Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider restoration - June 2025 Update

Progress stopped over the winter due to us escaping the cold for a couple of months. I started work again in March, doing a day or two a week and have made some good progress.

Wiring Harness

I routed the new harness around the car, this was made much easier as I had labelled it before I took out the old harness. I connected all the rear lights (newly chromed) and number plate light etc, then fitted and connected everything in the engine bay. 

Engine bay

The fuel, brake and clutch lines are in, with refurbished master cylinders and a NOS slave cylinder. The original reservoirs have been cleaned and painted. Everything else is now fitted in the engine bay ready for the engine fit. 

The brake servo has been rebuilt and a NOS non return valve added to the newly painted vacuum tank.

The regulator and relays have been checked, cleaned and refitted.






I think I have fitted everything in the engine bay that I can prior to the engine.


Engine

The engine is fully rebuilt and includes a trigger wheel and crank sensor ready for the fuel injection. 


The fuel system has been changed replacing the Fispa regulator with a combined swirl pot and high pressure pump together with a return pipe to the fuel tank. I will at some point do a specific blog on the injection system design and installation.

Body work

I have fitted the rear bumper, as I was fed up of moving it around my garage!

The original front lights with new rubbers and chrome have been partially refitted as has the front grill which is much easier to fit without the engine in place! 







Location: Pershore WR10, UK

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