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1974 Alfa Romeo Berlina

September 9, 2009

Update, 9/10/09: Another one that got away! This one sold in about 24 hours, as posted on the AlfaBB.

Well, sometimes the car you like is the first one you lay eyes on. And after some of the cars I saw in Peru, this one looks a minter. For a Berlina, this is actually a pretty decent deal – this 1974 Berlina in Nichols Hills, OK (near OKC) for $1000 firm. When I was looking for a car (and ended up with my Beta sedan), I looked at a Berlina up in Petaluma, ca, but it was a rusty ex-Washington barn-find car with a mildewy dead-animal smell inside for three times this price, so I turned him down. Ever since then, I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled for a reasonably priced Berlina (along with all the other cars in my fantasy garage!).

1974 Alfa Berlina front

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Replace your slave cylinder plus bonus Beta update!

July 14, 2009

While messing with the Lancia and knowing I had some upcoming work on the Alfetta, I took the latter down to the garage in exchange for the former, which I took to Custom Alignment for some new tires and then up to Jaan for final resolution on the rough running and lack of power (more on that later). When I got back to the garage a couple of weeks back just to fire the Alfetta up and take it around the block a bit, the clutch dropped straight to the floor. Sure enough, there was a puddle under the rear of the car (transaxle in the back means the slave is back there too). So I continued on my star-crossed seatbelt installation and left the rest for later.

I picked up a new slave from Alfa Parts for about $67. While this is more than some other vendors charge, I’d read some things which led me to doubt the quality of the cheaper parts, plus I’m all about supporting local vendors, especially those that can get a part to me by Friday when I order on Thursday afternoon.

Alfetta - new slave cylinder

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Holy Pistons! 1976 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT turbo

July 8, 2009

Update, 7/8/09: This car is now available on eBay, with better pictures showing its condition. Still looks like a solid project for that price, and it’s possible this is a period Jafco turbo setup.

As you might know if you’ve looked around elsewhere here, I’m the proud owner of a faded and somewhat rusty, but solid and reliable, 1979 Alfetta GT (sprint veloce). The shape shows some typical design characteristics of its period, and the car is very close in some ways to the contemporary VW Scirocco and Lotus Esprit (start with the trapezoidal windshield), which were all done by Giugiaro. Anyway, I thought I’d post this car to assuage my guilt about not finishing off the Alfetta’s clutch slave cylinder – it’s all hooked up, just needs bleeding and bolting into place to be done.

This sweet-looking car (okay, the flesh-toned paint job is a little weird) has the desirable 5-star Daytona-style wheels, a lip spoiler on the hatch, rollbar, and a large turbo. It is listed for $2500 in Denver, CO. The seller has had the car garaged for years, and has now realized he will never get this non-running car on the road. As you can see in the side shot below, the car has also been lowered:

1976 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT side

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