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Back in the saddle?
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:49 am
by la_strega_nera
Well... somewhere around wednesday next week I pick up a new (to me) Alfa...
Flying from Brisbane to Adelaide and then driving back up in my "new" 66 GTV
Might have to start spending a little time on here again...
Ben
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:16 am
by Mezevenf
Dont forget to bring it to QR too
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:22 pm
by Mats
66 GTV? 105??
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:43 pm
by la_strega_nera
Yep, step nose GTV... LSD, 1800 alfetta engine, electronic ignition, decent exhaust, Konis...
Yeah, I'll probably bring the alfa out to QR a couple of times... at least untill the Falcon is finished
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:32 am
by Dennis
Welcome back Ben! Even though it's with a bloody 105...
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:45 am
by la_strega_nera
Yeah yeah, i know. but i've wanted one for ever, and it came up at the right price... Besides, I have to show the guys at work with a 156 and a 159 what a real Alfa is like instead of those Fiat things.
I don't think i could have another Alfetta series car, it would forever remind me of La Strega Nera (the car I should never have sold), and Porco Rosso (my dad's old GTV6GP)...
Maybe at some point i'll sell off the Falcon and build a really wild 116.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:36 am
by rz
the old gt veloce from '66 is a beautiful car.keep it forever!
i sold mine 14 years ago
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:05 pm
by Maurizio
for the looks I like the 105 series better, handling is transaxle.
But a 105 can have a watt-linkage
One off my favorites, the alfaholics car
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:18 pm
by Zamani
Ben,
Didn't u want to make a GTA replica a while ago?
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:55 am
by la_strega_nera
Yeah Z, I did have a GTA ish rep planned for historic rallying etc, but between the bare shell i had lined up being sold out from under me, the rules on the particular rally changing and then moving 3,000km it kinda fell over....
This thing will be basically a daily driver (sharing duty with my motorbikes) but will possibly be a little GTA-ified as i go... a panhard is fairly high on the list of mods (I'll effectively be building 2 panhard setups for 2 different cars at about the same time. Being realistic, the packaging hassles of building my own watts aren't worth the minor improvements over a well thought out panhard), although a Sliding block would be cool and completely impractical
The Alfaholics GTA rep is beautifull... but i'm in two minds about keeping the bumpers on it.
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:11 am
by bteoh
There's a beautifully restored step nose GTV for sale in Oz but he wants AUD$50k for it. Not sure if anyone would be interested at that price???
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:56 am
by la_strega_nera
not when I can pick up a plenty tidy GTV that was restored 18 years ago for 1/8 the price!