Yes it is!

Yeah, it’s a beauty!

It’s a beauty.

I’m a sucker for punishment being a Leafs fan for the past 54 years…

Hi Bruce. What Alfa did you have and what year?

@@cheftush I had a new Giulia Super 1600 in 1973. It was stolen about one year after I bought it while on a skiing trip in southern Tirol (Italian Alps near Bolzano). I replaced it with an identical car (except with Dell'Orto carbs instead of Webers, which were actually far better, btw). I loved those cars and often drove full throttle on the Autobahn for hundreds of kilometers. The steering, brakes, gear shift, engine, seats and controls were made for driving and they were the best driving cars I've had (well, the Porsche 928 is in a class by itself, but that's different :-) ). I had spiked tires on all 4 in the winter and there was no place I couldn't go, and go fast! Unfortunately, the second one rusted completely away by 1978.

@@BruceBoschek Great story Bruce. Love the look of the Giulia 1600…it kind of reminds me of the Triumph Dolomite Sprint a little bit but the Alfa is much more refined.

@@cheftush Perfection of understatement.

Absolutely! I experienced left hand threaded nuts today 😉

Absolutely! I’m sure some of the Alfa guys must have done it.

Thanks Josh, yes, I’ve been on the k@n website for example and searched by size…unfortunately, nothing close there. I’ll continue to look. Cheers, Tush

@@cheftush In my case I don't recall which site I finally found the match on, but I ended up cross referencing it to a baldwin number after I found some other oddball brand that fit my dimension (+/- a little, but close enough to fit). And it turns out the baldwin filter was both very easy to find and very cheap, compared to the onobtainable original. It was a similar sort of fispa air cleaner housing, but a much smaller filter than the alfa uses. If you have the dimensions handy on yours, I can take a stab at it as well

@@joshonthetube that would be great Josh. Dimensions are 13 inches long, 3 1/2 inch outer diameter, 2 1/2 inch inner diameter, open ended on both ends. Cheers, Tush

@@cheftush i'll do some digging , probably tomorrow, and see if i can find anything that might work- on the diameters, how much tolerance is there? i'm guessing that they could both be a bit larger, but the inner could not be any smaller?

@@joshonthetube length is pretty well max…inner and outer there’s probably a little to work with….

Hi Martin, Thank You for Watching. Yes, I will be sad to see it go but I am enjoying the oppertunity to learn more about it before is goes to the new owner. I am told I will have visitation rights :-) And...who knows, it may come back in the future for more "upgrades" after the owner has played with it for a little while.

@@cheftush that is great to hear, don´t forget your camera when visiting ;-)

Hi Patrizia, Yes, I have renewed both the rear filter and the one up in the engine bay. Thanks, Tush

@@cheftush how did you get to the one in the engine bay. Seems impossible.

@@patriziacasagrande3833 it was quite difficult. You need to remove the washer bottle to get better access at it. Take a look at the Alfa Romeo playlist on my channel. I did take some video when I did it although I’m not sure how helpful it will be. If you can’t find the playlist, let me know and I’ll send you the link.

Thanks for stopping by Marvin.

P.s. - Dave, the paintwork on the top of the wings still looks pristine so don’t forget you have those Moss protective mats if you want to play it safe! (Just saying my friend 😊)

Hi Phil, yes i was lucky to find this car. Indeed, It never saw snow or salt being from the west coast of Canada. It was well looked after. And, yes I made sure that I had no buttons or zippers on when I was leaning over the fenders of the car, but you are right, I should drag out the fender protector in the future.

Agreed Nate. Like I mentioned, the car came to me without the air pump. I guess they were too lazy to remove the bracket and pulley. I’m happy that it’s been removed now as it cleans things up a bit and any weight reduction is good as well.

Yeah, I’m not sure that was intentional by the previous owner…like I mentioned, it was probably the original belt that was on there. It sure did help with both the bracket/pulley removal and ultimately the fan belt exchange.

The metal does seem to be of a thinner gauge so they had a head start 😉

Yes, it does have the original distributor in it as well.

Are you going to replace it with an electronic distributor. I bought one but am afraid to remove and replace it as a I have never removed a distributor from s car. Would like to see a video on that process.

@@patriziacasagrande3833 no, I’m not going to fix what isn’t broken 😉

Eventually you will will change it as the cars ability to start will slowly diminish driving you crazy until it just won't start. Once changed it becomes dependable again. I tried years to save the original distributor.

Actually…it’s from the previous owner…I should check out his musical taste 😉

Hi John, great to hear from you. The interior is in pretty good shape…the carpet is a little faded though. I’d like to have put an original filter on but that is what centerline Alfa sent as a replacement….

@@cheftush BTW I'm doing front wheel bearings soon myself. They clicked while turning all summer long, so time to re-do them. I wasn't sure if cleaning and re-packing with grease would have been enough, so I bought some SKF bearings to throw in this time.

@@jamcdona I’ve ordered a set from Centerline and they should be here next week. I’ll do a video of installing them. Sounds a bit more involved than installing bearings on a TR.

Hi Hamish! Yes, my Metric Tool selection isn't the greastest but I am making do with what I have. Oh, I can imagine that these can rust horribly as well. This car is in really fantastic condition. .