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A belated reply to Mark's question, "... why early Alfetta dash vs GTV dash?"
While not always the case but frequently the first version of a new model is the purest. I believe that to be the case with the Alfetta GT. When I first saw an Alfetta GT (in a dealership) I loved the tach sitting by itself directly in front of the driver. I'd driven a 1950 2.5 Riley for a number of years which had all of the instruments in the center. In this case, it made it handy for them to make it either left or right hand drive. Some years ago I got Brookland's soft cover book of Alfetta/GTV6 reviews from 1974 to 1987. Almost to a reviewer they hated the rest of the instruments being placed in the center. (I have to add, that it's such a shame that BMW put the instruments in the center of the 'new' Mini's dash, no wonder they've only sold a half gazillion of them).
This just convinced me that tthe Alfetta GT dash - especially the very early ones (sans fake wood) - were way cool (to coin a phrase).
They also complained about the shifting situation. There they had a point - especially when compared to the (almost identical) slick shifting 105 transmission. I've recently installed a rebuilt with lightened gears transmission in my '75 Alfetta GT. Once second gear is broken in a bit more, I'm going to drive over to every reviewer's 'place' and make them take if for a drive. True, the reviewers (if they haven't fallen off their perch by now) in the UK and OZ might complicate these plans, but ...
Buzzed/Mike's project really doesn't need any advertising - he already has a very large and loyal following on the progress of the turbo&supercharged Nord engine. But if you haven't visited by all means do so. Pretty neat to design and build-up an engine which is going in a roughly 30 year old (pristine) Alfetta GT(V) and has the potential HP of many modern supercars.
Biba
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