While organizing our reference literature at Centerline I came across an Alfa Accessories Catalog (USA) dated 1986. In it there were several parts labeled "Team Milano" that caugh my interest: a "Handling Kit" consisting of stiffer torsion bars, springs, and shocks, a "Sway Bar Kit" with stiffer front and rear sway bars, and "Team Milano Wheels" which were 15 x 7 O.Z. 3-piece wheels. I have never heard reference to Team Milano anyhwere else, so I am curious.
By the 1987 and 1988 versions of this same catalog the handling parts were gone, but the wheels were still there now simply called "OZ Wheel".
So, if anyone remembers, I have a few questions:
1) Were there other "Team Milano" parts planned - i.e. this was a performance options program that (obviously) never got off the ground, or was it just colorful marketing language?
2) Were these suspension parts actually available over the counter at dealerships? Or (and this is what I suspect of the whole thing) were these simply put in the accessories catalog to legalize them for the Milanos running in the SCCA Showroom Stock (Firehawk) series?
Anyone remember anything about these parts?
By the 1987 and 1988 versions of this same catalog the handling parts were gone, but the wheels were still there now simply called "OZ Wheel".
So, if anyone remembers, I have a few questions:
1) Were there other "Team Milano" parts planned - i.e. this was a performance options program that (obviously) never got off the ground, or was it just colorful marketing language?
2) Were these suspension parts actually available over the counter at dealerships? Or (and this is what I suspect of the whole thing) were these simply put in the accessories catalog to legalize them for the Milanos running in the SCCA Showroom Stock (Firehawk) series?
Anyone remember anything about these parts?
