Final specification:-

• Full GTA aluminium body conversion
• Alfaholics air-conditioning system
• Hydraulic power steering conversion
• Full leather and alcantara interior with Wilton wool carpets
• Concealed modern Sony bluetooth stereo system – with a dash mounted 1960s Motorola head unit interface
• Alfaholics big valve Monza Twinspark engine running on 45mm Webers with 3-D mapped ignition
• Alfaholics gearbox
• Alfaholics competition LSD axle
• Alfaholics fast road/trackday suspension package
• Alfaholics aluminium adjustable dampers with 2 1/4″ spring conversion
• Alfaholics aluminium race T bar
• Alfaholics lightweight suspension member and titanium suspension bolt package
• Alfaholics 6-pot front brakes, billet aluminium rear calipers
• Alfaholics billet aluminium pedal box conversion

Assembly completed, car ready to road test prior to flying to Dubai. The colour combination is exquisite; the dark blue paint work highlights the stainless trim work superbly and the burgundy leather creates a wonderfully inviting interior.

Car now ready for trimming with only the air-conditioning/heater box still to install. The full air-conditioning installation under the bonnet is completed with bespoke bracketry for installing the pump on the engine, condenser unit and evaporator/dryer bottle. The full power steering installation is complete with bespoke bracketry for installing the pump on the engine and bespoke v-belt pulley system to drive it. Boot fully boarded out for trimming and with modern Sony head unit hi-fi installation in boot. The period Motorola head unit on the dashboard is purely a remote control for the modern system hidden in the boot. This gives the perfect blend of classic aesthetics inside the car with modern high quality sound, i-phone/i-pod connectivity and CD.

• Full car set of stainless steel trim polished and installed
• Doors built up with 1/4light frames, door glass, channels and new regulators
• Headlining installed
• Bespoke smoke silver wheel finish applied to Alfaholics 7×15″ GTA wheels & Yokohama Neova tyres installed
• GRP dashboard mocked up in place along with GRP consoles
• Wiring loom made and installed along with harness for 3-D mapped ignition system
• Alfaholics dual circuit LHD pedal box installed
• Girling race clutch master cylinder conversion installed
• Alfaholics competition propshaft installed
• 1750 GTV steering column sleeve modified to fit S4 needle roller bearing and double UJ’d shaft

With sub assemblies built up prior to the body arriving back from the paint booth, we have had a very productive first week of assembly. Parts specification as follows:-

• 216BHP Alfaholics 75 Twinspark engine with power steering pump installed
• Power steering box
• Close ratio gearbox
• 4.55 rear axle built with Alfaholics performance LSD unit
• Alfaholics 6-pot front brake kit and billet aluminium rear calipers with sport rear discs
• FIA 2 1/4″ front spring conversion with lightweight wishbones and lightweight spring pans
• Alfaholics front suspension geometry kit with rose jointed track rod kit
• Alfaholics 55 litre aluminium foam filled fuel tank

Aluminium bodywork completed and ready to paint, quality of work is outstanding!

With all the chassis restoration completed, the steel panels were all drilled off. The shell was then re-blasted in all the newly exposed areas prior to being black epoxy coated. With dummy suspension fitted, it’s ready to have the aluminium panels fitted.

The shell went through the same media blasting processes as all our restorations, removing all the paint, filler and sound deadening first, then a second media blast to remove corrosion from any areas of the chassis that are not replaced. Next it is immediately expoy primed to seal the metal work before work is carried out.

The donor car was an ex-Italian 1970 Step Front Junior which we had in stock. This was chosen as the most suitable donor model for this particular build as our customer requested a step front car but liked the interior styling of GTA-R 1004 & 1005 which were both based on late GTVs and fitted with 1750 dashboards and consoles. These last of the line step fronts in 1969 & 1970 left the factory with 1750 style dashboards, thus making an interior finish like 1005 possible in a step front shell.

Our customer was keen to create the ultimate step front GT using the highest quality materials, with an emphasis on both luxury and lightweight construction. As a result, to reduce weight wherever possible, this shell is having all its steel outer panels removed and a full aluminium GTA specification body fitted. Our customer lives in the middle east, so with temperatures reaching 40 degrees C regularly, the car will be fitted with modern, efficient air conditioning. As the car will be used often in cities, for ease of driving, it will be fitted with hydraulic power steering.