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1978 spider restoration

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Hi all. I am looking for some advice.
I have bought a 1978 Alfa spider and I am looking for a good owners workshop manual and restoration guild.

Any advice is welcome!

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Hi chap
Glad you've joined 8-) I'm off out now , but hopefully I can help a bit as I restored a 1973 spider well body wise !

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Hi John

the more info and advice i can get before i start this project the better.

do you know which workshop manuals are the best to purchase?
i am really starting from scratch.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALFA-ROMEO-SHOP ... ee&vxp=mtr

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Hi Ian
The one you found looks good ,plus I've found this one too
Item number 251432538195

So what's the score with the spider? Is it a full resto with body and mechanics ? Get some pics up
Mine was a californian import. But needed a lot of welding on the floor many . Plus it had been badly repaired with new floors . Part welded and part mastic'ed shocking :evil:
Let us know what your plans are and I'm sure we can help ;)
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hay John

I don't have pictures just yet, however i am taking over the project form another person and hope i know what i have gotten myself into.

the car has been stripped and i hope everything is still there.

anyway thanks for the help and i will let you see in a couple of days.

send me a picture of your baby!

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Ok let's hope it's all there!
As for mine I sadly had to sell it as I lost job. So all I did was weld and full respray in gloss black! Will post up some pics later. At least it looked a lot better leaving me ;)
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Sorry you had to sell.
i hope its all worked out for the best.

please send me the pic's, i would like to see what you did.

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Yeah all good in the end! Here's one for starters as you can wasn't in good condition just primed the bonnet!
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Here's another
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Bit of the underside
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Then I primed the under side
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And finally gloss black
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Then I started on the top. That was a lots of work with the prep to get everything straight and smooth 8-)
I've got more on my laptop I'll post up later when it's all polished up and sadly loaded on to the guys trailer! But at least it left looking bloody good if I say so my self :D
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That is an awesome finish...

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Cheers chap ;)
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it looks like a great job.

well done!
sorry you couldn't see it to completion.

i am collecting my disaster tomorrow and transporting it to the workshop.
ill take photos and before and after and show you.

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Cheers
Good luck . Yeah get some pics up so we can what you've let yourself in for ;)
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