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Yes please ! :D
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Zman,1986...........
The BMW 325I,BMW325iS and 333i(3.3l motor..) were available here..and fitted with those headlights..

I wrote the car off in 1991 after only 53000km`s..The Recaro seats I had in came from a 1983 535i..

I built this car while I was doing my apprenticeship on aircraft...
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Jess,Post a pic of your Callaway,will you??
Only if you commit to re-make some of those front suspension pieces... :wink: Ah, well, here you go...
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Geez jes you've got some weapons of choice in your stable! :D

Nice car! plus i'll put a order in for suspension parts too thanks Barry :wink:

Looks like the MC/bias valve, radiator overflow bottle cope ok with the heat too?
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:D Hey,nice......In good condition as well(no offense Jess,lots look like shit...)

This is a piece of automotive history here...although I think the golf club will probably be remembered for longer....

The car totaly original??I have not seen one yet,besides pic`s....
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Golf club, golf club, ..., oh... sorry not a big golfer - took me a while, getting a bit slow here. Yeah, probably true...

Yup, completely stock with 52k miles on it. I think the callaway is mostly known in the US. In Europe I think they think of it as a Novitec kind of thing, although I tend to disagree somewhat with that as Alfa was involved with the callaway project, at least to my understanding.

Since I'm keeping the callaway original the verde and the 3.7 track only car are the science projects :roll: The verde is my daily driver at the moment as well as track car (until the 3.7 is ready to rock)...

Barry, how was weight would you guess the hollow torsion bars and light weight lower a-arms saved?

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Alfetta GTAM

Sorry matt. I can't make this gig today due to other more pressing committments. :(
I do notice that more photos have been posted on the ebay site pretty much covering what key things you want to see anyhow so there does not seem to be the same need for me to do this.
From the complete photos this is not a project for the fainthearted.
This vehicle comes from the era that earned Alfa Romeo king of the rust bucket manufacturers title which it has been shacking off ever since. I would expect that even after restoration, you would need to keep a close eye out for resurgence of rust in odd places. If rust is not a concern for you and Spica injection is , well then I think you could just have yourself a rare project.

The vendor is an antique dealer from Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. If you want to contact him by phone, his shop number is (07) 3283 1003. His name is Alan. I hope that helps.
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The Australians owe it to the worldwide Faithful to save this piece of Transaxle history!

Don't let us down boys! Only 9 more hours to bid as of this posting!

Only AU$500, what's that, like US$100???
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I agree MD

having seen those extra photos i think you really are paying for the GTAm plates......shame its got nothing more on it than a US spec GT :cry:

quite a bit missing too even front shocks + rust......................

I don't know about this......alot of work for a 'stock' gtv :?

Lets see how it goes???????

Hey MALDI we aussies aren't that poor :D $1 AU is about .77 of $1 US
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$1 AU is about .77 of $1 US
Hey, that's not bad - need to talk my sister into visiting - she's in Sydney and been using the poor exchange rate as "excuse" for not visiting... gotcha'... though I haven't visited her in Sydney for a while either :roll:
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MALDI wrote:The Australians owe it to the worldwide Faithful to save this piece of Transaxle history!

Don't let us down boys! Only 9 more hours to bid as of this posting!

Only AU$500, what's that, like US$100???
Oi! Stop trying to talk up the price of somethign I wanna buy!
I'm in two minds about this thing... i've battled the late 70s rust in my old GTV, so that doesn't really phase me, but getting rid of that damn sunroof does (I'd suspect the sunroof has leaked and f*cked the floor pans aswell).... i'm a bit iffy about whats been robbed off the car aswell. But stilll. there's that cool airbox and a neat chasis plate :P
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Jess,The hollow bars saved very little I think...they were lighter,but not much..

The ally lowers saved about 3 metric tonnes...!
They realy are light weight by comparison...cannot remember excact kg`s,but a lot..
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When I bought Autronic from Joe Beninca it was US$1 to AU$1.80. Autronic ECU only cost me US$780 hehe. We bought 6 ;-)
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Alfetta GTAM sold to Aussie buyer for $500 AUD.
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MD wrote:Alfetta GTAM sold to Aussie buyer for $500 AUD.
Yep, wasn't me either. forgot about the auction finishing time and was out of the house :(
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