Thus far, I continue to soak up everything like a sponge relating to the previous Peking to Paris rallies. For me, the major challenge is remembering all those unusual names of places that I keep reading about and they are starting to run together. Now for my updates, I located a car of interest in…
Many, and I mean many, hours of work and Giulia Sprint Speciale 381173 is, I am happy to say is… on its way to redemption. All the rust has been replaced, all the floors are done, and we are finishing our way around the outside metal. The driver side outer skin is almost done but I wanted to share a few…
Work on the SS continues at an incredible pace and now that the undercarriage is completely cleaned of rust, tart, fiber glass as well as paint. All the rusted body parts have been removed and new parts have been fabricated. We don’t get to use our English Wheel often, but this time it worked like…
Restoration on Sprint Speciale 381173 started on December 28th, 2012 and as of today we have logged 280 hrs. So, what has been done in 280 hrs? Removing everything from the car except suspension. Paint stripping, bondo, fiber glass, undercoating, and sand blasting. Metal fabrication of floors, door frames, sills, jack point boxes, crick boxes and floor pans…
The SS doors where in a complete state of disrepair and new frames had to be made along with 3 quarters of the door skin on one door and about 1 quarter of the other door.
Below are photos of the most recent progress on the front and rear floor pan. We opted to preserve as much as the original seat rail support as possible. When we replaced the inner sills support section we punched and flared the holes for added strength. Originally the inner supports on the SS where solid…
The extensive metal repair process has begun.
First of all Happy New year to all. Now the good stuff!!!! I purchased this Giulia SS in Austin TX last year and decided to do a complete restoration. I knew the car needed lots of work but NEVER imagined to be as much as what I have discovered. Thus far, I have removed a…
After sandblasting the car interior and some of the rusty structural sections, I have decided to remove and replace the door bottom due to the swiss cheese like conditions. I made the new pieces and they are ready to go. As it often happens, the lower section of the door skin would had to be…
