My barn find

pabloz · Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:44 pm Post subject: My barn find

Hi and hello to all-new to this site so big hello

just found my new project(as if I need another) in a barn in france. Hasn`t been running since 96 and tin worm has had the munchies for a while.

Got the alfa running with carb linkage on one side only-ok so far

not sure about rad though- abit of chassis has been cut out to fit it in

only got a small garage with this project halfway through so its going to have to sit on the drive

sills are shot and front ends rusty so a lot of welding to do- Eeeek

also problem in france is that its illegal to modify your vehicle so its all going to have to be well hidden or i`ll bring it back to the UK to use Grin

will add some more when it stops raining and snowing and I can move it!

hansend23 · Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:04 am Post subject:

never knew alfa made a boxer till i came here,cool
what cc are they?
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pabloz · Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 7:25 am Post subject:

this one is a 1500 but in the same barn there are 3 other alfas one of which has a 1700. Looks pretty similar to the 1500 so if i can get that as well i might be able to get a bit more power for the bus.

Anyone know if the 1700s are better to use apart from the obvious power increase?

looking forward to taking it for a spin down the road to see how it goes. I used to have a bay with a 3.5 v8 rover with a ford rad in a scoop up front which was great apart from the speed the fuel guage went down!

the pipes on this alfa going to the rad are short sections of copper from engine and then long sections are in plastic- anyone used plastic pipes??

illzlee · Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 5:11 pm Post subject:

from the small sections of plastic pipe i can see from your photo, they look like the same plastic as those on a T25. They are getting more expensive but do the job well!
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Alex (FTS) · Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 5:17 pm Post subject:

Great find there chap! And l'm lovin the truck too-what engines going in the truck? Old skool V8 or I see alot of the new skool kids useing Ford Ztecs!

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pabloz · Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 5:48 pm Post subject:

ahh that makes sense for the pipes as there`s lots of t25s around the barn in various states.

Fraid i`m limited on the engine for peugeot pick up as it needs to be near original as possible to get it through the french mot. I`ve managed to find a 2l peugeot j9 van engine( from the eighties!) and a friend is making up an adapter plate for the original box and looking at turboing it. I`ll need to then disguise it all as much as poss so it looks like the original to get it through the mot.

french mot rules are crap

kkkango · Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 9:58 am Post subject:

nice find, the 1500 will be just over the 100bhp ( later 1700 was up around the 140 mark but they were injected) should move the van nicely.

the pickup also looks good you should get it on sitehttp://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi if you have not already.

as for government mot's

long live the independent mot tester in the uk

Kai · Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:46 pm Post subject:

ElusiveStranger · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:10 pm Post subject:

gerrelt · Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:55 pm Post subject:

It's good to see another Alfa conversion!

Drive it warm gently, and when it's warmed up, rev it!! They like to rev.

It's like what James May said about a Fiat Panda:

pabloz · Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:09 pm Post subject:

Fortunately the guy who did the conversion transferred the little red light to the dash which when it goes out gives you permission to floor it!!! Grin

Was going to road test it today but only managed to get it running for 30 seconds and then it died- something simple i should think. So started pulling out all the dodgey added in electrics(including 240v cables to run the stereo and lights!)

A big chunk of chassis has been chopped out to fit alfa rad in- which I think will cool well but In afront end crash it must be a lot weaker Eeeek