But why would you if you can get two 3200s or 4200s for the same price?makes me want to take a magnet if I look at this car.
My first car was a Sud like the one in the ad, only it was a 1.5ti (1980 model as far as I can remember). Plenty of torque steer in wet conditions. It was a “reward“ for not smoking until I was 18. Strangely enough I suddenly recalled the number plate a week ago for no apparent reason.What? That's your actual first car or your first car was a Sud?
Mine was a non-descript Vauxhall Astra 1300S in Leaf Green. A 984 KLF. The only cool thing was it's number plate...
My first car was Sud exactly like the one in the ad, only it was a 1980 model as far as I can remember. It was a “reward“ for not smoking until I was 18. Strangely enough I suddenly recalled the number plate a week ago for no apparent reason.
I was in the Netherlands at the time, so it was an Italian built LHD, at the time rust free but I recall it already getting some bubbles around the wheel arches when I sold it.If you are in SA, it would have been built in Brits, right? Was it an Export GTA?
small light energetic cars.
Plenty of torque steer in wet conditions
I know what you're thinking Zep and you're right. Anything exported direct to SA would still be around today in metal form. A friend had an SA imported Ford escort and it was mint. Unfortunately, Alfa used the Russian Steel and it didn't last that long unless it was attached to a T-72 and even those are rare to find nowadays...(Slava Ukraini!)If you are in SA, it would have been built in Brits, right? Was it an Export GTA?
I know what you're thinking Zep and you're right. Anything exported direct to SA would still be around today in metal form. A friend had an SA imported Ford escort and it was mint. Unfortunately, Alfa used the Russian Steel and it didn't last that long unless it was attached to a T-72 and even those are rare to find nowadays...(Slava Ukraini!)
Those green carpets I actually like those.
Most of the later cars had them, an acquired taste but better than brownThose green carpets I actually like those.
Most of the later cars had them, an acquired taste but better than brown
The Russian steel story is a myth, there was (and still is) a steel plant at Taranto, only 200 miles away from Pomigliano d’Arco so the Italians had no reason to source steel from elsewhere. The main reasons for rust on Alfasuds were that there were many interruptions to production and bare metal unfinished bodyshells were often left outside. The factory is in an agricultural area and workers often just failed to turn up as they were working on the harvest. When the bodyshells were finally painted and assembled, they received little corrosion protection and cavities were filled with expanding foam which later trapped water and caused cars to corrode from the inside out. This YouTube video explains everything in detail:I know what you're thinking Zep and you're right. Anything exported direct to SA would still be around today in metal form. A friend had an SA imported Ford escort and it was mint. Unfortunately, Alfa used the Russian Steel and it didn't last that long unless it was attached to a T-72 and even those are rare to find nowadays...(Slava Ukraini!)