North American Production numbers for.... - Page 2

**sprintgtc** · #16 (**permalink**) 09-09-2004, 08:33 AM

Quite a few of what we call '74s were not sold until '75 or even '76. Alfas often spent years on the dealership lot- just ask someone who worked for or owned a dealership in the day.

LSUFAN- #5958 is a late production number, but I've seen others close to that. I'm sure Alfa's paperwork said it was a '74, but it could have been made later. In my family, we have a '74 that was sold new by Moore Motors of Bellevue, WA in April of '76.

Also, keep in mind that the '74 115.01 had several exemptions from the new and ever tightening US federal regulations -the non 5mph bumpers are the most obvious example. The Alfetta was a late arrival for '75 (and it was heavier and slower here in the US), so I wouldn't be surprised if Alfa kept right on shipping 115.01 GTV's to the US past the normal August model year end.

I love a good Alfa production mystery

LSUFAN · #17 (**permalink**) 09-09-2004, 10:43 AM

Good question. I don't know. The only info I've been able to get so far is the Serial number from a copy of the Title. The Title is CA and they indicate that the first title year was in '75 for the vehicle. Seems like this kind of info should be out there on the web somewhere, but I have been unable to find it. Does that mean that the 980 something '75's and few '76's listed are all Europe models only? I sent an e-mail to Elvira and ALFA. Hopefully someone can feed me a little more info. I should hopefully have the car delivered by the end of next week or the beginning of the following.

GTVsOldn'New · #18 (**permalink**) 09-22-2004, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by LSUFAN

Got the number today from the seller. Problem, doens't seem to mesh Gianni's post. The number is as follows: AR3025958. Anyone have any useful clues? It's titled as '74, but was not originally titled until '75.

LSUFAN · #19 (**permalink**) 09-22-2004, 05:20 PM

November 27, 1974 was her birthday. A few days after yours. Unfortunately she couldn't provide any info on when the car was sold and where. The research continues.

alfisto69 · #20 (**permalink**) 03-28-2008, 11:49 AM

So what happened?? Can't wait to find out..

It's like waiting on a Sopranos nexr season

Zagato_Olaf · #21 (**permalink**) 03-28-2008, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by GianniB

Actually, it seems to fall into the '1975' range that I originally mis-typed (since corrected). I've posted a question about the '1975' serial number range to the Alfa Digest, hopefully one of the hardcore historians will be able to shed some light on D'A & T's 1975 115.01's. 1974 was the last year of the GTV in the States due to the change in crash standards for 1975 which led to the ugly (IMHO) big rubber bumpers on the 1975 Spider as compaired to the 1974 Spider. Don, what is the build date of your car?

alfisto69 · #22 (**permalink**) 03-28-2008, 12:47 PM

Ciao Olaf!
On a personal note does it mention the year my 1600 GTJ was built?
AR 2201053
Engine no. 00536 S 2663

Does the engine match the chassis I wonder?

Also you have a 'lusso'. What spec had they as I've learned that juniors like mine were lower spec'ed (?)... Were juniors like mine available in metallic paint? I read in an Italian publication recently that they were only available in plain colours?

Regards,

Gordon

alfisto69 · #23 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 08:16 AM

Olaf,

Tried to buy 'Alfa Romeo, Die Komplette Typenhistorie' on Amazon.de but seems to be unavailable. In the meantime would you check out my Autotelaio above to kill my curiousity?

Also still curious about the junior paint range. I've seen that it wasn't an option on the colour chart but my car was sold in Berlin initially and while trying to buy a handbook in German on ebay saw a grigio media car on the cover begging the question was it available there? Silver being the traditional German racing colour.

Thanks as usual!