Swedish 1973 3.0 CS restoration

[autokunst]

Bodywork continues but I can now see the end of this chapter , all rust-issues solved (some minor blasting / grinding left) . Finally got round to fixing the. body to my rotisserie to finish of underside and put some underproofing/paint on that.

Put a few hours into panelgapping doors and hood , still have the rear lid to do.

I love seeing how you attached the chassis to the rotisserie. Well done.

 

[Candia4441]

Started rustrepair in the boot , doing the inner and outer rear wheelhouse . Fabricating a patchpanel for the rear fender and doing repairs on the c-pillar.

Hello, and God bless you what you are doing is work of art first what I look at it I said this is impossible to fix how did you do all this work what is your perfusion that you know all this work I hope it pays off all that hard and impossible work that you are doing how ever post more picture I am always following your work or I should say your art work

 

[ellac]

Finally decided what color it is going to be, many people seem to like Ceylon , I am unfortunatly not one of them.. New color for this will be Polaris 060.

Primed and sealed underside , put one layer of temadur 20 , one layer of Teroson Terotex s3000 and a final layer of silver 2k paint.

Got the car down from the rotisserie and started to fit the sill-covers , did not really liked how the fitted so I made new "ends" in the rear that are 8 mm longer . This made the fit much better . I also "upgraded" from fastning the sillcovers with sheetmetalscrews and instead installed M4 nut inserts that I dipped in epoxi during fitting.

Got primer and seal in the enginebay also and put a layer of silver there also, although painter will later do this to a more proffesional finish.

Pictures:

 

[ellac]

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[ellac]

Finally done with body and is now of to the painter and a coat of Polaris 060 .

 

[ellac]

While the car is at the painter I had the chance to clean the garage and build an engine . Almost done. 3.5 Litre from an -91 735 E32. Bored to 2nd OD 92,5 mm , block decked, crank + hubs and flywheel balanced, head re-built and a set of dbilas ITBs fitted.

 

[Candia4441]

Finally done with body and is now of to the painter and a coat of Polaris 060 .

Hello, I am a jealous of your talent I think this car will be better than brand new at the time they built will you tell me where did you bring all this talent god bless you and long live we need a guy like you around to ask all the questions we need

Best regards
Albert

 

[ellac]

Hello, I am a jealous of your talent I think this car will be better than brand new at the time they built will you tell me where did you bring all this talent god bless you and long live we need a guy like you around to ask all the questions we need

Best regards
Albert

Thank you , this is very kind of you. I am not a mechanic but love cars and have done a few restorations before.

BR Carl

 

[vince]

Beautiful work, can't wait to see the finished product. Amazing considering what you started with. I would have grabbed the Petri and ran for the hills.

 

[Candia4441]

While the car is at the painter I had the chance to clean the garage and build an engine . Almost done. 3.5 Litre from an -91 735 E32. Bored to 2nd OD 92,5 mm , block decked, crank + hubs and flywheel balanced, head re-built and a set of dbilas ITBs fitted.

Hello, Please tell me where did you buy the filter for triple weber I have three weber on my car and that is very nice I like to buy one thank you in advance
best regards

 

[Gransin]

Thank you , this is very kind of you. I am not a mechanic but love cars and have done a few restorations before.

BR Carl

Speaking of other restorations, you should post some pics of your Alfa for the many Alfa enthusiasts here on the forum. I love it.

Great work as usual!

 

[Barry.b]

Finally done with body and is now of to the painter and a coat of Polaris 060 .

Hi there
The work you have carried out on your car is amazing and the standards that you have achieved are really above and beyond !!
You are a true and true craftsman, your metal working and fabrication skills are amazing.
well done with the progress so far !!
That is some transformation , especially considering what you started with.
Work like yours inspires the rest of us to keep on going with our projects.
Keep it up !!

 

[ellac]

Hello, Please tell me where did you buy the filter for triple weber I have three weber on my car and that is very nice I like to buy one thank you in advance
best regards

Hi

I was very lucky and found them second hand / used so i do not know who has supplied it from the start but I belive ITG can suply?

BR Carl

 

[ellac]

Thanks again everyone for your kind comments and likes.

A few more pictures of the engine build.

Please let me know if I made any mistakes, mainly regarding oil-filter housing etc.

3.5 conversion:

 

[ellac]

Alternernator restored with new bearings ect.

 

[ellac]

Modified exhaustside enginemount.

My car has factory AC which I think is really nice , got inspired from the Sanden 508 DIY thread and orderd a compressor and condensor. Compressor now fitted , brackets etc will be zinc-plated later.

 

[ellac]

For thoose interested, here is a few links to previuos builds i did :

Alfa GTAm : https://rejsa.nu/forum/viewtopic.ph...&start=0&sid=26458ff1dcd6ed5606fdbde92f5a8653

Alpina B3 : https://rejsa.nu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51156&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Range Rover Classic: https://rejsa.nu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=97740&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Motus M1 : https://rejsa.nu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=106511&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

 

[ellac]

Took my windowmotors apart, cleaned them and put a 0.45 mm shim in the bottom to get a decent play and speed to them again.

 

[ellac]

36 Months after restoration began I collected the car from paint today. Very pleased with the result. Doors and lids are only put in place to be able to get the car home so there is some aligment work to be done.

 

[Candia4441]

36 Months after restoration began I collected the car from paint today. Very pleased with the result. Doors and lids are only put in place to be able to get the car home so there is some aligment work to be done.

beautiful, you are talented guy I am jealous