This is a picture of the area behind the front wheel on the driver's side, after removing the splash panel that is supposed to seal off the cavity inside the fender. As you can see, it's filled with a lot of stuff that's not supposed to be there, likely the former home of a rodent.

I didn't get as much work done as I'd hoped this weekend but I did manage to sort some fasteners and temporarily mount the upper part of the oil pan and figure out where some of the nuts and bolts that I have been cleaning in my solvent tank go. Part of any good restoration is in using the proper fasteners, and having them in good condition. I am looking forward to the Concorso Italiano next weekend so that I can make plenty of pictures of engines and engine compartments so that I can figure out what goes where, and what sort of plating is correct. I believe Alfa Romeo used black oxide on a lot of the nuts and bolts, including the ones on the head, so I'll be looking for a local plater who can do that sort of work.

I also spent some time working on the body. I did some more sanding but also worked on welding up holes on the driver's side of the car. It's very tricky with a MIG welder because you have to use very low voltage to keep from blowing through the thin sheet metal. Once the hole was filled I used my angle grinder to grind them flush. There's still lots more of this work to do, but I am making progress.

I received some more tools from Eastwood and I'm awaiting some parts from IAP which will hopefully show up next week. I have a few very small bushings and bearings that I need to source before I can assemble the intermediate gear, timing chains and front timing cover and I need to find a place to get those as well.

Next weekend is the aforementioned Concorso Italiano, as well as the Monterey Historic races. I'm hoping to see lots of Giulias and learn more about how a stock 67 should look.

Ciao!

-tj