Re: New Alpha Owner

["Paul Bayly" <thebaylys@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Welcome home.   Phirst thing you should do, is ensure your spellchecker has
A L F A   loaded as a valid spelling !

Seriously though, I'd recommend you purchase Pat Braden's Alfa Bible and
also a workshop manual for the car.  The Alfa Bible goes through the pre and
post purchase inspection of an Alfetta, but the engine is almost identical
and the rest you will pick up from the remainder of the book.

Beatle
Oz
(wishing Spiders were cheap and plentiful over here !)
'89 75TS
'76 Alfetta

----- Original Message -----
From: "A. J. Durrani" <durrani@domain.elided>
To: <alfa@domain.elided>
Cc: <durrani@domain.elided>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 12:43 AM
Subject: New Alpha Owner


> I recently inherited a 74 Alfa Spider which was garaged for the last
> twenty years and has 41k miles on it. The body is deep blue with maroon
> interior. This car doesn't even have a ding in its body. Having sat
> unattended without much attention to storage conditions, the engine
> obviously is in need of some work. I got in touch with the Houston Alfa
> Club for help and went to their first event yesterday, where I got to
> meet a number of very passionate and friendly Alfa owners. I now have a
> general idea about the car and know that all the fluids, hoses, and
> ignition wires would need to be replaced first. I also need to assess
> the gas tank, brake master cylinder, SPICA fuel injection pump,
> radiator, etc. The tough part is that there are no auto shops that would
> want to work on Alfas and it's not easy to find an experienced Alfa
> mechanic either. I did some self-help work on cars while I was a student
> at the U of Michigan in the late seventies and that is about it. Rocking
> the car in gear didn't budge the engine. Many of you must have
> experienced a situation similar to mine. Is there a previous digest
> article that describes the dos and don'ts of bringing life to an old
> Alfa? My desire is to get it to run first and then progressively make it
> pretty.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
>
>
> A. J. Durrani
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