PROLOGUE (and about me)

Hello, I am Takeshi. I am living in Hiroshima, Japan with my wife and dog, and own 1969 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV.

(I also own 1989 Renault 5 and 2007 Mazda 5.)

Over the 3 years from 2007 to 2010, I repaired my Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV, which had been sleeping in a barn for 10 years, and recorded the progress of the repair on my blog written in Japanese. Now I am thinking I would like to introduce my blog in English.

I don’t even know why I think I want to translate my past blog to English. Probably I myself wish to look back at the story of myself and my “onboro ALFA” again, and want to make a little more people know.

By the way, I call my Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV "onboro ALFA". The “onboro” is a Japanese word, it is similar to shabby in English I guess.

My “onboro ALFA” that returned on the road in 2010 is singing the "Alfa sound" on the winding road today, and will always be on my side as a good partner.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my wife and family for allowing me to spend a lot of weekend time and some expense to repair my "onboro ALFA".

(Please note that any photographs and texts used in this blog are prohibited to use without my permission. Moreover, all contents described in this blog, such as maintenance and all other activities, were done with my personal responsibility. If someone does same thing as the contents of this blog, I cannot take any responsibility for the results at all.)

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Tip to repair rubber parts

I disassembled the rear axle before. There had been no progress on it because I started the repair of the fuel tank during my summer holiday. While painting the fuel tank , I repaired the torn rubber boot of the parking brake wire. I guessed it didn ’ t cost high because it was small rubber part. But I wanted to try the repair method I read on the magazine article before. This was the condition before the repair. The rubber was torn apart and separated almost. I used this self-adhesive type butyl tape. I pasted lots of small pieces of the butyl tape on the back side of the rubber boot. As time goes by , these tapes would melt and stick together. After this I applied plenty of adhesive “ Super X Black ” on the rubber boot. On the magazine of MOTO MAINTENANCE , I read the article that the motorcycle seat was repaired with this method. So , I wanted to try it. After drying 1 day , it became like this....

Pad spring repair

One of the springs to hold the brake pads was broken. At first I thought to buy it, however, I tried to fix it using rivets. It seemed to be strong enough just to hold pads. Later I removed the rust and cleaned them. Note: I have been using this repaired pad soring for 10 years and there is no issue. Pad spring is not an expensive part ptobably (I don't know the exact price), but it is easy to repair if you have ar1750gtv hand rivetter. (My original blog was written on 10th May 2008 )

Body repair around the fuel tank

I found some rust at the flange in body around the fuel tank as I expected. I believed this level of rust in this area was quite usual for old Alfa Romeo. It seemed that this area didn ’ t influence on the body strength , however , I was considering the method what I could do by myself. Anyway in order to prepare the sheet metal for the repair at first , I started to look for the store where I could buy some sheet metal near my house. I tried to research the store on internet , but I couldn ’ t find appropriate stores. Finally I asked the person at repair shop , who did maintenance of my Renault 5 , about the store I could buy some sheet metal. They kindly taught me the store , but at the same time they gave me some sheet metal for free. That was enough volume for what I wanted to do. I didn ’ t expect it. Thanks a lot!!! (My original blog was written on 12th Sep. 2008 )

The day my "onboro ALFA" would revive

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