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James Granger · Alfa 33 Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 302

Some pics from Spaitalia 2004 - the Spa-Francorchamps track was being repaired, so some sections were without proper asphalt and when I drove in the morning it was kind of wet.

On the way here to the racetrack - photo courtesey www.gummen.org

Afterwards we entered the car in the Concours d'Elegance, with Andrea Zagato as the jury's president - I even managed to get a pic of him with the 33! Smile

Andrea Zagato liked the 33!

All in all, a great day - plenty of nice Alfa's, Ferrari's, Lambo's, etc. More than 800 historical and modern cars...

Had a bit of an illegal blast along the motorway on the way back home with the Autodelta 147's and an SZ & Spider V6. Damn the SZ is quick!

The picture below was taken by someone else, but my car looks nice and red! Wink

Photo courtesey www.alfaforum.nl

A recent shot of my 33 in the evening sun

Marcin · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 8:18 am Post subject:

Hi,

great event there in Spa! James, just out of curiousity: is it original paint on your car or has it been repainted? It looks great Cool

Cheers

Marcin

bobbber · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 9:32 am Post subject:

I'd like to know that too (as the owner of a slightly pink 33!!!!) Laughing

Also, what have you used on the external trim, as that looks nice, shiny and black!

Cheerz,

Bob
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Ben_nz · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 11:23 am Post subject:

And what's that primer grey Alfa with the wire wheels infront of your car in the first picture?
I probably should know. Embarassed

But I don't. Razz

James Granger · Alfa 33 Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 302

@ Marcin / Bob

The paint is mostly original, and only three panels have been resprayed due to a minor parking scrape. These panels with non-original paint are the passenger side doors and rear wing. This respray work was done before I owned the car.

The bumpers and mirrors were colour-coded by a professional painter-friend of mine a few years ago, and look really fresh with no stone chips or scrapes.

The rear spoiler was second-hand - it was a perfect colour match so didn't need respraying.

@ Bob

My car was also severly pink to start off with. I used T-Cut generously and later applied Valma coloured wax. The car sits inside a heated garage and gets a new layer of wax at least every two weeks. I now use Speed Wax, which is fine for keeping the layer topped up. In the more than 5 year ownership, I have never experienced the paint deteriorating back to its pink state.

The bumpers, well, I dread to think how much stuff I've used on them! They started off in very average condition. I seem to recall first using Turtle Black Wax, than I moved on to Valma Platishine and I'm currently using a very good product called Turtle Extreme which handles the bumper trim, the tyres and the interior vinyl all in one.

@ Ben nz

That is a reasonably rare 2600 Sprint in silver metallic. It has a 6-cylinder inline engine, with 165 bhp. I drove behind it for a while on the track, but got bored so overtook it after 3 mins. John Lennon also drove one!

Sergio · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 4:30 pm Post subject:

James,

Your 33, as I've said before, is simply one of the most gorgeous 33's around Wink

Congratulations!! Very Happy

All the Best

Sérgio