Yep it is a very tidy example, price may still be on the high side though.
sw20,
Feb 13, 3:44pm
Rather have the mint 3.0 litre 75 that was on here for a while for similar money. Less miles on her too.
phillip.weston,
Feb 13, 4:00pm
it's wrong wheel drive!
vjregal770,
Feb 13, 8:25pm
I remember seeing that Sprint at Turners in Penrose some years ago. It looked to be in beautiful nick back then, anyway.
I liked that 3.0 75 myself, I know they were pretty rare as a 3 litre but 10 grand!!
vjregal770,
Feb 13, 8:26pm
Maybe, but driving one (or a Peugeot 205 GTi) would make you forget all that :-)
directorylist,
Feb 13, 8:38pm
I assure you, its an alfa there will be rust in there somewhere
sudsy99,
Feb 13, 9:27pm
Don't be so sure, if it's been a Central Otago car for most of it's life, it surprisingly probably hasn't.Cars don't rust here.
carmedic,
Feb 14, 6:52am
The rust actually came standard on the Sud from the factory (no really), there??
texastwo,
Feb 14, 6:58am
Have a look at the many 156's now in the country. Even though now up to 12 years old none of them show signs of rust
carmedic,
Feb 14, 7:12am
What on earth has that got to do with it! The 156 is made of galvanised steel, decades newer and built by robots not fruit pickers!
trogedon,
Feb 14, 7:15am
Mmmmm lovely.
sudsy99,
Feb 14, 10:41am
I'm a Sud owner/enthusiast living in Central Otago.I agree that rust was a problem as it was in many European cars (Fiat, Lancia, Peugeot, Citreon) but to say there is no such thing as a rust free one is a sweeping generalisation and plainly not true. I agree with the workforce issue and that the Sud did suffer from terminal rust when exposed to some climates but I certainly don't recall seeing any foam in voids,And mine has had every nook and cranny inspected over it's lifetime.I don't think your letting the truth get in the way of a good story.I've seen many a japanese car far far worse than most suds for rust.
socram,
Feb 14, 4:23pm
My favouriter Sud memory is of Owen Evans at Whenuapai going like the clappers, (Brett McDonald's car!) and hassling what you would expect to be far faster cars - in the days before the current Alfa race series of course.
carmedic,
Feb 14, 4:40pm
Rather than being an enthusiast I??
directorylist,
Feb 14, 6:45pm
That would be cars made of metal. Alfas are made (especially older ones) 1 part rust, 6 parts cheap, poor quality eastern blockiron.
They did seem to make some pretty nice engines. :)
vjregal770,
Feb 14, 6:48pm
Why is that anyway! I've noticed the bulk of the good ones seem to be down that way.
directorylist,
Feb 14, 6:50pm
I still rank swaping a brake (or maybe clutch i cant remember) master cylinder on a 1980's Giulietta, somehow, someone design boffin thought it was a good idea to put bolts into the master cylinder from inside the car. Having large clubs for hands, better suited for work on old british cars i almost had to take the pedal box out to fit my arm up there.
vjregal770,
Feb 14, 6:54pm
Fair enuff. Must get to the S.I. one day.
sudsy99,
Feb 14, 7:03pm
Come on down, you'll love it.
vjregal770,
Feb 14, 7:05pm
I'm sure I would.
Anything's got to be better than the godforsaken hole I live in :-)
trogedon,
Feb 14, 7:14pm
Awww.come on there are good bits of South Auckland.at least one or two.
When I was young and living in Dunedin and my family members were looking to change cars they??
sudsy99,
Feb 14, 7:22pm
In the late 80's I had a Datsun 1200 in Dunedin, it lived for years by the harbour and it was knackered.Ironically though, it used to pass warants because rust in body panels wasn't a big deal back then.As long as it wasnt structural, they didn't seem to care too much.
spottie,
Feb 14, 7:39pm
I have 3 Sprints in various states and I don't remember ever seeing any foam in the body cavities. These cars go really well and would surprise many of you that have never driven one.
directorylist,
Feb 14, 7:44pm
A Mate of mine has one, same guy who had the giulietta also a GTV 2000 (beautiful car) and a couple if suds. I remember the first time he gave it to me to have a drive, i took it out and went for a drive, i came back and said Meh its ok. He knew i had been driving a 1960's triumph for the last couple of years and asked me how high i got the revswhen i said about 4k he laughed and told me to take it back out and not let the revs get below 4.5k. I did and i have to admit it was a bloody fun car.
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