2016 has so far been a very busy year at Alfashop. As Norfolk’s longest established Alfa Romeo and Fiat Independent Specialist we have been kept busy, both with planned repair work and the odd unexpected break down. The year started off with an influx of Alfa GTV’s at one point we counter 7 here on one day!

The 3.0 V6 is now becoming quite collectable, with very few registered in the UK. We are finding that our customers both through the workshop and via mail order are wanting high quality repairs as well as top quality parts. This is something that we at Alfashop can meet.

Lets not forget Twin Spark models, as the V6 rises in collect ability and value, the Twin Spark will follow suit.

The 916 range, both GTV and Spider are classic cars in the making.

We have carried out major engine over haul on both a Twin Spark GTV and a Spider so far this year. We had to carry out a repair on the GTV that had blown its head gasket in a major way. One of the small rubber oil cooler hoses had split, causing a loss of water.

The Spider engine work was a planned job. The car had been using a great deal of oil. This engine work involved a set of piston rings, big end shells and valve stem oil seals.

We are still working on the 1969 GT Veloce. This car will very soon be making its way to the body restorers.

At the point in writing this blog we are working on a 1983 Alfa Sud Sprint Green Cloverleaf. This has brought back fond memories for many of our customers, whose love affair with Alfa started with these cars.

A new procedure we have used in 2016 is headlamp refurbishments. Cars with plastic headlamp lenses suffer as the lens becomes cloudy and can affect the headlamp performance, this can cause a car to fail an MOT.

Our refurbishment polishes the lens making them look almost like new and improve the headlamp performance at night. All at a fraction of the cost of headlamp replacements.