Alfa Romeo Club Wine and Stars Night

Met with the Alfa Romeo Club of Kansas City - the Strada Fantasma - and went to Somerset Winery followed by dinner and a night at the observatory in Louisburg KS.  Great night.

At Hillsdale Lake Campground

At Hillsdale Bank BBQ.  Excellent pulled pork sandwiches!  Perfect day to have the top down.

At the winery

Do these Alfa Romeos come in any other color than red?

Now that's a grill!

At dinner

Chicken fried steak and white gravy.  Yum.

2,000 Visitors

Just went past the 2,000 visitor mark.  Thanks all.  I'm sure enjoying taking care of the Alfa!

Repainted SPICA Air Canister

The SPICA air canister that Carriage and Motor Works installed in December was used and a bit dinged up and rusty.  Went to my favorite Alfa Romeo bulletin board and the members suggested I use Ace Hardware Machinery Gray spray paint.  Removed the canister, cleaned and sanded, masked the 2000 plate, and gave it 3 coats.  Quite the difference.  Now I need to the find a missing decal on the top of the air canister.

New Seat Belt Sleeves

The seat belts in Gina were the originals from 81.  Needless to say, the plastic sleeves on the buckle end were worn and broken and had some sharp edges.  Searched and searched for replacements but found none as these were for low bucket seats and required an 8 inch sleeve.  Most bucket seats are higher and use a 12 inch.  I finally sent an email to Wesco Performance Products and they had 8 inch sleeves for some of their full seat belt sets but the sleeves alone were not in their catalog.  A couple of email exchanges led to them doing a special order and shipping me 2 of the 8 inch sleeves.  They fit perfectly.  Now on the the next project.

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Radiator Coolant Reservoir

The Previous Owner (PO) went old school and did not replace the stock coolant overflow reservoir routing the overflow line to the ground.  The original bracket to reinstall an OEM tank was missing as the tank would have been located on the passenger side of the engine compartment which is now filled with the pre-1981 air filter canister.  After a bit of searching and research I went with this little stainless steel radiator fluid reservoir from Mr Gasket.   Model#9135.  Perfect fit for the mounting bracket on the driver side of the radiator.

New Air Filter Housing Straps

When the air filter housing was replaced with a used unit, the original 30+ year old brass and canvas straps had seen better days and were very deteriorated.

 Old Straps

It took a bit of searching but I found a source (Centerline) selling new replacement straps.  Here they are installed.  Now to think about repainting that air filter housing and finding replacement decals for it. The hunt never ends.

New Straps Installed