1977 Alfa Romeo Giulia Nuova Super

All of this is excellent, the colour, the wheels, the stance, the interior, the lights and did I mention the colour, WOW!.... so get on with it and give us more details and pics please

Ha thanks... Don't look too closely though, or you'll see the sills need respraying, the arches have split and that I've got gorilla tape holding the glovebox shut

A major family bereavement has meant that I haven't had time (or money) to spend on doing much to the Giulia over the past few months, but today I finally got back on it.

I've been bugged by this weird split on the driver side wing that just looks really strange. I thought the wing was metal, but because of the strange 'split' I have been worried that perhaps the whole wing is just curse word plastic or something...



So I had a bit of time today to finally get at it and take a look. And errm...



There's about 8mm of filler over some strange cuts...



It looks like someone has attached it with a bread knife. I just can't work out why/how someone would have done that? And also, how they thought that just whacking a curse word load of filler on top was a good idea.

Other than that, the rest of the body isn't in too bad of a shape actually. Sills and floorpans *appear* to be solid. So I've just got a few holes - and slash marks - to deal with...



Tomorrow I'll attack it with a sander and really get under the skin!

Yeah, the rear panels have been done but that cut is in one of the originals. It almost looks like someone attacked it witha Jigsaw and then thought better of it half-way through.

Either way, it's getting patched/replaced.

Loving this, very cool car. The Italian saloon cars are just so sweet.

Such a beautiful car. Hope you get the wings sorted, someone was very brave/stupid to try do that to such a car! Look forward to seeing this at some point 👌🏽

Yeah - I think that's EXACTLY what's happened. But to do it like that is just awful.

I just wish that was the main issue here - but that front wing is impossible to locate, literally none available everywhere, so it's going to be an interesting few weeks trying to work out what to do.

In other news, I did manage to find an original 1970s Alfa Romeo windscreen vinyl/sunshield sticker, so you know... Swings and roundabouts!

Still haven't worked out what to do...

Was offered a decent price for the car in it's current state and the sensible thing would be to get shot of it. BUT I JUST CANT!

I completely forgot to say the most important bit in my previous post... Your car is looking really great! I can see why you don't want to make the 'sensible' decision. I'd say with the wing, if you can weld then try breaking it down into simpler sections . If it's just the headlight recess area then it looks to me like a flat shape for the recess, then make a circular 'band' to weld to it. If you have a little mig welder then I'm sure you could practice making some test ones until you get it nailed. Alternatively you may find a body shop / restorer who'd tackle the metal work for you which wouldn't be so costly as the full repair with paint. Given that the car will need paint from your current repairs. Don't lose heart, I'm sure you can figure it out!