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Indeed - the green car was TAN41M, the blue car TAN42M.
TAN43M was an 1800 Alfetta saloon but TAN44M was indeed a red car. This car was scrapped but I aquired the registration number for a 1979 Alfasud 1500 belonging to an old Girlfriend from around 10 years ago. I don't think it exists now, not seen her or the car for many years!
TAN41M is probably long gone now, but TAN42M does exist although in a poor condition - it does still run. It is in a barn awaiting restoration - I saw it around 8-9 months ago and almost decided to buy it back.
I think the blue 1974 car in the UK is TOT813M. It was restored by it's one and only owner who lived in West Wales. I saw it at the AROC national day about 6 years ago and it looked very good. It was a light purply/mauve colour with red trim. I would buy this if I could find the owner!
Whgen I was a member of the AROC (UK) the Sud registrar was a guy called Andrew Glover who lived near Silverstone. He was replaced by someone rather less helpful whose name escapes me. When I told him I owned TAN42M he actually called me a liar! Unreal. I didn't bother with them again after that.
The last time I saw an Alfasud on the road was in Germany. At the time (around 2 years ago) I had a BMW 840Ci and as I arrived at the OGP (OldTimer GrandPrix) at the Nurburgring, I saw a red 1300Ti Series 1 parked by the side of the road. I stopped, took a few pics of it, and the owner was puzzled why someone owning a 50'000 Euro BMW was interested in an old Sud :-)
I told him - it's not just about speed! The only BMW I ever had that was as good to drive around twisty roads as a Sud was the original M3 E30. That was a very special and expensive car, the Alfasud was cheap and Alfa made thousands and thousands yet it was much better to drive than any ordinary 3 Series made between 75 and '83.
Every other car felt very boring and ordinary after driving a Sud. What a pity Alfa Romeo pretend it never existed!
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