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#1 · (Edited)
Hi guys!

I want to introduce myself a little. First of all, sorry for my bad english, I am an European guy, from Germany. I am born in 1983, the time of plastic Alfettas and Alfasuds... :eek: ;)

Here I am in the year of 1986 in front of the Zagato of my father (it was his daily driver nearly 20 years until 1996!)

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But I lost my heart to the Alfa of the 60's and 70's. My father owns some nice cars (Junior Zagato, 2600 Sprint) and owned (sold it unfortunately) an original 750E Giulietta SV Allegerita.
Pics of that car at Click Here

But I will introduce my car, of which I am very proud! After my gratuation from school me and my father bought a 1750GTV in the year of 2001 in decent but not very shiny condition (very bad paintjob). Then we restored it, some welding and a new paintjob (not a perfect one, but the car should be a daily driver). The technical condition were quite good (the recent owner war an engineer from BMW), so no big work were necessary at that point, cause the car had recently got a new 2 liter engine, new suspention with Koni shocks.

After about 15 month the car was ready and in spring 2003 I sold my other car to enjoy the Alfa as a daily driver. About 25000km later I can tell that I have a very reliable fun car, that turns heads and let me smile from ear to ear at each ride!

I like modifying the car as much as the small budget of an mechanical engineering student like me allows to...
I build with the help of my father a complete new airbox with GTA angled horns in it and a open K&N filter in front. A 11mm inlet cam and 10,4:1 high dome pistons came in the car. The webers are rejetted and improved with machined venturis, 34mm choke and so on.
The breaks got teflon-steel brake hoses and Ferodo pads.
Soon the gearbox needs some attention along with a lightened flywheel, when I scraped the money together.

Now some pictures:

The Alfa after some racetrack action (the first time I did it but definetely not the last!)

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Here besides the Zagato in our garage

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Here a carbon replica of the GTA Airbox I mounted once

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Here the selfmade airbox...

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...and how it looks underneath

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This car IS a daily driver

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Some posing...hahaha ;)

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And at the beginning the car was that low...

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...what caused this...unfortunately

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But now there a decent springs with a decent spring rate...but still it lacks Bilstein shocks at the front which really help the Bertone to go fast around the corner and stay controlable at tough breaking...

Well sorry for my long introduction. I am looking forward to your opinions about my little darling...

Greetz Clemens
 
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I have the front piece, too. I am not planing to sell it, but everyone has a price limit, he will sell everything...

Unfortunately someone broke the limit at the Giulietta of my father some years ago which I desired all the years to get one day... :mad:

But the box should be no probs to get made by some carbon specialist, because shipping to USA would be expensive too, wouldn't it?

Greetz Clemens
 
#14 · (Edited)
Yes, I kind of miss the Allegerita, which had a great race history. I doubt someone (except he is a BMW RS motorcycles fanatic) knows the name Walter Zeller. He was vice european champion in the superbike class in the 50's and was the first owner of the Giulietta (the car was the first to Germany delivered Veloce in April 1956) and he raced it (with his brother) very successfully in Germany, Austria and Italy, had kind of semi works support from Alfa Romeo, and kicked the asses of the 1500 Porsche Carreras and stuff :D
The car won its classes two times at 1000km on the Nürburgring.

My father found in the early 80's a pair of the very very rare original aluminium bumpers (they were missed on the car when he bought it in 1980).
The doors and hoods (engine and trunk) were aluminum, it had the original lightweight seats (they are NOT the same as in the SZ) and some other minor leighweight details.
Because of the better access to parts and the way better torque the car ran with an more modern 1300 engine (block 101, head 105), with the original 750 veloce oilpan with a labyrinth and flaps, the original ram air induction (how Alfa Romeo named it...) and the original veloce exhaust. But we had the original engine too, which you can see on the pictures (the one with the strange 1-2 3-4 headers...).

Greetz Clemens
 
#16 · (Edited)
Car facts and history

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... :D

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
 
#18 · (Edited)
Thanks, we had a great time on the racetrack in France. And driving on the Autobahn was nice too :D
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
 
#20 ·
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.
 
#21 ·
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.
 
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#22 ·
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.:eek: :eek: :eek:

Best regards to the old country from Oceanside, CA

Hansjorg
 
#23 ·
Hi Hansjorg!

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

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
 
#24 ·
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?
 

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#25 ·
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
 
#26 ·
clemensh83 said:
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
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700lb/in!? isn't that too hard for road use?

Do you have pictures of your electric fan instalation? did the engine responded well to the removal of the crank driven fan?
 
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