Type 116 GTAm

[duckmcf]

Hi Gang,
Just for laughs I thought I'd kick off an Alfetta GTAm thread to see if anyone has any other pictures or info on the type 116 GTAm - The other GTAm.

I'm reasonably sure that around 25 Alfetta GTAm's found their way to Australia in 1976. I think it was to homolgate the 2.0 litre Spica injected motor for the local racing series, but that's about all I know (and I'm not even sure of that)....

Cheers
Noel aka DMcF

[la_strega_nera]

The Alfetta GTAm that I nearly bought off Ebay a while ago appeared to just be a Spica Injected Alfetta GT. It definitly had GTAm on the Chassis Plate though. It is the only one I'd ever seen/heard of though. Sold here in Brisbane on Ebay for under $1000 about a year ago?
It was Red and rusty, but between the GTAm chassis plate and the Inezione airbox I thought it was worth saving... unfortunately I couldn't be around at the end of the auction.

[GT JUNIOR]

Does any one have an idea of how many of these cars were built in total? What are the engine differences of 116 GTAm and a 105 GTAm? I presume the bolt pattern on the crank would be different. Anything else?

Luigi

[Zagato_Olaf]

Hi All,

In the book 'Alfissimo' by David Owen, Osprey 1979 I saw a couple of pictures of similar Alfetta's. Could this have been Alfetta GTAm's as well?

I saw: on the dustcover: Alfetta GT with licenceplate MI V85167 (Andruet in the Tour de Corse 1975), inside pictures of MI V89814 (Zanetti in the Rally of the four Regions), MI V85555 (Andruet in the Elba Rally 1975/Ballestrieri in the San Remo Rally 1975), MI V85554 (Ballestrieri in the Elba Rally 1975) and at least two more prepared for the Costa Brava Rally 1975 (Andruet/Biche and Bellestrieri/Mannini). The last entry had plate MI V76018 (partly visible in the picture).

Ciao! Olaf

[ALFA GTV6 GP]

There is one in Perth Western Australia a member of our Alfa club.

[Gabor K.]

Some interesting photos here! The 116 GTAm, an American spec. GTV was also raced here in Europe and won a championship in 76. According to an article I have from the time it had 248Hp out of 1985cc. The car is usually just called the Autovama car, named after an Alfa dealer in Italy, who probably was the sponsor.

Some photos and a link to participating cars in the series.

1977 Cars

[South Africa]

Dear all,

We had an ALITALIA Alfetta GTV and an Alfetta saloon car which raced in South Africa in the late 1970's to early 1980's. To the best of my knowledge these cars were stripped of their parts for other racing cars. The Alfetta cars were notorious for rusting away rapidly so neglected racing car bodies were thrown away.

The GTAm type engine with 8 valves were often used in the place of the more fragile 16 valve units.

There were also various suspension options like 5 stud centre lock hubs or more standard 4 bolt 98mm pitch hubs.

I have attached photographs of some components which came from such cars.

[Clayton105]

Yup!- basically: 25 RHD American spec cars with Aussie Alfetta GT trim (and a bigger fuel tank, not sure if the US cars had this tank... ?). Imported to homogolate the 2 liter engine for racing. Beninca's T-S GTV that was used in the Targa Tasmania a few years ago was originally one of them from what I believe.

My experience with them is in the last post in the thread below. I really should track down that car...

Alfetta GTAM Discussion

[vsharp]

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Originally Posted by Clayton105 Yup!- basically: 25 RHD American spec cars with Aussie Alfetta GT trim (and a bigger fuel tank, not sure if the US cars had this tank... ?). Imported to homogolate the 2 liter engine for racing. Beninca's T-S GTV that was used in the Targa Tasmania a few years ago was originally one of them from what I believe. My experience with them is in the last post in the thread below. I really should track down that car... Alfetta GTAM Discussion