- 49,000
- 7,500 fair
- Los Angeles, CA
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- carsforsale.com
- 49,000 gasoline red manual
Alfa romeo launched the alfetta berlina sedan in 1972 with a new floorplan, modern styling, and a decent rear seat. The name traded on racing successes in the past, and used double wishbones and torsion bars in front with a dedion transaxle at the rear, and inboard brakes. There was even a turbo-diesel engine in europe. An impressive 450,000 of all variants were sold between 1972-84. A giorgetto giugiaro-designed gt/gtv coupe quickly followed in 1974, and made quite an impact upon its arrival. One of his last jobs at bertone, the coupe was built on a shortened alfetta sedan platform, which made it more spacious than previous alfa coupes. The car was also undeniably handsome. Early examples had an eccentric dashboard, with all the gauges except the tachometer in the center console, but that was subsequently redesigned, and in all, 120,000 were sold between 1974 and 1987. Engines in the gt and gtv followed the same availability as the sedans until 1981, when a sweet 2,492-cc dohc v-6 was introduced. The new engine caused the gtv to be known as the gtv-6, and it cut 0-60 mph times down to eight seconds en route to a top speed of 127 mph. However, there were attendant issues. The gearshift was quite long, the power windows actually came with a manual crank (just in case), sunroofs leaked, and the air conditioning was quite weak. Inboard rear brakes are difficult to get to and any benefit is obscure. The cars were thrilling to drive, however, and were still undeniably handsome. Several special edition gtvs were offered, with the best being the callaway twin-turbo, with upgraded wheels, suspension and brakes. It received alfa’s blessing, and is as close as alfa came to a muscle car in that period. Head gaskets were a perennial problem, too, with blue smoke letting off at high revs indicating worn valve guides, and noisy valves meaning a difficult adjustment is needed. For any alfetta, gt, or gtv, rust is a problem pretty much everywhere. Electrical gremlins can also surface. The trim is complete and in good condition as well as the glass throughout the car, i have new new badging for the car for the hood and rear bonnet. Good tires on the factory wheels. Interior is original and needs to be addressed, the leather seats have splits, dash is cracked, no radio, no speakers, some buttons such as the hazards are broken. This is the 2. 0 litre motor, it runs well, shifts well, brakes work decent but should be bleed. Exhaust has a great note. I am not an alfa romeo person so i am not very familiar with these cars. This is a complete car, running and driving, a california car with the same owner since 2005. Clean california title in hand. Tachometer✔ Power Windows✔ Air Conditioning✔ Sunroof/Moonroof✔ Leather Seats
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