I want this...........
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif.../page/1/postcode/n145ph/radius/1500?logcode=p
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif.../page/1/postcode/n145ph/radius/1500?logcode=p
best alfa 75!!
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Malcolm Pearce
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I still have my Alfa 75 V6 and have owned it for an incredible 20 years now. It's currently undercover at the Indie Alfa dealer in Leeds Turin Motors waiting for my bank balance to have a large injection before I get it all sorted. I recently pxed my Alfa 147GTA to Nuvola in London and I had a choice of keeping the GTA or the 75 and the GTA went without a second thought. The 75 pound for pound is an incredible car.The high prices paid in Italy for perfect examples are on a par with this one.
Andyk
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Malc, do you have any pictures of her you could share with us...Would love to see her.
CatmanV2
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I've lost a lot of my photos 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catmanv2/sets/72157633052155686/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catmanv2/sets/72157633103390046/
C
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catmanv2/sets/72157633052155686/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catmanv2/sets/72157633103390046/
C
CatmanV2
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TYVM
Chris Snowdon was the man:
http://www.csracingcarpreparation.co.uk/csr_profile.html
Still looks like Patrick Swayze
It's got SZ cams in it, and suede components to the interior that I fitted myself (although it's nothing like finished)
Sadly it has something of a tendency to overheat in traffic, which we never managed to fix (new rad, new stat, new fans....), and rust at the drop of a hat.
Currently she's in a container in Essex, with Mrs Catman's Sprint:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catmanv2/sets/72157633101709271/
At least we *think* they're in a container. They may have both dissolved by this time...
C
Chris Snowdon was the man:
http://www.csracingcarpreparation.co.uk/csr_profile.html
Still looks like Patrick Swayze
It's got SZ cams in it, and suede components to the interior that I fitted myself (although it's nothing like finished)
Sadly it has something of a tendency to overheat in traffic, which we never managed to fix (new rad, new stat, new fans....), and rust at the drop of a hat.
Currently she's in a container in Essex, with Mrs Catman's Sprint:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/catmanv2/sets/72157633101709271/
At least we *think* they're in a container. They may have both dissolved by this time...
C
TridentTested
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Most fun I ever had on four wheels. Specifically when drifting out of roundabouts in the wet
Super thing. 1.7 carbed engine in that. LHD. The engine just pulled and pulled and pulled. And the *overrun* !
C
Sprints, and the 'Suds they are derived from, are a unique driving experience. I've never driven a car before or since which revs as freely; on both my Sprints you only had to 'think' about increasing the throttle and it spun up. That, and the fact they have decent engine-braking actually made smooth progress in traffic very challenging.
I remember once hopping back into my Sprint after two weeks abroad with a rental car which of course had normal throttle response. I set off down my road, lifted the throttle to prepare for the stop sign and nearly hit my head off the steering wheel because I had forgotten about the engine braking and had lifted the throttle abruptly.
Then that engine. It fizzes and sparkles, cracks and pops, spins and spins. Sometimes I had to check the gear lever position because it was so smooth there were times, at moderate speeds, I thought I'd put it in 5th when it was still in 3rd, happily humming away.
C - your 116 looks lovely. I've always had an irrational love of that boxy car too.