuff and note the mallet used to shape to fit the profiles of the floor boards.

: 20121228 - Rear portion. Wurth products are better than the olden torched-on stuff. Texture is also very close to original products. Note the squre grid form on the sheets.

: 20121228 - Another view of rear portion.

: 20121228 - Gear tunnel to be done as well. Heat and noise suppressant sheets...Great stuff!

: 20121228 - Paint sample from PPG Deltron Series. AR013 - Bianscopino

Some live footage of the raw steel. Minimal putty work onto the steel body! :mrgreen:

by **swliam** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:05 pm

: 20130104 - Getting ready for a skin whitening treatment.

: 20130104 - Interior looking good with the Wurth stuff. Gonna paint over it just like how it was 44 years ago. My baby just got 1 year older.

: 20130104 - Rear floor boards getting ready.

: 20130104 - Part of the ingredient.

: 20130104 - Ol'-skool as I said. Patiently waiting like an anxious dad. My friend...partner-in-crime...Thanks mate!

: 20130104 - 1st coat of paint. There will be 3 layers of paint and 4 layers of lacquer. Wet coat.

: 20130104 - These people use very rudimentary masks. I'm gonna buy him something and make him Darth Vadar. Hehehe

: 20130104 - Inner shot

: 20130104 - Insulation comes out a bit yellowish due to the adhesive. Well, can't be perfect all the time.

: 20130104 - I was told to get new ones as it's reached its lifespan. Can anyone guess what are these? =D

by **swliam** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:16 pm

: 20130105 - Seeing the sun for the first time!

: 20130105 - Shine shine ooo

: 20130105 - Sanding is done on lacquered finish and imperfections are corrected then polish and still leaving a decent build. Thats the ol-skool technique with very little orange peel.

: 20130105 - Rear view

: 20130105 - Another view

: 20130105 - Note the 2 openings on the lower valance? Only special to 1750 Mk1. And also no openings for the signal lights.

: 20130105 - Turning quite yellow on the Wurth...hmmmmm

: 20130105 - Rear section

: 20130105 - Bianscopino or Rosso?

by **swliam** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:26 pm

: 20130105 - 1st shot of the engine bay.

: 20130105 - Battery tray.

: 20130105 - Shot of the bulkhead.

: 20130105 - Close-up

: 20130105 - Footwell. Needing touching up around the seams and floor bung areas. These areas are rust prone due to the termination edge.

: 20130105 - Floor boards.

: 20130105 - Rear parcel.

: 20130105 - Flying doors!

: 20130105 - What do you call this? Bulkhead vent cover? Haha

: 20130105 - All hinges including bonnet and doors are sprayed body colour as per original factory car. Only the lock assembly are bare alloy.

by **swliam** » Sat Jan 05, 2013 10:35 pm

Funny thing is that these guys worked the other way...my underside has not been done and only will start after removal and dismantling the suspension and raised it on stilts. Then the Wurth under seal / stone guard goes on the undercarriage and touch up the wheel arches. No more that peeling tar/bitumen stuff or sheets anymore...this are good stuff!

Do you guys know where should these areas be treated?
Should be like this....and painted as the body colour.

Will be off to Bangkok next week to check out progress and also on the mechanical bits. Need to get parts in soon...Bonus belum sampai pon habis dah... :cry:

by **nahar** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:42 am

BangCock job.. looks good!

:thumbs:

by **UlysseNuovo** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 5:32 pm

by **bravosx** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:44 am

Monies worth spent if you have every penny of it.

:mrgreen:

by **pistole** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 11:26 am

swliam wrote:IMG_2763.JPG

- its called a SCUTTLE PANEL

.

by **zephyral** » Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:56 pm

by **SSCabrio** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:31 pm

Fuhh , ground up resto, gonna cost big bucks, damn fine job...

by **swliam** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:32 pm

Thank you for the kind comments! Went to BKK and haven't really got time to upload the photos. Busy with the shopping list and finally most of them have arrived!!!

: 3 packs of gold!

: Monster pack!

The bill was shocking, mostly small items like grommets and seals, postage wasn't too bad if you taking the consideration that it arrives 4 days over the weekend after the credit card clearance. What was unexpected was the tax! Totally way beyond what was anticipated.

Well, to please myself, I found a d*mn f^ck#ing 'hard-to find' NOS part of the whole car which is the rear lamp cluster. Paid a bomb for these NOS babies. Only special to 1750 Mk1. Even bought spare lenses in case....Enjoy the pics.

: LH

: RH

: Metal base..not plastic like Mk2 lights or GTV2000

And these babies came too! Muahahaha both outer and inner original NOS Carellos! Cursive script of early GTs and Giulia.

: Outer Headlamps

: Inner Headlamps

And these number plate lights (same as stepfronts and GTA and Ferarris too)
Originali Carello..

: Very shiny!

Still expecting one more packaging which could be next week and will be off to BKK again during CNY to drool =P~

on these!
Just can't stomach the crazy TH custom taxes [-O<

by **swliam** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:34 pm

Hopefully...and should be ready in time for the GT 50th anniversary event! And AROC Phuket trip. Maybe.. just maybe not to the standard of 'another' GT 105 that is coming in soon from UK. That... is truly a very rare specimen.

by **swliam** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:42 pm

Probably you guys are curious what's in that Classic Alfa packages. My great friend will spend some time to separate and label each parts and take photos of them for record. Will keep everyone updated. I paid a tidy sum for the the car itself when I bought it and just the CA parts alone with shipping and taxes cost more than half of the car. #-o

Never have thought the restoration will bust my budget way off. So if you guys plan to do ground up restore, do it now when the pounds are weak. These parts prices will just go sky rocket high, from my observation in the last 2 years.

by **TheotherEric** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:20 pm

wah... very impressive...

anymore details on the uk car thats coming? GTA??

by **swliam** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:14 pm

Thanks Eric....not an A but a C.
GTC...will be only one in Malaysia and probably only one in Asia. Total manufactured = 1000 units in both RHD and LHD form.
Fully restored in UK. I won't post any photos unless I get some form of consent from the owner. This will probably make its debut at this year's 50th 105GT Anniversary, and hopefully mine as well... :oops:

There's a plan in the pipeline to revive the 'A'. The real 'A'! The one that mostly of us has seen on the B&W white photo on the local racing scene from the 60s-70s. And a replica AM with probability of running a TS engine.

by **joe_yong** » Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:17 pm

Haha I don't know my ABCs well but sure sounds exciting! Thks swliam for sharing the details so that we can use it as references... :italy:

by **UlysseNuovo** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 12:38 am

Amazing commitment.

by **aron56** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:30 pm

This Transformation is really SUPERB!!!!

by **fmy1977** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 9:51 am

Hi.. any update?

by **aron56** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:36 pm

Update should be after GE13 i guess :mrgreen:

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 1:09 am

I'm back!!

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 1:31 am

Busy busy...i'm officially relocated to Thailand...not because of my car but due to work reasons...progress were slow but things are picking up...
More parts arrived...

: 20130214 - Shiny badges, can't do without it

: 20130214 - Mechanical parts from CA

: 20130214 - More mechanical stuff

: 20130214 - Correct Sachs clutch set. Much cheaper in UK

: 20130214 - Pair of new C&B uprated cams

: 20130220 - Ignition cable, sadly not green Cavis

: 20130220 - 2 right side NOS Carello indicator lens

: 20130220 - NOS 1750 dash script

: 20130220 - Spare set of NOS Carello rear tail light lens

: 20130220 - NOS Carello reverse light

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 1:37 am

: 20120214 - NOS Carello Outer Headlights

: 20120214 - NOS Carello Inner Headlights

: 20120214 - Alfa rubber mat for front driver and passenger

: 20120214 - With embossed logo

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 1:51 am

Back to body shop, scrutinizing every nooks and crannies...

: 20120111 - Alfa guard dog...hehe

: 20120111 - Next to her sister in red

: 20120111 - Underside of bonnet

: 20120111 - Inner LH door

: 20120111 - Inner RH door

: 20120111 - Lady in white

: 20120111 - Nice butt

: 20120111 - Original weld points 'recovered'

: 20120111 - Peeping through the skirt

: 20120111 - Bootlid

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 2:00 am

: 20120111 - Boot

: 20120111 - Big boot

: 20120111 - Fuel tank aperture

: 20120111 - My car ain't gonna park in that spot!

: 20120111 - Note the welding marks again...as per original car

: 20120111 - Another side

: 20120111 - Big eyes

: 20120111 - Engine cross member

: 20120111 - Another side

: 20120111 - Inner wheel arch

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 2:10 am

: 20120111 - Some chromy parts arrived

: 20120111 - 1/2 of my front bumper. Mirror-finish! Nickel plating

Back to the mechanic...saw a nice duetto!

: 20120111 - Boat tail

: 20120111 - Has a very similar profile as the E-type

: 20120111 - Interior

: 20120111 - The heart

: 20120111 - Can you feel it's beating?

: 20120111 - He better make sure to make a space for my baby when she's here!

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 2:30 am

Now...something I haven't shown here before...interior upholstery...I've picked a tan colour interior instead of the mundane black. There were 3 colour options from the original catalogue, black, tan and red. Couldn't find the red as it'll go very well with the white car. So I opted for tan colour which gives a very classy look. A bit of those old ferraris....since I can't afford one now.

: 20120305 - Original basket weave vinyl for seat centre

: 20120305 - Original texture vinyl for the side of the seats and also the 4 door cards and sides. Note the special grain.

: 20120305 - And the black vinyl which goes to the rest of the car. It's not really black, more bluish grey. Can't find a alternative replacement anywhere else. This is exact texture based on my comparison on a NOS dashboard.

: 20120305 - Original headlining with 'snake-bite' pattern. Pardon the photo quality.

: 20120401 - Original headlining from my car

: 20120401 - Passenger front seat re-foam. These material is more firm compared to the lesser sponge counterpart. Takes an artist out from the upholsterer to 'carve' the shape based on the original form

: 20120401 - Locally sourced carpet for the floor pan. Grey if you asked. All step fronts and 1750 Mk 1 uses grey and not black.

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 2:59 am

Back to body guy...he has started putting on parts to my naked car! Miracle!

: 20120506 - Got the lips! Old man went to put the old signal lens!

: 20120506 - Installed glass windows, rubber seals, chrome edgings...relief!

: 20120506 - Rear bumper is in together with re-chromed plate lights which is the same as step fronts

: 20120506 - Nice plate base with original rubber edging

: 20120506 - New reverse light fits perfectly

: 20120506 - Top view with new number plate lights and base plate.

: 20120506 - Fuel flap, spring, rubber buffers all in place. Forgot to send the fuel cap for polishing

: 20120506 - Fuel tank with rubber sealing strip and new fuel boot is in too

: 20120506 - Headlining, and inner chrome edge all installed! Pull handle location marked for installation later

: 20120506 - The rear quarter light glass is quite a complex design with the mechanism and buffers. Installing it take a while

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 3:14 am

: 20120506 - Aluminium bracket to hold the gasket replaces the original steel ones. Mine rusted.

: 20120506 - Door pull handle. Note the rubber gasket is only appeared on German cars. Not original fitment but advisable to have it as the paint around the surround will crack over time

: 20120506 - Underside sealed with Wurth and painted

: 20120506 - Rear underside with refurbished fuel tank

: 20120506 - Wheels just painted in BMW Polaris Silver. Nearest colour to the original wheel

: 20120506 - Close-up. Note the 3 notches for the wheel cap. Can't find the steel wheel so welded the notch on it. Pretty good job I would say

: 20120506 - Can't wait to see how it looks like with the original wheel hub cover on

: 20120506 - Made by Fergat

: 20120506 - New replacement for the exhaust heat protector panel

: 20120506 - For exhaust rear section

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 3:26 am

Back to upholsterer guy...
20130509 - These made me weep! No words could describe the workmanship and almost dead match to the original. I've only provided reference from photos of original seats that was unrestored and also close-up from books and brochures.

: 20130509 - Front seats comparing the old and the half done

See the original seats from some references I have. Close enough?

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 3:42 am

: 20130518 - She's got eyes!! Still missing one though

: 20130518 - Destra

: 20130518 - Sinistra

: 20130518 - Refurbished splash panel installed

: 20130518 - Other side

: 20130518 - Gold touch

: 20130518 - Rear lights installed

: 20130518 - Number plate gotto go. Making new one here, replicating the older Italian big fonts. Plate surround difficult to find as this has a round edges instead of a square one. Thanks to Soo!

: 20130518 - Cloisonne Alfa badge. Note that cars after 1973 do not have 'Milano' on it.

: 20130518 - Still got the windscreen and door gasket to be installed. Had to order another round from CA due to the earlier ones that I've bought is slightly smaller.

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 3:45 am

Going back to visit this coming weekend and the suspension bits should be installed by the mechanic. All parts are powder-coated black and bolts and nuts are zinc-plated. All the seats should be done as well. Will keep everyone posted.

by **bravosx** » Thu May 23, 2013 7:21 am

Superb job!

by **aron56** » Thu May 23, 2013 7:44 am

Awesome...where did you manage to find the original headlining?? :mrgreen:

by **aunheng** » Thu May 23, 2013 9:09 am

Nice job, care to share where you did the interior upholstery?

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 10:23 am

Thanks bravosx!

aron56 wrote:Awesome...where did you manage to find the original headlining??

Sorry, mine's original snake-bite pattern headlining. Not NOS. 3am posting error! :oops:

hahaha but yes, NOS is still available. Spoke to Low and that bugger wanted AUD instead of RM (basically with the same figure, just the currency change) There are 3 more available. Met him while he was packing those stuff to Aussieland late last year. If you know Soo, the Carabinieri Giulia at 100 years, his headlining is NOS from Low.

Even the original 'basket-weave' pattern vinyl I found in Ipoh! in tan and green colour. At Tim Cheong upholsterer, end of shop parallel to Tan Motor. Was from his father's time some 40 years ago and kept it. Can't stand his attitude and basically I don't like my balls grabbed. So I bought from CA.

: Green vinyl. Hot stamped made by his dad. Now probably in his 80s

: 40 year old vinyl...original tan colour basket-weave

: Only 1 roll. Not too sure if it's even enough for 1 car.

This material is also appeared on Mk2 1750 GTV. Go bug him if anyone of you fancies. Tell me if you managed to!

by **swliam** » Thu May 23, 2013 10:31 am

aunheng wrote:Nice job, care to share where you did the interior upholstery?

Thanks aunheng. Everything is done in Bangkok. Still stuck here...He does the labour. All materials are provided to him except floorpan and boot carpet.

by **leongsoon** » Thu May 23, 2013 11:44 am

Super authentic restoration ^:)^

by **146TS** » Sat May 25, 2013 12:45 am

Wee Liam , i hope it will be well ready for the upcoming 105series 50th anniversary celebration i'm planning to organize in July (tentative 7th July) .
Will keep everybody posted of the event soon , once the venue is confirmed .

by **v_sach** » Sat May 25, 2013 2:07 pm

very nicely done
all the best swliam
oh its nice in white :mrgreen:

by **thrace** » Wed May 29, 2013 1:07 pm

astounding! very nice! thanks for this thread and for updating

by **studmuffin** » Wed May 29, 2013 8:05 pm

Amazing

ItaliaAuto

Who is online