"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
04/29/2019 at 12:51 • Filed to: The Alfa Doesn't Have A Tag Yet
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"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
04/29/2019 at 12:51 • Filed to: The Alfa Doesn't Have A Tag Yet | 19
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The local Alfa club put on a tech session for convertible top replacement. Bring your car, parts, and willingness to get your hands dirty and in two days you’ll have a new top. I was the only one who showed up.
Overall the process went very well. We made a couple mistakes, and ended up having to do more work than anticipated, but overall it looks fantastic. I’ll have to get better shots of it later.
punkgoose17
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
04/29/2019 at 13:04 |
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Wow it looks nice. It looks much better than I remember. Is it just a new top and rockers or has more been done?
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
04/29/2019 at 13:05 |
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I was the only one who showed up.
I was gonna say, as a guy who also has an old Spider with a replacement top, this event didn’t really sound like it had a wide target audience.
Deltyn drives a meh car
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
04/29/2019 at 13:08 |
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Fresh rags are always nice! Cool that the club put this tech session on just fo r you. My dad loves these Alfa spiders. He worked at an Alfa dealership in the 70s in Colorado and had a couple before I was born. Then he actually bought a non runner around 2006 before immidiately selling it.
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Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> punkgoose17
04/29/2019 at 13:11 |
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Depends on how far you go back. Around March of last year it got the wheels, rocker work, and a little bit lowered . Might just look good because I actually washed it haha. But yeah, the top makes a big difference.
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
04/29/2019 at 13:36 |
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That looks great, and new tops are always nice.
That said, after replacing the top on my former miata, convertible tops are something that I will never, ever do myself again. There’s no special magic involved, but it is a long, long and tedious job, of which no part was particularly enjoyable. I learned why my mentor who owned a miata shop didn’t mess around with them and instead farmed out his probably 40+ top replacements a year to a friend’s upholstery shop. That is a check you write to the upholstery shop with a smile on your face.
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
04/29/2019 at 13:42 |
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Awesome, and lucky you they helped out! :D