My 1970 Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV

A couple of weeks back I finally got my license plates for my Alfa and since then been trying to drive it as much as possible. Transcrate my shipping company handled all the paperwork and process for me so if you want to know what the process was to get plates I have no idea. The first drive I think was the scariest since I didn’t know if everything was working properly, or if something was broken or would break. Thankfully, everything is running great so far.

I’ve actually been driving the car pretty hard, with old cars things will breakdown its something you just have to accept. Since I want this car to be my winter daily, then I need whatever it is that is about to break to actually break so I can swap the part out for a newer one. One thing that is super weird is the widespread availability of all the parts. Websites like Classic Alfa stock all the parts I need for my car and ship directly to Kuwait with DHL. I love that because I can drive the car and not have to worry about something going wrong because if something does go wrong I can just easily have the part delivered in a few days.

So far the things that have gone wrong with the car have been minor. The fan belt needed replacing and I found a new compatible belt locally, my dashboard lights toggle switch broke so I ordered a new one, and finally, my left turn signal stopped working but I haven’t had time to figure out why. But that’s it so far.

The car is a lot more fun to drive than I was expecting. It’s pretty zippy, sounds great and I love the very minimal interior. I don’t even have a radio in this car and I like that although it means I no longer can listen to podcasts on my way to work in the morning.

On the other hand, my blue Datsun 240z is now getting a full restoration job. Currently, it’s being stripped down to its bare shell so that all the rust can be removed and holes patched before getting a proper paint job. There is a garage called Blue Collar that just opened a new location to handle classic cars and they’re the ones who are doing all the bodywork. Another garage is rebuilding a new engine for me in the meantime while I’ve also been ordering parts online for the past few weeks. The bodywork alone needs around 3 months so I’m hoping to have the car ready before summer since the Datsun will be my summer daily.

If you have a classic car let me know in the comments below and please share a picture!