I bought her from a retired pensioner client of mine when his wife croaked.
She had 43000 loving km`s on the odo and having serviced and looked after her from new for old Mr Lane,I knew I was getting the best example available.
I whipped off the carbs and stuck 20l Motronic onto her..The best thing I could have done to this very sweet 1800 engine..
Went on holiday and got 1054 km,s on a 60l tank of fuel/gas.!!!!!
She was superb..I wrote her off 7 years ago in a pile up in the mist on the local freeway..also destroyed vertebrae but thats another story..
I found these and got my trusty old Hp scanner going on Vista..
My little Giulietta...mmmm,sorely missed~Barry
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The good thing is that we are using most of her doors and brightwork on my new Giulietta!
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Notice the car I nailled`s number plate surround emmbeded in the bonnet/hood.I banged him square on..also note all the crumple zones and how they worked..tha transmission tunnel looked like a corrugatet sheet..brilliant!
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Greg,You`d appreciate this..
The engine dropped down and went under the car,the prop crumpled and the gear box moved down.
Exactly as it should have in this circumstance..The roof kinked and all the crumple zones worked brilliantly..
The engine dropped down and went under the car,the prop crumpled and the gear box moved down.
Exactly as it should have in this circumstance..The roof kinked and all the crumple zones worked brilliantly..
French cars are shit and shit expensive to service and bloody awful and unreliable and expensive and friends don't let friends drive french cars and you wait years for parts.
Why do I get double posts..?
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French cars are shit and shit expensive to service and bloody awful and unreliable and expensive and friends don't let friends drive french cars and you wait years for parts.
it's amazing how everything worked as it should, still, it's very sad to see such a mint condition Giulie as a totaled car, I could very well use many of those parts you have from her...hehe, ...in my opinion, after the GTV6, and on a very close second, it's one of the most desirable cars from Alfa in the 1980's, specially the turbodelta one.... 
Barry you should share that story of yours with the others,as it's flipping hair raising. 
I remember when Barry told me you kind of think back to when you yourself were in a similar situation and how quickly it can turn into a disaster.I for thank Alfa for building such a safe motor car Mr B......otherwise I wouldn't have my lovely engine today... 
Seriously though I cannot wait to see your baby up and running with the new paint job.
I remember when Barry told me you kind of think back to when you yourself were in a similar situation and how quickly it can turn into a disaster.I for thank Alfa for building such a safe motor car Mr B......otherwise I wouldn't have my lovely engine today... Seriously though I cannot wait to see your baby up and running with the new paint job.
"Racing is life,everything before and after is just waiting."- Steve Mqueen
Hehe..Pethadine was my friend....Fernando wrote:Barry you should share that story of yours with the others,as it's flipping hair raising.
Seriously though I cannot wait to see your baby up and running with the new paint job.
Dont give too much away on the new car F..Im saving it all up.....
French cars are shit and shit expensive to service and bloody awful and unreliable and expensive and friends don't let friends drive french cars and you wait years for parts.