My 73 Gt Junior 1600

[manuelalfaholic]

Visiting my country of birth. I bought this car in January 1988 and have had it since . This car was the Alfa bug for me . It is a 1973 GT junior 1600 according to museo storico was Bianco spino and black tex interior.Now it has a hot 2.0L. So 20 year aniversary violla!

[karmat]

Nice car!

Karl

[tibones]

Very nice I dig the black on black

[Zunige]

Beautiful GTV... Congratulations!

[RossoGTV4Me]

It's hot. Bring her over so we can go for a ride!

[manuelalfaholic]

OK I'm back in town.
Here are some more photos of engine bay and interior. I know the seats should be switched left to right since this model only had 1 headrest (Passenger side) but my question is for the air filter. Has anyone seen one of these? and can you shed some light. I could swear through the thick paint on it I could see some sort of AR number and it fits the bottom pan very nicely with the 4 clips in the right positions. Also my engine cover (valve cover) looks like its from an early spider 80s. when all this work was done back in 1988 I didn't know anything about these things.

[manuelalfaholic]

My Turbinas are 13 inches too. Did 105 bodied cars ever have those? or are they borrowed from another alfa ? They look like they are magnesium and say "Campantura" on them.

[giulia_veloce]

Hi Manuelalfaholic.

The Cam cover is from a 4 cylinder 1983-86 Alfetta GTV, and sedan as sold here in Australia.
Weird air filter set up.
I have seen it before,somewhere.
Does anybody have an information about the air filter set up ?
Maybe your car has a 2 Litre engine fitted.

[giulia_veloce]

Sorry,
Your car is a 2 litre.
Maybe i should have looked at the pics before saying something stupid like that.
On the other hand,A few european cars had a 2 litre grille and tail lights,and dash,and had a 1600 engine fitted.
OK,im an aussie,but 2 litre cars sold here had the above only.
Overseas,it was available in 1600,with 2 litre grills etc.
Another look at the pic= 2 litre grill,2 litre taillights,1600 dash.
Yes,its one of those cars,with different bits,not sold in Australia.
Amazing the differences they did for the world wide market.

Robert

[manuelalfaholic]

I believe you are correct about the motor. Yes my car does have a 2L motor and it is very possible that my mechanic sourced it from an Alfetta back then. I still have no real info concerning the air filter set up for my weber carbs. Thanx Manuel......

[Giorgio68]

Manuel,

That is one nice looking GTV. When I go back home for a visit I am definitely borrowing your car, nothing else will satisfy me.
Did you take more pictures, I miss those narrow roads and hills, just right for the Alfa.

Giorgio

[Haig]

Manuel....your junior is way too cool....and those air boxes....very unique...

[karmat]

I personally have always liked the more minimalist interiors on the various juniors throughout production. The lack of console and simply a small gauge pod looks great!

Karl

[manuelalfaholic]

Thanx you guys for the kind words, I had a really fun time driving this car around, it brought back some very fun memories. The torque on it is very nice and the fact that it has euro cams and a lightened flywheel plus some machining on the webers was evident of the advanced power. I was carving those hills very nicely (Giorgio68) knows how twisty they are.

[Alleggerita]

FWIW, the air filter set-up is an oil bath type for dusty conditions. They were common for South Africa, Namibia, etc. They do rob top end power.