Any Alfa fans?
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I have a 1986 Spider sitting in my garage waiting for me to replace the carb mounts. It has dual Dellorto carbs. I only drove it home after purchasing it and haven't gotten around to this project yet. 
I also have a 1976 Fiat 128 that my dad bought in 1981 or '82. It blew a head gasket when I was in high school and has't run since. It has been sitting for the past 24 years and I don't think it is worth even keeping anymore although last year Automobile magazine called it a collectible classic.
This isn't my Alfa, but is what mine looks like :
I also have a 1976 Fiat 128 that my dad bought in 1981 or '82. It blew a head gasket when I was in high school and has't run since. It has been sitting for the past 24 years and I don't think it is worth even keeping anymore although last year Automobile magazine called it a collectible classic.
This isn't my Alfa, but is what mine looks like :
Love Alfa's...BUT not their reliability, LOL. That first one is a beauty, do you know what model it is?
While the Dodge vehicles today are known for their Hemi engines, Fiat first had a hemi in 1907 and Alfa Romeo in 1914. My Spider Veloce has a hemi!
Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale
The first vehicle is a tipo33 stradale and the second is a gtv6
I own a gtv6 and aspire to the tipo33
I've owned both a TZ and a Duetto, raced the '66 Duetto back in the 70's. Never had an reliability issue other than with the fact that they gave exactly zero thought to rust prevention. But corrosion was not a big deal in Northern CA.
They were fun cars, with a light flywheel and limited slip the Duetto made short work of German hardware be it autocross in the parking lot of the local Jr College or at Sears Point.
And yes a classic HEMI head. You could look right through the engine if both valves were open...... and with 110 degrees of overlap they frequently were.
Cyclotronguy
They were fun cars, with a light flywheel and limited slip the Duetto made short work of German hardware be it autocross in the parking lot of the local Jr College or at Sears Point.
And yes a classic HEMI head. You could look right through the engine if both valves were open...... and with 110 degrees of overlap they frequently were.
Cyclotronguy
Oh, yeah. I used to watch a guy drive his pre-war Alfa at Limerock- which, if you know it, is a pretty small track. Grew up with those cars- came close to buying an old Duetto to run the Targa Florio a few years ago. Lancia, early FIATs, Ferraris- love 'em all, the older the better.
The first car I bought after graduating from university was an Alfa GTV6. This exact one:
Keith
nice to see you back in our neck of the woods. I hope your work load has been ameliorated and you have some more free time to spend her (especially since the new iphone release will be announced Sept 10
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the pics below are a one off pininfarina-bodied guilia 1600 sport, besides the pre-war race cars and monoposto cars the pinin concept alfa is one the most desireable. my father in law purchased this very car for matsuda-san, the tokyo real estate tycoon, back around 1980. he bought it off a san fransico based collector for approx 60 grand and made the 500 mile drive down hwy 101 to his residence in socal. today its worth is probably north of a few mil. it was one of the stars at villa d'Estes a few years ago and was the first time it had been been publically displayed in the last few decades.
my FIL exported a number of rare ferraris and porsches for matsuda-san during this period when the ferrari and porsche museums of japan were in existance. My FIL got the full walter mitty experience on a number of occaisions here and at Fuji raceway in japan. matsuda-san and otis chandler of LA Times fame (who also owned a 917k) would rent riverside raceway for the day to run their porsche 917ks and matsuda-sans 917/30...yes a 917/30, both cars my FIL got to take hot laps in. its a crying shame i didnt know my future inlaws back then!
my FIL exported a number of rare ferraris and porsches for matsuda-san during this period when the ferrari and porsche museums of japan were in existance. My FIL got the full walter mitty experience on a number of occaisions here and at Fuji raceway in japan. matsuda-san and otis chandler of LA Times fame (who also owned a 917k) would rent riverside raceway for the day to run their porsche 917ks and matsuda-sans 917/30...yes a 917/30, both cars my FIL got to take hot laps in. its a crying shame i didnt know my future inlaws back then!
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is that a lhd or rhd gtv6, it has the non-us bumpers which I used to have on one of my previous cars.
Keith
nice to see you back in our neck of the woods. I hope your work load has been ameliorated and you have some more free time to spend her (especially since the new iphone release will be announced Sept 10
Thanks Steve. Don't worry, I will be around to bash it
Here are a few more pics from the Melbourne Alfa club day:
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