I would like some beige hose if you do manage to find any.
The other hose I never managed to find is the yellow braided hose between the brake fluid reservoir and the clutch master cylinder-have you been able to source any of that ?

Looks nice
Make sure that the head location dowels go back into the block before the heads go back on

I can’t picture the S2 but on a S3 each of the headlamp units has an earth tag and an earth wire fixes to them

Looking forward to seeing the pictures
Good news that there is no rust in the body
I guess the trim might be difficult to get as some of it was unique to the SA cars

Thanks Lou
Bonnet rod clips would be good as well if they’re possible to make
The only ones I ever see are very expensive!!

They look really good
If you have success with the white plastic fuel/brake pipe clips I will happily buy some as l managed to break the first one I tried to remove today - didn’t even try any of the others after that

That’s really interesting to know how they arrived into SA I wonder what sort of protection the body shells had during transport if they were painted once they arrived at the SA factory? Maybe they were painted in primer in Italy before being shipped as otherwise I guess the corrosion issues would h...

Hi Colin Is that the car that featured in Autoitalia magazine with the Giardinatta a while ago ? Do you or anyone else know how much assembly was done in South Africa e.g. were complete body shells built there or where they shipped out there as pre built body shells and just assembled out there. Loo...

Hi Colin
Good to have you back and glad to hear your in good health.
It must have been hard for you to sell “ODE” after all the hard work.
Let’s have some pictures of your new toy please !!
Hope to see you at an event sometime soon

It should be fitted with the “line” in the side of the rubber at the bottom i.e. the way it’s shown in your picture. When refitting the engine I always adjust the height on the top bulkhead mount that it hangs from so that the bar in the rear mount just touches the top of the hole in that rubber bus...

I think that to select high beam you press the end of the stalk and the button pops out
To flash them you pull the stalk back

The later chrome bumper sprints had the S3 switch from new so it may not have been retrofitted. I had a Y registered sprint and that had the S3 switch (originally the switch was brown plastic rather than black plastic like the saloon & Ti models) I think the only extra thing that gave you was in...

It will definitely be a metric thread size not imperial.
Are you replacing the pipe- if so Sudshop sell them

Yep I can log in again
Thanks for fixing it

Just a quick reminder that it’s next Sunday at Bicester Heritage again
Was great day last year with 64 Suds and Sprints
Anyone else on here going this year ?

I am going along with a few other Sud owners from Surrey
Planning a convoy run up together

Wow - not seen a PRO1 for a while
Remember using that in my Alfa/Fiat dealer days
From what I remember it was just a big breakout box for checking the wiring instead of probing the pins at the ecu connector
Hope it helps with your diagnosis

That doesn't sound right - are you sure the lower spring pan is the right type or is it damaged ? The strut bearing should just easily fit through the hole in the lower spring pan and go through it far enough for the upper "lip" of the bearing housing to be visible so the rubber dust boot ...

Did manage to get a few pictures for you 70B66F8C-1AD1-40AC-887A-C5F8F3DE13F0.jpeg 2A615C47-14FF-49AB-AB65-90CFE9E31C5F.jpeg 5A351BBD-0476-4A57-B4C6-28743D689573.jpeg 99869E23-CCA2-4A70-A656-19862D496771.jpeg B21C5A65-C48A-4443-87AA-CF031AE8D318.jpeg 990CC5D4-46B2-4B8F-911C-D6DFBA4B6ABF.jpeg It look...

That rear wing is for a very early car as it has the recess to get your finger in to open the flap From my memory only the first series 1 cars with the 1286cc engine had this I guess the flap may be different ? No idea about the rubber seal but if there are any sprints at National Alfa Day the Sunda...

Not sure that you need to disconnect the battery, I have never done this when coding new keys.
Your type of key is what I am familiar with, so that method should work fine
I left the Alfa dealer world in 1997 so never got involved with the later type of keys

From what I remember this is the procedure The only thing the makes the "Master" key be a master key is that it is the very first key ever used so that is the first one in the memory of the yellow code box and the engine ECU. To "open" the memory and allow any more keys to be cod...

Shame about the header tank but good initiative to paint the plastic one
I guess a fabricator could make a new bottom of your original one ?
See you on the 7th

Confirmed 45 Suds & Sprints now so still looking for a few more
Anyone else on this forum going that may not have let Ian Brookfield or Gary Walker know
Looking forward to seeing you and your car again Keith

I think the lines are cleaner without the rear wiper & washer
I also prefer the pre cloverleaf B post covers but as they are metal more difficult to find
At the end of the day it’s your car and your decision

Great work with all the fabrication, going to be one of the most solid cars around

Love the idea of getting wing rails made as well

Keep it coming

Not sure if people have seen it on Facebook but on 7th August there is a big meeting planned It’s with the National Alfa Day at Bicester Heritage Hopefully 50+ suds and sprints is the target and so I hear this should happen A few competition cars and some overseas visitors as well Spread the word an...

Don’t believe the Haynes manual !
The 35-40 intake and 45-50 is definitely correct

This is looking fantastic
Coming along at a great pace as well
Keep up with the updates when you can

Looks like you’re going to town with this project - looks great Just a word of warning after the dipping - there are alloy spacers inside the from chassis rails where the subframe bolts to and also inside the bulkhead where the steering rack bolts in Apparently the alloy can be dissolved by the acid...