Restoring The Cheapest Alfa Spider In The Country For Only $6,000?

Restoring The Cheapest Alfa Spider In The Country For Only $6,000? - Part 1 Interior

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Жыл бұрын

Within this video, I introduce the channel's newest project, a rare 1971 alfa Romeo spider 1750 Veloce I purchased on craigslist. This purchase was made possible by selling a beloved blue 1998 Porsche Boxster.
In this video, I investigate the trash and spare parts strewn within the interior of the car after it had been sitting for 44 years in a barn in western Massachusetts.
I clean up the interior parts that I can find and re-install them onto the car. Leaving me with a gorgeous black leather interior.
In the next video, I start work on the engine.
The product I used on the leather.
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@billnicholas1381 Жыл бұрын

Heroic job but I think you may have been remiss by not adding some sound and heat shield before installing floor mats. Keep up the good work

@kraigcochran9995 Жыл бұрын

Nice job on the car and great editing too!

@Classicwing Жыл бұрын

Good choice, we own 4 spiders.....one is a 1971, 1750 like yours. Great to see younger generation's interest in these classics. They are wonderful, reliable cars.

@davidhyde9310 2 ай бұрын

I would SO love to see someone with the means to re-make a classic Alfa using a composite structure body. Exactly like the original, just not prone to rusting away...and lighter to boot. If I had the means...I would do exactly that.

@745Filipe745 Жыл бұрын

Awesome project! Greetings from an Alfa fan from Brazil!

@user-ee6ep5mw7d 8 ай бұрын

You got so lucky finding that car for that price amazing I have a 1986 they are fun cars..

@rustyturner431 Жыл бұрын

One caveat: You used leather conditioner on the seats, which are upholstered with Skai vinyl (leather was not available in 105 spiders until 1978). 303 Protectant would have been a better choice for the vinyl. BTW the original rubber floor mats are worth their weight in gold - new sets are over $800!

@raynyc60 Жыл бұрын

Man..terrific job on undertaking this monumental task..i have a 86 Graduate👌👍

@JohnRowley Жыл бұрын

Great video. My favourite part was how excited you were to find the shift nob. I'd have been elated to find that too! That said, I enjoy your calm measured narration - when you are excited it's genuine : )

@jamcdona Жыл бұрын

I watched the engine video first. I think it's really cool that you tackled this Alfa- it's a diamond in the rough for sure. One bit of advice that I can think of is to check the heater blower motor. It most likely is seized, but maybe not. It is buried behind the shifter, under the dash, so it's really hard to get to. Unless you are planning to remove the dash for refurbishment, now would be a good time to remove the heater box! I paid someone to do mine...wish I had done it myself, as it doesn't move much air. Subscribed!

@BeardedCarBuddy Жыл бұрын

What a super fun start to your project!

@gabrielenitti3243 Жыл бұрын

It always feels so good seeing unique cars getting restored. Personally I would have had the interior sandblasted and the hole welded shut, but I understand that those things are extreeeemely out of budget. Anyway, good job. Subbed!

@palljonsson4509 Жыл бұрын

That's a great little find, and your delivery (and sound quality) is improving with every video. Keep it up!

@mechanicallychallenged4669 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@chrismiller9032 11 ай бұрын

I used an air chisel. the sound deadening came right off. Unlike a regular chisel.

@videosmith1000 Жыл бұрын

Dude: you may have just bought the car I saw and wanted…617 area code is MA. I was born in ‘71 and this car was listed in my home town. I felt it was destiny but i’ve got way too much going on. Glad you are tackling it!

@mechanicallychallenged4669 Жыл бұрын

Yup! Thats the car! Its definitely a huge project.

@Rich_Lambert Жыл бұрын

I like that you reused the old rubber mats. Looking forward to the engine episode.

@Develop4Media Жыл бұрын

Great video, looking forward to the next one!

@paalbrudevoll6330 Жыл бұрын

"Mentally" Great humor ! "Mechanically Challenged"

@Czechbound Жыл бұрын

New subscriber. That was great ! It's what I imagine I'd be doing if I bought a project. And yes, I'd read several times on BAT that the 1750 cc engine is the one to have. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Hello from Prague, CZ

@alastairwatson3201 Жыл бұрын

Nice work so far. Not so sure about the glued-in patch, though; seems a bit sus.

@alekjuskevice Жыл бұрын

My Alfas ;two 1973 Spiders and a 1974 GTV, always had bad transmission synchros. I hope yours is ok. They are pretty easy to replace, you can do it yourself.

@oldschool1993 Жыл бұрын

Careful with those door handles- they are as fragile as glass and expensive as diamonds. I would put some foil backed sound insulation on the floors and buy 4 speakers for the console and rear panel.

@CasperthefriendlyG10T Жыл бұрын

Wow six grand? What's that like? My cars are worth hundreds of dollars. Good bones, great results.

@anderslaugeprip3733 Жыл бұрын

Floorpans riveted in? That scares me. It would not be considered a proper job on this side of the pond. Otherwise I am curious to follw your project :-)

@johnchurch4705 Жыл бұрын

I agree, I don’t think the USA 🇺🇸 has mot stations like the U.K. and Europe .

@hutchcraftcp Жыл бұрын

I'm late to the party but when I did my floors I used a heat gun to soften the rubber floor mats

@jujuUK68 Жыл бұрын

"No Rust!" - The only time you would see the words Alfa Romeo and "no rust" in the same sentence, is if you were trying to say something like "No rust, is not something you'd ever say about an old Alfa". I've had 4 Alfa's in my time and I'm still in financial and emotional recovery. I am an Alfaholic.

@davidsherrick898 9 ай бұрын

Maybe on a new one. My 1988 Milano is ok, just a couple spots

@jujuUK68 9 ай бұрын

@@davidsherrick898 in fairness, my 75 (Milano in US) was fine for corrosion too, it was just the continual minor mechanical issues that meant I was spending £500 a month on it. And due to circumstances, it was not even worth £1k when running, (I bought it from someone who couldnt even shift it at auction). And as I was earning £900 a month, and my Rent was £400, you see the issue....

@alterglobal1 4 ай бұрын

What’s that product you used to glue that panel

@railmaster.7752 9 ай бұрын

Leather conditioner on vinyl seats?!!

@2002dude Жыл бұрын

any new updates?

@AlbertManiscalco 11 ай бұрын

shame you couldn't get it back to bare metal before painting...i guess its better than leaving it in the condition you found it though...

@mikekemsley1531 Жыл бұрын

You might want to throw on some hearing protection when using that scaler.....WHAT?.... you might want to, ..oh, never mind,

@josephhamilton1547 Жыл бұрын

Check with “ pan the organizer” before you do any more detail work.

@jscheu71 Жыл бұрын

No offense, but nowhere does 3M say you can use 8115 over rust.

@Schlipperschlopper Жыл бұрын

Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station fuel pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime!

@wallacemeoski2440 Жыл бұрын

Lucky freaking bastage.

@lucasRem-ku6eb Жыл бұрын

It's a good simple design, able to fix yourself, only the engine is complex and weirdly constructed. We did see these cars in Amsterdam for cheap, nobody needed them when you could buy a cheap 912 Porsche too, now, they are all gone, exported ? Israel PLO talks, Habib, when was that, they never did any restore back then.