Nov 15, 2014

The logo and the list

I found my old 33-logo in the cellar, where I keep my spare parts. Looking for the lever cover of the Alfa, I stumbled upon this rather beat up 33 1,7 QV-sign. I want to put it on the Bleu Lord, but I'm afraid it'll be a good catch for logohunters. On the other hand it's a rareseen sign these days, so I think it must be replaced on the rear end.
How to restore it is what I'm going to find out the coming winter weeks. It's a nice logo and gives the car the honour it deserves (although it isn't really a QV, but in essence all Alfa's are Quadrifoglio Verdes, ain't it?).

The 3's come off the aluminium strip. On that alu strip lies a plastic strip. Between those two strips the 1.7 sign and the clover leaf is kind of printed. The plastic strip misses the right corner. The alu strip is corroded.





























This is going to be a challenge. Nice winter job to add to my to do list form november 9th:

For getting on the road these jobs must be done first:
- Reload the battery, add new petrol for real starting power. done
- Make the real first attempt to start the engine!  done, but the engine did'nt run very smoothly. I have to bring it to a specialist to adjust the carburettors.
- Replace the front brake calipers and ventilated brake discs
- Add brake flued also for the clutch. Adjusting the systems.
- Respray the little grill part. done
- Make an appointment at the RDW to arrange all the paperwork for the taxes and registration (it's still a Belgian car)

Since my Bleu Lord was outside for a few weeks in the rain, I saw some imperfections:
- Fix the rear bumper so it won't keep any water to the body panel
- fix the right tail light: water is coming in. done
- fix the left tail window: water is coming in there too

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