New wheels

Another craigslist find - set of 5 wheels for the Spider. $220 for a set of 5. Guy flaked on me. Thanks again craigslist douche...

Persuasive Percussion Vol. 1

Amazing - on the hunt for Vols 2-4 as well as 'Provocative Percussion' Vols 1-4. All featuring cover art by Josef Albers. Picked it up for .99 cents at The Cow - cool vintage vinyl shop in Ocean Beach.

Updated Alfa Romeo Spider bumper

Anyone who has a Spider knows how crazy expensive a used bumper in decent shape can be. Mine is in fairly good shape so I wanted to make the best of it. The trim had pretty much disintengrated so I ripped it all off. Of course this revealed some inner rust beneath the rubber. Along with the small amount of rust was some 'swelling' - when the the rubber of the bumper expands due to the rusted steel. Not a lot, but enough to make the recessed gap wider at the center of the bumper than at either end. So, I removed as much surface rust as I could. I purchased adhesive chrome trim from Autozone for $18. I bought the widest they had [1.5"] so it would fill the widest part of the groove. After a small amount of trimming to get it in the groove, it came out pretty good. Not exactly stock looking but certainly way better than it was:

Wall unit

Well my patience finally paid off. Purchased this wall unit over the weekend for a very good 'as is' price. Knowing it had very good bones I jumped at it. After a good 3 hours of removing 50 years of funk and adding 3 coats of oil, I've got to say it looks amazing:

It is incredibly well made and does not show it's age. It is completely finished on the back so I'm guessing it was also made to function as a room divider.

Benvenuta!

My little money pit is home. Got her back on Tuesday. Repairs were a bit pricey but not too crazy. She'll be getting a full detail tomorrow...

[sorry for the blurry phone pic...]