Everything but the Girl
I could have titled this post about the ’62 (or whatever) Sprint with some allusion to the devil-in-the-details or Kafka-esque navigation of impossible escape, but I’m trying to stay optimistically realistic, and not fall victim to the paralysis that sets in when you’re really, truly overwhelmed. The fact is, progress has been made: some thanks to the not-so-mighty dollar, some to elbow grease. The car is close enough to being drivable that I’m starting to browse catalogs for suitably attractive passengers.
(I’m kidding, of course. Sort of.)
Anyway, here’s a little run-down of the dollars being spent:
- Bay City Alternators (International at 89th Ave in Oakland, 510-633-1512), fixing the generator which wasn’t generating, and painting it shiny black, to boot. $60.
- Jesus Angulo (same location and number as above — god bless International Blvd), fixing and reupholstering the front seats. $300 the pair.
- Berkeley Radiator Works (San Pablo at Pardee in Berkeley, 510-845-3151), boiling out the gas tank and addressing any rust. $300 estimate, hopefully less….
- Brake Materials & Parts (Fort Wayne, Indiana, 260-426-3331), relining all six front shoes at $24 per shoe. I curse the Trinacria, not the price per shoe. These are good, Ferodo linings so the dollars are buying something of proven quality.
As for the elbow grease, I’ve more or less fixed the passenger side window, which had fallen off its tracks and no longer went up or down, and got the headlights and turn signals to work. More importantly, I got the worst of the wheel cylinders apart and honed, ready for a rebuild kit from Jon Norman / Alfa Parts in Berkeley.
Nothing relevant here at all, just a mediocre photo of one of the pretty sunsets we've been getting here in the Bay Area, along with my Giulia Super.
In other news, the TI is actually about to get painted. I saw the color today and was pretty happy with it. More on that next time, hopefully with pictures of the final product.
