The Alfa Thread

[BlackbirdM3]

The engine. Its been sitting for a long time, but is healthy. I will give it a good cleaning before I drop it in the car.




Will

[Wschnitz]

Gonna paint the block/cover at all? or leave plain metallic.

[BlackbirdM3]

Gonna paint the block/cover at all? or leave plain metallic.

Its aluminum, no reason to paint it. I'll give it a clean up before I put it in the car, as well as polish the valve cover to a mirror shine. I also have a black valve cover I can use.

Will

[flyboyx]

this thread never fails to rustle my jimmies. really happy to see you are posting again will.

is that engine a 1750?

[djjerme]

Looks like my buddies old Berlina sold on BAT and will be heading back to the west coast.. now I have to convince him to get his current Berlina up to snuff..


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[BlackbirdM3]

this thread never fails to rustle my jimmies. really happy to see you are posting again will.

is that engine a 1750?

There was a pause in available time, as well as $$$$. The $ issue is now gone, however the time issue is still present

yes that is a 1750 that makes about 160 hp at the flywheel, and I'm doing my best to make it look like a 1300 to the untrained eye.

I got the whole front suspension off the car, scrubbed and more or less ready for paint. The stock springs are about 1/3 taller than the Alfaholics race springs that are going in. That fender gap that is seen in the pic, will be mostly gone, with no engine in the car. Oh, the micro sized front sway bar really has nothing on the 1 inch bar that is replacing it. The Alfaholics front swaybar is massive. There will be zero bodyroll with this suspension. Amazingly, all the ball joints, tie rod ends and pivots are in perfect shape, as are the rubber boots. Not bad for being 59 years old.

Tomorrows order of business is to get the ball rolling on the custom 4.10 54% lockup LSD rear end. Another not cheap part, but totally needed.

Will

[BaltimoreBimmer]

She's seen better days...



Not sure why it's not embedding....

https://imgur.com/kU5kTFV

[Wschnitz]

Just write 'Not a 1750' on the top, enthusiasts wont know the difference. Lol.

Cant wait to see it done, make me want to buy an Alfa. Keep getting this dumb or not dumb idea to buy a Milano or Milano Verde and make an Alfa 75 clone.

[BlackbirdM3]

She's seen better days...



Not sure why it's not embedding....

https://imgur.com/kU5kTFV

That will be a VERY large hole in the ground into which you will throw mountains of $$$$$$$$. Knowing that, perhaps it might be worth building that into a race car and forgetting about all the missing trim pieces and other hard to find bits.

Good luck with that rebuild.

Will

[BlackbirdM3]

I made some progress over the weekend. I got my whole front suspension refreshed, no more Sprint on stilts.



The new front sway bar is no joke...



The passenger side front suspension all redone. I found pitting in both front wheel bearings on that side so I wasn't able to get the hub assembled.


In other news, the custom modified 105 rear end has been ordered. The diff is a 4.10 LSD with a 54% lockup. That should be done by the middle of July.

Will

[BaltimoreBimmer]

That will be a VERY large hole in the ground into which you will throw mountains of $$$$$$$$. Knowing that, perhaps it might be worth building that into a race car and forgetting about all the missing trim pieces and other hard to find bits.

Good luck with that rebuild.

Will

Oh right....this was a debuild actually. So we have every single trim piece. My pops and I stripped the car of anything we could and trashed the shell. It suffered serious frame damage on top of an engine fire. At 167k+ miles, I think she lived a good life.

That was my moms. My dads is red and doing much much better, albeit disassembled. But still.

Pops informed me we will possibly rebuild his this winter! (He turboed his spider once out of warrantee)

Teaser (and a photo of the good angle of the blue one)

http://imgur.com/sH8OIqq

http://imgur.com/RWVucy8

[Aleman]

Interesting one for sale:::

1976 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT - $4000 (Downingtown)

https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/6185898053.html

1976 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT. 77k miles. Trying to downsize the number of car projects I have. Current Pa antique tags. Runs and drives but needs some minor work to really be roadworthy. Has a low mileage engine (65k) with alquatti cams, dual sidedraft dellortos, header, and Ansa exhaust. Needs carbs cleaned and adjusted. Recent brake master cyl, & clutch master cyl. New water pump, BWA mags & steering wheel. Euro bumpers, car was lowered with GTV6 front torsion bars & rear springs. Body is rust free, very nice interior with the original 'early' door panels, headliner & rare Behr AC. Dash is still uncracked. Descent paint with some minor dings & scratches. Hood & roof do need waxed. A very solid car with a bunch of rare period performance upgrades. I don't think you'll find another one like it. Cash only in person. Please no scammers. I can transfer the 'antique tag' to the new owner if you want.
** I also have a parts car of the same year that can go with it if your interested.

[LateFan]

I like it.

Do cars rust badly in Philadelphia? Check very carefully - Alfettas rust. Engine compartment is grimy, but should clean up. Little chrome bumpers, kept up it seems. Nice price if no rust IMO.

With the right wheels and height, those can look really good.

[Wschnitz]

I wouldn't be surprised if the rear hatch edge is mostly bondo.

[LateFan]

It has the feel of something that was kept inside. If the miles are real, that's good (although change all the rubber etc if it's been sitting). Check under the chrome at the rear hatch window and the windshield / cowling for rust.

My experience from Alfas of this era is that those guys who knew what they were doing and loved them, they were set up well and were fast and handled well, but they weren't too worried about a showroom clean engine and maybe they didn't wash it often - they just drove them.