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Posted by: scotty b Nov 11 2008, 06:43 PM

I know some of you have a liking for the fubby looking Italian cars so I thought I'd put some pics up of the one I just finished. Nothing special other than it has 26,000 ORIGINAL miles !! One owner, obviously garage kept. Paint had gone the way of most old paint jobs despite his care of the car. Went to bare metal, NO, ZERO, NADA rust at all. Only a few dents and the normal crappy factory stamping at the corners.


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Posted by: scotty b Nov 11 2008, 06:45 PM

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Posted by: r_towle Nov 11 2008, 06:46 PM

is that gonna be.....














Ferrari red?

Rich

Posted by: scotty b Nov 11 2008, 06:47 PM

oknw


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Posted by: jc914 Nov 11 2008, 06:49 PM

Nice paint job it looks new

Posted by: scotty b Nov 11 2008, 06:50 PM

Damn I wish I had a red car to do Green is a change I can believe in


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Posted by: scotty b Nov 11 2008, 06:56 PM

The dissassembled red car in that pic is the GTA I have been working on for almost 4 years now. Anal concours car. WAY over restored but I love it, because it is the first car I have been told to do as nice as I can. Painted all the way out over a year ago, let uit sit and I am now wet sanding and re-clearing it. Gonna be uber slick. Got the removable panels done last week


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Posted by: okieflyr Nov 11 2008, 06:58 PM

Brings back fond memories. I got to use a red one just like it for a summer years ago. It was my daily driver from the office stable of cars, and it had a great running engine! With no a/c, it was HOT in August.

Posted by: r_towle Nov 11 2008, 07:06 PM

damn you do like red...
I was kidding when I said you must have gallons of red paint....I guess you do....

Rich

Posted by: scotty b Nov 11 2008, 07:11 PM

Wrong ! I do NOT like red. Never have, but the cars were predominately red so that's what I gots ta do. Me ? I kinda dig green, black, black cherry, dark purple, occasionaly blue if it's on the right car. Chryslers going blue...it's the right car, and the right shade

Posted by: r_towle Nov 11 2008, 07:15 PM

Damn shame you are not up here....great looking work there..

rich

Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Nov 11 2008, 07:59 PM

I had a blue one, a '68 titled as a '67. One of the most fun cars I've ever owned ............ Interior fell apart, though, just like a Ferrari or Maserati. The Cap'n

Posted by: Dr Evil Nov 11 2008, 08:06 PM

You can always ship

Posted by: TC 914-8 Nov 11 2008, 08:51 PM

It looks like on the Alpha emblem a snake is eating a man ?

if I was going to have a red car I'd have you do it, looks flawless.

Posted by: KaptKaos Nov 11 2008, 09:41 PM

I love those 105s. Gorgeous cars.

Posted by: LarryR Nov 11 2008, 09:45 PM

that is sweet. I love the depth in the paint. I have always had a soft spot for GTV's.

Posted by: 1970 Neun vierzehn Nov 11 2008, 10:09 PM

An extremely nice 1750 GTV sold for $44K in Monterey this past August. Back in the late '60s and early '70s, I subconsciously put the 105 series Alfas and 911s in the same price/performance category. However, when the late '70s and early '80s Alfas evolved into the Alfetta Sedan and Alfetta GTV, their weight, size and (relative to the 105 series) complexity caused them to lose some of the endearing "lightness of being" that we find so appealing in our 914s. The 911 went upmarket and the Alfas' market competetor became the 924/944 series.

Posted by: Borderline Nov 11 2008, 11:10 PM

Scotty, you do nice work. Beautiful!

Posted by: Rick_Eberle Nov 11 2008, 11:34 PM

No, just his soul, his mind, and his wallet. The rest gets spat out so it can buy a 914...

Posted by: plymouth37 Nov 12 2008, 12:21 AM

You really do some amazing work, that paint reflection is unreal!
I have always loved these little Alphas, I actually found a yellow one rotting away in the mountians above Boulder. After seeing this thread I may have to go take a closer look at it, as if I didn't have my hands full already...

Posted by: jmill Nov 12 2008, 07:49 AM

The GTV is also one of my favorites. I had a spider and a friend had a GTV. His was tan. Mine was zippier but I liked his better. Unfortunately a good one is out of my price range. Does it still have the fuel injection or did he go with the side drafts? I love the side drafts. It took me months just to find the Euro manifold and spacers.

Posted by: Bleyseng Nov 12 2008, 08:58 AM

One of my all time favorite cars, nice.

Posted by: Phoenix 914-6GT Nov 12 2008, 12:13 PM

Very nice work Scotty. Every time I see something you do I am impressed.

My best friend's father-in-law is the guy that sold his at Monteray for 44k. It was a very nice Alfa but his race car is better. He has an GTV with actual vintage race history that he tracks. Must be nice to have that kind of money

Posted by: beech4rd Nov 12 2008, 06:36 PM

Beautiful cars and excellent work. One of my earliest employers offered a company car with the job and I discovered that a Alfa 1750 Veloce was within the price range I was allowed. I asked for one and some six weeks after starting, I was told my company car had arrived. I was pretty excited until I discovered that the boss felt I needed a Mazda B1500 pick up. I quit two weeks later.
This is one of Giorgetto Guigaro's first designs and it holds up really well.
They did come in colors other than red. I saw this car at a British car show in Woodstock, NY last spring. Only the Jaguar E Types were better looking. I like the front fenders of the earlier cars that have the raised cut line running back from the outside edged of the front fender to the hood opening

Posted by: scotty b Nov 12 2008, 06:43 PM

You should the value of these things has really taken off the last couple years.

Jmill this one still has the stock fuel injection. 2.0 liter and plenty of zip. Obviously being this low mileage it is by far the best driving one I have been in.

Alfa Spyders ?? Pile of IMHO That car is an insult to the whole European car world, a step above the Lada. I hate them. No offense

Posted by: scotty b Nov 12 2008, 06:46 PM

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Yeah quite a story behind the badge. I can never completely remember it. I'll see if I can't find it on the net

here ya go

http://www.homdrum.net/alfa/alfahistory_logo.html

Posted by: beech4rd Nov 12 2008, 06:52 PM

The Alfa enblem is derived from the seal of the state of Lombardy, rather like the Porsche emblem is the city seal of Stuttgart. Alfa= Anomina Lombarda Fabrica Automobili. Or the Auto Manufacturing Company of Lombardy. And the 1750s handle better than the 2.0l cars because their engines weigh less and there's less " luxury " crap in the cars.
Chris

Posted by: kwales Nov 12 2008, 08:11 PM

That brings back memories...

I live that chasssis and engine. My dad had a 1750 Berlina which was a 4 door sedan on the same chassis. He paid $1450.00 for a car with 18k miles.

He saw an ad for a small car for sale, went to look at it, and a lady had just inherited a big car and a big estate and didn't want the little car anymore.

It was slow on takeoff and had great pickup at above 50...

Love the manual... 'Kindly do not exceed 132 mph in 4th gear"...

I can still hear my mom winding it out to redline whenever she drove.....

Ken

Posted by: krazykonrad Nov 13 2008, 03:20 PM

Nice!