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bobbber

Hi,

Thought I'd show you all my list of current outstanding things wrong with my Alfa 33 :

Body
Rusted through rear light support
Rust on bottom of both front doors
Rust around filler cap
Rusted rear wheelarch mounts
Rusted front windscreen surround
Bodywork paint is 'pink'
P4 Alloys need refurbishment
Passengers side sill cover missing
Rear spoiler split
Mirros no longer adjust (one is red, and one is black)
Both front doors dented
Both front wings dented
Rear wing subject to poor 'filler' repait (before I owned it)
Front and Rear 'Alfa' badges sun bleached
Poor previous paint jobs
Front bumper slipped off mounting point on passengers side

Electrics
Front Electric Windows don't work
Rear windscreen wiper fails to 'Autopark'
Opening front doors fails to activate interior lights
Rear windscreen remister doesn't work
Rev meter gives incorrect readout
Rear window washer system broken
Rear light cluster bulb holder falls out of support
Interior clock light only comes on when rear wiper on!!!!
Alfa Control is just mental and in need of a straight jacket
Front Electric Window Glass broken from regulator

Interior
Front drivers side internal door handle 'ornament' missing
Both front door seals perished
Drivers side window seal (partly missing!)
Front windscreen leaks bubbles around the seal when washing
Drivers door is difficult to open from the inside
Headlining stained and perished in places

Floor
Carpet needs replacing
Felt needs replacing
Foot rests need replacing

Mechanicals
Front strut pan bearing broken
Rear tyre in need of replacement
Idle adjustment on front of intake manifold leaking air
Exhaust leaking

Phew!

Can anyone match that little lot!? Laughing

Bob
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Fiat Bravo 165 Sport

tvatavuk · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject:

I have Permanent 4, dont get me started.
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bobbber · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:23 pm Post subject:

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bobbber · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:23 pm Post subject:

Maybe I should have posted it in "Jokes and Funnies"!
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tvatavuk · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:02 pm Post subject:

Sometimes after reading this forum posts I wonder if 33 had droped word at end, because of luck of space on rear bonnet. It was probably called 33 S 16v Permanent 4 problems.
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Little black dress which replaced Alfa Romeo 33 S 16v Permanent 4 GMo

lee16v · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject:

Bob,
I'm sure you could have saved time by putting what is right with your motor Wink

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gritsop · Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:12 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Bob, I would consider everything fixable having time, money and personal skills which I think you have.

What I would like to highlight is the body section of problems; I would consider fighting rust as number one priority. Any car having rust on it suffers and the quicker rust is attacked, the more difficult will it appear again.

It is better to have the car with electrical problems or tatty interior rather that rust working on the background.

Good luck with the restoration,
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Ben_nz · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 10:27 am Post subject:

Are you sure you couldn't find a better 33, and use your current one as spare parts before dumping it? Wink

It must be very annoying that the electric windows don't go.

On my car, I unscrewed the interior light sensors on the doors and cleaned them, now they work most of the time.

Serpent33 · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject:

Nothing much new actually.. But oh my god!! Pink??!!?
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bobbber · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:18 pm Post subject:

Faded red actually, but I guess pink.

Bob
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bobbber · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:51 am Post subject:

Well Gritsop - I have the skills and money - just NO TIME!!! Laughing

I just thought it would be a good exercise to list all the problems. Sometimes it's easy to ignore them as a 'set of jobs' due to the total size. I needed to break it down to one thing at a time. I feel i've done this with the list.

I've now put them into order of priority which surely helps - yes rusty bits are first on the list, especially now that the evening are getting lighter and nice weather is on it's way Wink

I'll get there!

Bob
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