5.25.2003-Long Time Gone

It has been a long time since I'd spent any time on the Alfa.  Spring here in Northern California was one of the wettest on record and that prevented me for accomplishing a lot of things that were necessary in order go play with the Alfa.

Additionally, my pursuit of higher education took me out of the country for a couple weekends.  All of this meant no time to work on the Alfa!

This weekend the weather allowed me to move some vehicles around and I was able to get the Alfa in to the garage to begin disassembly.

Despite the fact that our driveway is steep, I was able to push the little car up in to the garage by myself.  Of course the engine is out, but it's still impressive to be able to do this.

I wasn't sure where to start.  The car needs to be completely taken apart so that it can be media blasted.  I need to take the doors off and for this I'll need a impact driver to get the philips head screws that hold the hinges to the door jamb.   I started cutting the window gasket out for windshield removal, and also began to remove the interior trim.  As you can see from this engine bay shot there is a lot of work to do, and a lot of cleaning as well.

I'm sure it will take many evenings to get the car stripped bare, but what else am I going to do with my time?

See you all next week!

Ciao!

TJ