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Thank you for creating such useful Alfa 105 technical videos! I am trying to to remove the U-Joints on my 1980 spider 2000 Veloce at the moment but seemingly cannot punch out the caps far enough to just pull them off the rest of the bearing. There does not seem to be enough space to punch it over enough. Is there a certain order to do it? Many thanks.

Congratulations! Amazingly beautiful car!!! I overlooked this video. I guess a happy new owner is driving this car with a smile on his/her face🍀 I’m looking forward to starting your new project!

Great 105 videos as usual! Do you bother with using a rubber washer on the pivot to keep some grease in at the contact point with the fork?

US viewer here, I'm trying to get a a crusty New England car hoarder to sell me his straight, complete, but very rusty '71 1750 GTV. It needs everything, interior is a mess from headliner to carpets, floors are gone, the list goes on. But, as I said, complete, the only trim piece missing is the right side eyebrow. A daunting project but a challenge I welcome.

Those pistons are such an old design that it would have been better to find modern ones that are lighter. Some places do make them, but they are expensive.

Well done, I'm sure you're over the moon with the end result! I overwhelmed with the amount of finishing work left to do on my Junior!

Amazing job. Congratulations on the work & the videos. You mentioned in one of your videos that you had the glove box inner 3D printed. I'm after the same thing for my dashboard. Can you tell me if l can arrange this from you?

Very tasteful choice of stitching on seats and door cards. What size of rims they? Have you used spacers?

Well done. The car came out really well. I've still got to start on my 64 step nose. I bought it from a scrapyard here in South Africa. Front and rear has the most damage and it looks like it's from being dragged around. Unfortunately no original engine but I have a 1750 which was in my son's 74 GT Junior but he has his original motor so that will go back into his car.

nice car but 15" wheels always look all wrong to me

Combining elegance and luxury kislux

This is peak 105 for me. What a magnificent, tasteful job. Encouraging that this can be achieved in Aus- bodes well for my GT Junior.

Congratulations on getting her back on the road. You've taken a great approach with your practical decisions on replace/restore and have come up with a beautiful restoration. Inspiration indeed for finally getting on to my own 1967 GT Veloce which has been in my garage in Sydney in pieces for over 30 years!

if it runs as great as it looks....it'S a beauty......one of the best looking sportscars from the 60s.....

Beautiful car! I also have a 67 GTV here in the UK. I had exhaust gases in the car, I checked the exhaust over and over, no leaks. I suspected the boot lid seal so I taped it off, no difference. In the end it turned out to be the foam seal behind the rear lights. I made thicker seals out of some black yoga matt; it worked a treat, no more exhaust gas!

Beautiful result! Craftsmanship of a very high level. Congrats from the Netherlands 👌

Superb mate

I cant wait to get my restoration started, hopefully in the new year 1969 1300 gt

Congratulations on a wonderful restoration - a car that should please a potential Alfa owner. Regarding the tappets, the noise emitted suggests thay may need readjustment once you completed the running-in phase.

Great!

Excellent, well done mate. Look forward to seeing your next vids.

I restored one of these back in the early 90s. I bought it for a $1000 - a stripped shell, an engine on a stand, a whole stack of large parts, and boxes and boxes of smaller bits! It was white with a mangled grey interior as purchased, and white with gorgeous tan upholstery when finished. It was bloody lovely, and a pleasure to drive. It had mild cams, headwork, headers, and rejetted Webers. It redlined at 7000rpm and was bags of fun. Ended up changing careers, and exporting it to Japan, and started a landscaping business with the proceeds. A very pragmatic and sensible decision that served me well, that I still emotionally regret on some level to this day. And the prices they fetch these days are slightly eyewatering! Yours is an absolute delight - love the originality in either end, and love the interior too. I personally reckon original would have been the go there too, but hey, its not my car! 🙂 You could go for a swim in that paint - magnificent!

Looking really stunning! You did a great job on the restoration. Personnaly I would have preferred the original pattern seat coverings, but then it is your car. As far as clearances go on the tappets, we generally go for 0.3mm intake and exhaust here in South Africa, with no ill effect at all, even on race engines with very narrow valve seat contact area. Makes for a really nice, quiet head. I have not burned a valve in 33 years of classic Alfa motoring. Enjoy your beautiful car.

Brings back many fond memories of my 1600 GTV bought off a wholesaler for AUD$700.00 back in the 70's. A glorious little car that served me well after a very small amount of work to get it on the road. Still regret selling it. This one an absolute picture - well done and thank you for posting.

Very nice, what an achievement!

Well done mate awesome car 👌what’s the difference from your car and a 1966 sprint GT Veloce I have a 66 it’s identical??

Congratulations on a job done very well! Nice to see it finished, although I will miss following the build. I’m hoping you’ll be hopping into your next one soon?

Hello from Germany! I've been infected with the Alfa virus for a few years now and recently discovered these videos. I have a lot of respect for what you do! I would never dare to do a restoration myself, so I recently bought a fully restored GT 1300 Junior and thanks to these videos I understand the technology, bodywork, details and background much better, so I now enjoy it even more. Great job and keep up the good work!!

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thank you very much

where can i find the right bearings for the pinion and for the differential (both sides)? are the original manufacturers still exists?

Looks like an interesting option to perform a refinish!

Loving your work! I have 2 GT's that will need new boxes. I only hope that you produce these for sale 🙏

Interesting challenge and it looks very nice 👍👍👍

Big improvement. What happened about the 3D printed one? Sorry but some of the audio on this is so quiet I can barely hear you ☹

Thats a great product. Can you tell us where you got it please as am interested in doing same on my Step Nose glove compartment

Great video. I’d like to flock my stepnose dash top section. Any chance you could share the fixing points? Thanks James

It’s nice that the missing parts can be created by 3D printer! I must have great possibilities for the classic car enthusiasts!!!

Sweet.

3D printing is brilliant. It is turning classic car preservation on its head. If money is no object, go ahead and have your parts machined out of solid aluminium billet or made in carbon fibre in an autoclave, but this is the affordable solution for most of us. Love it. EDIT: That green is wild! No doubt you'll use black for the real one but I imagine that one lit round outside by LED panels like something from a sci fi movie 😆

That’s very, very clever. Maybe you could print entire dashs from a good, straight example. One thing I don’t understand, though, is fitting inoperative / dummy parts. If you’re going to fit the radio, why not wire it in? It’s hardly difficult; power, earth, the aerial and a single speaker.

Excellent job! Enjoying your vidéos, as they‘re out of the true restoration World … not meant to make things easy … but showing how hard it is to do things right even if using modern technology (e.g. 3D printing the glovebox)

G'day mate, I've got 3 105s. 1 daily driver, 1 close 1 refurbed just needs putting together. I'm on the Sunshine Coast. Would love to have a call sometime. Rick

Excellent 👍👍

Thank you your guys are awesome! Such insight that is thorough and precise. Cheers and keep up the great work.

Great Job, you have motivated me to push on with my build, thanks.

Good job!

Congrats! It seems that it’s going to be completed very soon and looks perfect as far as I can see on your video. Looking forward to watching the alfa running on the road🍀

The restoration of the 105 is progressing well and I can certainly empathise with the pesky door adjustments - especially when performing the adjustment on a newly painted car. To assist with the door closure recommend a light rub of talcum powder on the new door seals. From my end, the engine sounds somewhat 'tappety' - so recommend that you verify the tappet clearances as soon as practicable. As for engine 'grounding', the problem usually lies with the open weave ground strap that is attached from the engine (starter motor side) to the chassis - which from past experience is often overlooked. Recommend that you check the condition of the open weave cable and the connections, as it's proper fitment is critical. I have witnessed situtations where the said cable was damaged/disconnected or all together missing - which resulted in the accelerator cable doubling as the earth wire - which needless to say is undesirable and results in an accelerator cable which unexpectedly (and annoyingly) is very hot to the touch.

Great that you will use the steel wheels and Stainless Steel hubcaps. The steel wheels are made either by Firsat or Fergat, both companies supplied steel wheels to most Alfas , Fiats and even Lancias. Fun fact , the Alfa Romeo MIlano badge is made either by Bomisa or Bellu