I'm posting this up on behalf of PhilTheBrick, in the hope that he will take up the baton and carry on putting his great Sud build info up.
To start from the absolute beginning, i bumped into Phil at my local BP station a couple of years ago. I was gassing up my old gold Sprint, and he was working in the kiosk/shop area, and had seen me pull in.
As the fuel pump hit second mortgage for half a tank, i just caught some sort of abusive comment regarding Alfa's, probably something like don't put too much in, it will only make the flames higher!
so i turned in the audible direction to see this fella coming across the forecourt, giggling and smiling, and soon to be reminiscing about all the old alfa's hed owned and still missed and loved today.Suds were his thing, and like many his age (ahem!) marriage, family, children, work had become the norm, and although still a real big fan, had become a modern Fiat owner mostly.
Phil only lived a stones throw from the BP, and i was only 2 mile further, and as we parted, i handed him a card, and my parting shot was "when you're ready, i'll get you in another sud, and go fetch it for you" etc etc etc
A few weeks later, the phone rang, "its me, Phil, BP petrol Station"
"yes mate, how are you?"
"fab, how much to fetch a sud i just bought?"
So this we did, and once again he was knee deep in metalwork, Sud bits, and thoughts of "what have i done?"
2 years on, and whilst the juggle of family and work is tough for all of us, Phil has made good progress, with essentially a bare shell rebuild of a late 4 door.
A DIY kinda guy, he's put a lot of work into the floor, inner wings and engine bay, screen surround, sills, etc etc, and i was there to lend a hand myself the other day with piecing together the ns rear quarter and arch, and so this is what we have so far
and the crowning glory, well glories actually, will be a beautiful set of 14" Compomotive Pent Star alloys with very tasty Yoko A048 tyres (now i wonder where he got them!) and a very nicely prepared 1712cc 8v motor.
Phil is pretty much there with the main body and chassis work, and will be turning his attentions very soon to the doors, bonnet, and tailgate.
and apparently, i'm going to be painting it!
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