Post a pic of your alfa! - Page 106

**Peter** · #**1576** (**permalink**) 10-15-2007, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Csank

Here's the new to us Spider! Just arrived today thanks to my AAA plus. Its an 82. 111k miles. Bought from original owner. In good shape, but not running (flywheel sensor I think). Time to get to work!

**SpiderWebb** · #**1577** (**permalink**) 10-15-2007, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter

looks great!....good luck with your emissions test!!

saracino · #**1578** (**permalink**) 10-15-2007, 10:01 PM

She looks great,I love that color. What year is the car looks like an S2.
Can you give me an opinion on your P6s cause I need to get tires soon .
Thanks and congrats

**SpiderWebb** · #**1579** (**permalink**) 10-15-2007, 11:39 PM

It is a series 2b, 1981 Spider Veloce. It is the least desirable year model because it is the last year of the SPICA mechanical fuel injection. SPICA FI is great, but this version has a one of a kind (1980-1981?) restrictive type intake, and it was also saddled with a smog pump, catalytic converter and other esoteric smog equipment making it slow for a 2.0. It also tended to overheat, or so I've read.

I decided to make all of its shortcomings into positive traits. Mine will be as original as my budget will allow (which is not saying much). So, I'll just drive the little thing all over God's green acres 'AS IS'.

I have not driven mine yet.

I am getting it road worthy with new tires, brakes and engine tune up stuff. It sat for a few months in my friend’s car port and needed some TLC.

I'll report back on the Pirelli P6 tires once I have some miles on them. Read all the gory tire details here:
What size tire for my 1981 Spider with Turbina rims?

I love the color as well, Avorio, Ivory. I want to rub out the paint and polish her. She should shine like new. Thanks for the compliment. It's my first Alfa and already I'm hooked.

sh0rtlife · #**1580** (**permalink**) 10-16-2007, 12:26 AM

my 83 gtv6....shes a bit of an oddball..being an "early" 83 shes got balloco rear side vents as well as the balloco red stripe piped seats...alsmost as if they were building ballocos for 83 but just didnt

just recently rolled 76k miles..as well as blew the diff....and yes i collapsed the front bumper shocks to pull the bumper into the body some and clean up the look.....recently rebuilt the entire brake system as well as replaced the MC with a 23mm BMW unit LOVE the brakes now..power mirior switch got swaped out and hidden under the shift boot with a bmw unit(nice to have the mirrors work)

i got it earlyer this year in trade for a bunch of custom work i did for a friend...and simply fell in love with this car after putting it back together(unfinished engine swap)....majorly got the alfa bug....even the wife loves the car and we are more to the likeing of classic muscle..specificaly our 67,68,69 cudas.....simply the most fun to drive and we both LOVE the sound of that 2.5 singing..made a 600 mile round trip without touching the radio and several 250 mile round trips to the beach without the radio...the engine is plenty of music

sh0rtlife · #**1581** (**permalink**) 10-16-2007, 12:38 AM

99 cent alfetta(cost me 80$ to get it home tho LOL
and my "free" platinum milano...soon to be a parts car sadly..exhaust is shot cam seals toast and well....i need the parts

im sorry to the purists..but the fetta was NOT saveable...it had been sitting in a field for quite some time as well as it had an engine fire and transaxle removed....soooo while i was cutting i had to see what a fetta/gtv6 vert would look like

**SpiderWebb** · #**1582** (**permalink**) 10-16-2007, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by sh0rtlife

my 83 gtv6....shes a bit of an oddball..made a 600 mile round trip without touching the radio and several 250 mile round trips to the beach without the radio...the engine is plenty of music

**AlfaTango1** · #**1583** (**permalink**) 10-16-2007, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by sh0rtlife

99 cent alfetta(cost me 80$ to get it home tho LOL
and my "free" platinum milano...soon to be a parts car sadly..exhaust is shot cam seals toast and well....i need the parts

im sorry to the purists..but the fetta was NOT saveable...it had been sitting in a field for quite some time as well as it had an engine fire and transaxle removed....soooo while i was cutting i had to see what a fetta/gtv6 vert would look like

sh0rtlife · #**1584** (**permalink**) 10-16-2007, 03:49 PM

yeah my thoughts exactly..a soft top would have made it very craptastic looking.....as rotted as the car was i felt the need to find out what a vert truely would have looked like....the sweep up needed a wing bar running across it but otherwise as a vert the gtv6/alfetta body looks great that way....for a 99 cent car i did manage to get ALOT of good useable parts from it

dinozoffv8 · #**1585** (**permalink**) 10-19-2007, 04:58 AM

my daily commute in all weathers (my excuse for it being a bit shoddy) but the only vehicle i have that makes me smile the most!

**AlfaAddict** · #**1586** (**permalink**) 10-19-2007, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by dinozoffv8

my daily commute in all weathers (my excuse for it being a bit shoddy) but the only vehicle i have that makes me smile the most!

dinozoffv8 · #**1587** (**permalink**) 10-19-2007, 08:21 AM

thanks, i love it too.
just that its got some rust bubbles which you can never see in pics!
just had new front springs and mounting plates fitted as the salt on our roads last winter finally disolved them.

cheers, Dean. (this is a great website by the way - very informative).

Bill77 · #**1588** (**permalink**) 10-19-2007, 09:14 AM

That's a show car here in Michigan !!!

Green Berlina · #**1589** (**permalink**) 10-19-2007, 12:01 PM

There's tidy isn't it, look you......
looks in a similar condition to my 2000, people rave about what good condition its in even tho' theres rust bubbles here n there on it.

GreyGTV6 · #**1590** (**permalink**) 10-19-2007, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by dinozoffv8

my daily commute in all weathers (my excuse for it being a bit shoddy) but the only vehicle i have that makes me smile the most!