old alfasud

futurealfaowner · #1 (**permalink**) 08-12-2005, 05:35 AM

Hi to all!
I'm a new user, I owned two Alfa in the past (a 75 (Milano) 2000TS and a
146). I'm a fan of the boxer engine and I'd like to by a 33 next year.
I'm posting this message to show you what I found in my uncle country house:
an old Alfasud (3 doors 1300 cc). Unfortunately the car is in bad conditions,
stopped since two years ago and my uncle said me it had a broken engine,
but every other part was good. The car is complete but is not possile to put
it on the road again. It could be a good source of spares!
Take a look to its photo too!

SprintVeloce · #2 (**permalink**) 08-12-2005, 07:39 AM

I'm still waiting for my first barn find... unfortunaltely no close relatives live in old country houses anymore....

Ontopic again: This car does not look to bad from this photo. Aside from the engine, what is wrong with it?

futurealfaowner · #3 (**permalink**) 08-12-2005, 09:24 AM

You can suggest to some of your relatives to move to the country!

I suppose there is nothing wrong apart the engine and the fact it was used as a van in the last times of its life. It may look strange but it has no rust!
Mario

SprintVeloce · #4 (**permalink**) 08-12-2005, 10:31 AM

An rust free Alfasud certainly asks to be kept alive.

New engine and interior, some bodywork (looks like a dent near the broken rear light).... few days work and a rare car back on the road... I know what I would do if a had such a barn find.....

kaBOOM · #5 (**permalink**) 08-12-2005, 09:49 PM

Rust free Alfa sud......yikes! I've seen only one in my life, which was a genuine one owner car.....

Snoozin · #6 (**permalink**) 08-13-2005, 05:34 PM

Awesome! IMO, definitely worth some hard work to put it back on the road, but I do say so with a slight element of bias!

I was on a run down to Dunedin a few months ago with the Datsun Owners Club (don't ask!) and we went to this beat up old shed, too check out some, well, Datsun's. And I was pleasantly surprised to find a very tidy Series 1 Sud Ti languishing beneath some heavy tarps and so on.... was very tempted to make an offer!