Alfa Romeo - Spare Parts

Old cars need spare part parts sometimes.

Having good knowledge of what could get necessary and where to find it is essential for holding cars:

• What could be addressed using technical manuals (official ones and not)
• Where needs to issue a list of suppliers

This brief article is aimed at aiding with "where" part.

Spare Parts Taxonomy

Spare Parts could be classified by two dimensions:

Suppliers

There are 3 types of part-suppliers:

• Reseller: shop providing new original spare parts (for some years), built by the original producer of the car.
• Rebuilder: smaller factory, authorized for making new spare parts, (very close to original) 
• Recontinioner: hand craft lab, capable of fixing and renewing old spare parts

Area

There are 3 main categories of parts:

1. Mechanical: parts belonging to live component fo the car (engine, transmission, suspensions, etc). Usually, these are made in metal, mainly. Most of them are shared accross models and, sometimes, between brands
2. Car Body: parts belonging to exterior and vehicle structure. Usually, these are made in metal, mainly. Most of them are not shared accross models, neither between brands.
3. Tapestry: parts belonging to finishment, hosting people, sealing and covering parts. Usually, these are made by textile and/or rubber. Few of them are shared accross models, very rarely between brands

Here some spare parts provider, based on the described taxonomy, useful for Alfa Romeo produced in '60s and '70s years (i.e. Giulietta, Giulia, Alfetta, GTV, etc):