New member Clemens and 1750GTV

[clemensh83]

Here are some car facts for you guys who are interested:

Tipo: Alfa Romeo 1750GTV II series, 105.44, first registered in 01/1970

Engine: 2 Liter ex-Alfetta (116.55), rejetted Weber 40 DCOE32 with 34mm chokes and machined venturis, GTA angled airhorns in self made airbox, K&N filter with 4" mounting flange inside diameter, Borgo high compression pistons (10,4:1), 11mm inlet cam (regrind), 10520... exhaust cam, original exhaust with Stinger in stainless steel, electric fan instead of original one

Drivetrain: Lightened Flywheel, stock gearbox, strenghened cardan shaft, 10/41 rear axle (unfortunately no LSD yet)

Suspension: Special springs (in front ~700lbs/inch), Koni red shocks, adjustable upper linkage (one degree negative chamber)

Brakes: Ferodo DS2000 pads in front, ss brake hoses

Rims and tyres: Original rims rewelded to 7x14 with 195/65 HR14 Fuldas

Body: Painted in Alfa Rosso 501 in 2002, everything just painted and waxed, GTA-serpant on engine bonnet

Interieur: Wooden steering wheel and gear knob, 4 point racing harness, dashbord in leather (cause it was cracked)

Hifi stuff: Alpine CDM-7857RB CD/RDS Tuner, Helix HXA40 amplifier, Infinity Kappa CS1.5 system

History: Delivered to Milan in Indago Grey in 01/1970, came to Germany in 1986 (repainted in red). I am the third owner in Germany since 11/2001. Used as a daily driver since 03/2003. Still reliable and going strong...

Planed modifications: Stiffer front shocks (Bilstein gas), complete sports exhaust with headers (maybe the one from OKParts), but I am a poor student...

Greetz Clemens

[Alfapaulic]

Greetz, Great GTV. Welcome to the BB. The video is really fun. Nice to see these cars being used,driven,raced as they were meant to be...

[clemensh83]

Thanks, we had a great time on the racetrack in France. And driving on the Autobahn was nice too
At the racetrack there were three 105 GTVs, a yellow one (not seen on the video, from France), a red GTAm style with original engine/mechanics (seen from behind, from France too) and mine (on bord cam, smoking brakes and so on...).

Greetz Clemens

[clemensh83]

Hi folks!

The Alfabb ist online again...

A friend of mine made a new video about my Alfa. Its 9MB for 2:12 mins.
The video is a little bit on the wild site, take it not to seriously
But you can hear the sound with open GTA airhorns.

Enjoy:

http://www.genyosha.de/downloads/1750GTV.wmv

Greetz Clemens

[scottalfa]

Clemens,
Just downloaded both videos! Excellent stuff. It's nice to hear and see strong running Alfas again. Some of us need a lot of work just to get 'em started. I personally just push it with my body into driveway and back into garage, pathetic. Especially like your cameraman's shots of gauges.

[KennyG]

Welcome aboard, Clemens. Where are you in Deutchland? I was stationed in Hanau in the 70s. Liked it so much I would have extended my tour, but there was a little thing called the Viet Nam war on at the time and I didn't want to push my luck.

[alfasudinusa]

Hi Clemens,

another "Pforzemer" on the Alfa board.

Which part of Pforzheim or the Enzkreis are you from?

I lived there most of my life before I moved to the states in 1985.

Lucky you for being able to buy all these new Alfas over there.
The gods at DOT and EPA make it too complicated to have these nice cars
over here.

Best regards to the old country from Oceanside, CA

Hansjorg

[clemensh83]

Hi Hansjorg!

I wouldn't have imagined to find anybody in the alfabb who calls me a "Pforzemer"

I don't know if you know the lovely town Hohenwart which is a "Stadtteil" of Pforzheim. Maybe you know a blue Junior Zagato driving around in Pforzheim, that were my parents, they own the car since 1978 and used it as a daily driver until 1996 (now it's a weekend/sunshine car).
My parents (and my Alfa) are still living there, but I have an appartment in Karlsruhe (very near the "Pyramide", using the S-Bahn there) because I am studying mechanical engineering at the University there.

Where did you live in Pforzheim? Are you born in Germany?

@Kenny: Pforzheim is in the south of Germany between Stuttgart (Mercedes, Porsche) and Karlsruhe.

Regards to the USA!
Clemens

[jpv]

Hi! Welcome!

Lovely car! I also do my stuff at home (well... most of it...).
I have a GT Junior (GTA lookalike) that I make modifications at home although I don't use my Junior as a daily driver, only when I feel like it...

My Junior has a 2 liter engine and 4.3 LSD diff. I also have installed 4 pot brake calipers. My engine is stock. I'm planing on installing a twin spark (when I can afford it...).
Recently I've been working on the springs: I've made a custom pair from a front pair of berlina springs. The rear ones are from a german sport spring manufacturer.
Now the car is really low. like yours... But it's great to drive!!!

What kind of springs do you have? what spring rate do they have?

[clemensh83]

Hi jpv!

My front springs are from someone who is around in this forum too ("Volker" from Germany), the spring rate should be around 125 kg/cm (calculated 700 lbs/inch). The rear springs are the sport springs from OKP in Germany (don't know any spring rate). The OKP front springs made the car way lower and were to soft, as it ended with the shattered oil pan I posted in here.

I want to buy some day Bilstein gas shocks for the front (now all round red Konis), to improve braking and handling.

Regards Clemens

[jpv]

Quote:

Originally Posted by clemensh83 Hi jpv! My front springs are from someone who is around in this forum too ("Volker" from Germany), the spring rate should be around 125 kg/cm (calculated 700 lbs/inch). The rear springs are the sport springs from OKP in Germany (don't know any spring rate). The OKP front springs made the car way lower and were to soft, as it ended with the shattered oil pan I posted in here. I want to buy some day Bilstein gas shocks for the front (now all round red Konis), to improve braking and handling. Regards Clemens

[clemensh83]

Hi jpv!

I know people who have >1500 lbs/inch front springs and are driving on the street. If your front springs are low and soft (original spring rate), then you oil pan will be in danger...

With the 700 lbs/inch springs I have no longer to worry about this!

The electric fan was already mounted when I bought the, so I can't tell the difference (but water temps stay cool, the fan is working very rarely.

About pics, I have to look for...

Greetz Clemens

[clemensh83]

So, I wanna just show you some older pics:

Picture of the sale ad of the previous owner Oct 2001:





The restoration:















First test runs in Nov 2002:









The finished car in summer 2003:



Regards Clemens

[papajam]

Looks great!!

[lowmileage]

Hallo Clemens, haben Sie sich ein schönes Stück der Maschinerie dort Kumpel. Ich werde hoffen, dass Sie die Straßen da drüben haben, ihm das traditionelle zu geben, "Italiener frischt auf" jedes einmal in einer Weile. Beachtungen, die Befreit Werden

Hope I did that right!