Thread: Thoughts on Carello headlight covers on a 69 spider - Page 2 - Alfa Romeo Bulletin Board & Forums

Nice post! To me the headlight covers with a chrome finished edge looks more purposeful, as do period Ferrari, et al headlight covers. Without that, the current Carello covers we get look like an after thought or perhaps where someone left off the chrome trim kit when they installed it. Add this to the list with: carbs vs. Spica, with or without pan guards, etc.

[quote=skydoc2336;645056]I Have A Broken Tab On One Of Mine. Can Those Be Fixed?/QUOTE] I've had this problem since 1967. Sometimes you get the little rubber inserts the go in the hole. OK, but too soft and don't stay in. a little harder plastic would be nice. When my tabs broke off - two or three times per year if I kept buying covers - I cut a 5 mm by 25 mm thin aluminum tab and screwed it to the cover with a little #6 screw and...

To cover or not to cover your headlights - that's the question It must have been very amusing to be the fly on the wall in the design studios of Pininfarina and Bertone those days in the beginning of the sixties. I guess many discussions have been about headlights. We all know about the battle of the Giulietta Spider between the two design houses and in light of this thread it is funny to remember how much better the Bertone design with...

Quote: Originally Posted by Gregg822 I am having my car repainted and I am in the process of restoring it, and can't make my mind up about the headlight covers and if they are appropriate for a 69 spider. Any thoughts?

Interesting historical observations on spider development etc. I thought that the Duetto was a direct descendent of the superflow show car series. Perhaps that's what you're referencing. (at office without photos as well) Regardless, the superflow "series" showed all of the precurser design cues that ended up on the Duetto. The general profile, including covered headlamps, round tail with integrated tail lights and...

Well, I favor the covers.

Only slow black spider owners like Murray and Enrique wear lace stockings on their legs...and arms too....when they drive their trailered racer concours princesses. Dan, Vin Hogan can't touch the pearl! BTW...Gregg went with the covers as I threatened him if he didn't! As with all things beautiful, and like the Alfa they adorn, I will submit they can be a pain at times. But they simply "complete" the style lines on...