Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider (RHD)

More body work On close inspection both door skins were in need of replacement. These new door skins were made and from scratch (thanks David!)  The car went off to the paint shop in May 2024, so over the summer I finished off any part restoration that remained. The engine rebuild is also coming along, more on that in the net update.  Manifolds I have had all the manifolds and air plenum aqua blasted. The intake manifold has been de-Siamesed ready for the new throttle bodies. After a long wait the car finally came back from the paint shop in December 2024, now at last I can start putting the car back together!!

Body work. The underside of the car has been media blasted and epoxy primed. I then spent many happy hours seam sealing all the panels.  All the panel edges were painted with a brush to ensure coverage before a coat of Epoxy mastic, once this had hardened I sanded the surface and applied a final coat of Raptor. Engine Bay I prepped the engine bay, epoxy undercoated then finished with Eastwood UnderHood Black that gives a very low gloss which is close to the original factory finish. I have used Raptor on the cross beams. Here are the before and after photos. Steering Box In a previous posting I said that after I had had a quick inspection and the wear wasn't too bad, that I would leave the steering box alone.  I wasn't really happy with this but as the RHD rebuild kits are hard to come by, I was prepared to live with.  Then I came across  Ricardo Cavallero in Buenos Aires, they make all the bits I needed. As luck would have it I was planning to visit South America du...