Re: [alfa] Buying a GTV6 in the rust belt

["The Baylys" <dabaylys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sneaky rust spots on 116 coupes:

1.   Take a look at the base of the A-pillar, from inside the engine bay
looking rearwards.  Basically behind the triangular metal which holds the
rubber bonnet stops.  I've seen pristine GTVs which were rusted here, and it
looks like it would certainly prove uneconomical to fix.

2.    The part of the inner fender under the washer bottle, or at least
where the washer bottle sits on a '76-84 model 4cyl.  The area is actually
doubled skinned here as the upper inner skin comes down to a seam well below
where the outer lower skin comes up to......or something like that !
Anyway, if you take a look inside a front wheel well and also inside the
engine bay you'll see what I mean.

Beatle
Oz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spencer, Graham" <Graham.Spencer@domain.elided>
To: "Matt Swartz" <swartz100@domain.elided>; <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:07 PM
Subject: RE: [alfa] Buying a GTV6 in the rust belt


> Joe,
> There are a few key places to look. Some ore obvious, others are not.
> The obvious are, around the front and rear glass (check under the rubber
> window trim), the bottoms of the doors, under the body cladding in the
> rocker panels. The less obvious gotchas are the spaces behind the front
> wheels (drill the rivets out, replace with screws and clean regularly
> once the car is yours), the underbody (remember this is a unit body,
> rust on frame members is _bad bongos_), and as it's an Alfa, basically
> everywhere else. The only real gotcha on most of the GTV-6s I've
> encountered is the rear hatch and behind the front wheels, the rest of
> the stuff is pretty obvious to a visual inspection.
>
> Cheers,
> Graham Spencer
> '85 GTV-6
> '88 Verde
> Tampa Bay FLA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
> Matt Swartz
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:26 AM
> To: alfa-digest@domain.elided
> Subject: [alfa] Buying a GTV6 in the rust belt
>
> I'm currently Alfa-less and virtually all of my past Alfa experience is
> with Bosch-injected Spiders, but a coupe or sedan would better suit me
> now.
>
> I've read about all that I could find on the internet regarding buying a
> GTV6, but there has been relatively little about specific rust issues
> with the car.  I've located a GTV6 (w/ parts car!) which seems quite
> solid (albeit w/ badly oxidized original paint) but I just wanted to tap
> the collective knowledge of the AD regarding on what may lie beneath.
> In what hidden areas does rust tend to lurk on these cars, especially
> that of a structural nature?
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Joe Swartz
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