the Giulietta Sprint arrives
The great and sobering moment happened this morning at about 9am, before coffee, shower, or any other preparatory action could take place. Alex, the shipper, made remarkably good time considering the distance (3000 miles) and the weather. The car was rolling but just barely, with both front and rear suspension held on by finger-tight bolts and only the front left wheel attached to the steering arm. It was a bit of a chore getting it off the trailer and into the driveway.
on the winch, very slowly
Giulia Super goes nose to nose with the Giulietta
Once we got it onto the driveway, I pushed the car into the garage and spent the rest of the afternoon making sense of what I had and what was missing.
At last, in the garage. Gold grill will be rechromed, eventually.
I haven’t take a thorough inventory yet, but I’m already aware of a few redundancies and more than a few items on the shopping list.
Extra, extra (time for a ‘for sale’ section?):
- Three Weber DCOM carbs, plus rebuild kits. I’ll likely put these up for sale on eBay.
- Two 1300 heads. Visually they look ok, though I couldn’t measure with any accuracy. One has a 1600 intake manifold bolted on it, with thermostat, the other is bare.
- At least 5 headlight buckets, one of which recently sprayed black, and one that definitely belongs to some other car.
- Extra gas tank lid, distributor (bad), steering wheel (good!), and lord knows what else as far as fasteners and bracketry.
Help wanted:
- Glass! The seller indicated all glass was included, but all that I had in the car were the two wing windows. I’m hoping there’s some way to get these still.
- Bumpers. Expensive. Ouch.
- Gauges.
- Everything in the interior that would complement a single rally seat. I guess that means pretty much everything.
- All lights minus headlight buckets .. so headlights, headlight rings, taillight lenses, reflectors, turn signals.. etc.
This list is already getting scary, so I’ll leave it at that.
In any case, Matt (giuliettas.com) stopped by and over a couple of PBRs we were able to refine my goal for the car, which is not to restore it per se, but to make it safe and drivable, and maybe some day even pretty. In other words it’s a clean slate, with almost zero requirement for originality.
The first order of business is the front right fender, which is a 750 unit that the PO attempted to use to replace the original rusted out piece. Apparently 750 and 101 fenders are not so interchangeable. It’s currently connected at the nose and a couple other spots along the chassis. I’ll have to consider options here: use this 750 fender and hack, patch, and weld to close up the gaps, or find a replacement 101 fender (and hack, patch and weld it in). I guess either way I’ll be doing some hacking and welding.
More on that, or something related, in the next post.
