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GeoffCapes

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Nayf said:
I’m not sure. Seems to have the right mods you want and none of the ones you don’t, but it’s overdue a cambelt on time rather than miles (five years) so you’ll need to factor in a grand immediately.
Without looking at its nethers it’s tricky to tell a value, but it looks ok without seeing it up close, cambelt aside.
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Grand for a cam belt? Have prices gone up massively for these? As far as I'm aware the cam belt on a GTA is no different to TS is it?

If you're paying a grand I can recommend a friend (Paul) who @zagatoes30 uses who will do it for less.
 
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GeoffCapes said:
Grand for a cam belt? Have prices gone up massively for these? As far as I'm aware the cam belt on a GTA is no different to TS is it?

If you're paying a grand I can recommend a friend (Paul) who @zagatoes30 uses who will do it for less.
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Looks like they may:

Fixed Price Servicing For The Alfa 147

Fixed price servicing costs for the Alfa 147 with links through to online booking. All prices include VAT.
www.alfaworkshop.co.uk www.alfaworkshop.co.uk

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GeoffCapes said:
£695 according to that.

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Usually water pump is changed too when cambelt is done, you dont have to change it, but it’s wise. That will add some to that amount, maybe another £150 or so. Therefore about £850. Bit less than 1k but not much.
Plus there will probably be some other little bits to do which will push it into 4 figures anyway !

There are some reasonably priced bits on GTA’s, like brakes, but there’s also lots of expensive bits too, like a mini Maserati hot hatch!
 
GeoffCapes

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gb-gta said:
Usually water pump is changed too when cambelt is done, you dont have to change it, but it’s wise. That will add some to that amount, maybe another £150 or so. Therefore about £850. Bit less than 1k but not much.
Plus there will probably be some other little bits to do which will push it into 4 figures anyway !

There are some reasonably priced bits on GTA’s, like brakes, but there’s also lots of expensive bits too, like a mini Maserati hot hatch!
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Of course Cam belt and water pump are a given, unless it was changed to a metal impeller one previously.
I've owned countless Alfa's so know all about them.
Am looking for another.
 
Nayf

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To be honest, having watched the GTA cam belt service being done, I can understand why the service is nearly a grand. It pretty much takes all day, and at some points two burly blokes. It's a horrible, difficult job best done at a specialist (who is likely to have the specific cam-locking tools), and if it's done 90k miles it might be worth getting the clutch done while the engine's pretty much dismantled.
 
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Clutch is at the opposite end to the cambelt is it done in situ or dropped out of the car as it's one I haven't done.
 
Nayf

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philw696 said:
Clutch is at the opposite end to the cambelt is it done in situ or dropped out of the car as it's one I haven't done.
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It’s more to do with all the bits coming off the engine to get the cambelt done, you might as well do the clutch as all the same bits have to come off to provide room, IIRC.
 
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GeoffCapes said:
Grand for a cam belt? Have prices gone up massively for these? As far as I'm aware the cam belt on a GTA is no different to TS is it?

If you're paying a grand I can recommend a friend (Paul) who @zagatoes30 uses who will do it for less.
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A for Alfa wanted 1k for my V6 5 years ago!

he does my Alfa servicing on the Giulia nowadays
 
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MAF260 said:
It doesn’t show very well for 28k miles IMO. I’ll wager it won’t fetch ‘good’ money as Maseratis rarely do well with CC. For the right money I’d see Dickie pouncing on it, attending to the shortcomings and retailing it for much a stronger figure.
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Looks suspiciously like the one that didn't sell for very much via Silverstone Auctions a couple of years ago. The leather was lifting in the same places.

EDIT: Didn't sell https://www.glenmarch.com/auction-cars/show-backup-image/74049/results
 
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GeoffCapes said:
The Scud won't sell for anywhere near 100k. The 720 will be 150k+ and I have no idea about the Merc, 120-130k?
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It is from Collecting Cars auction site so the Scud is already at £101k with 3-days to go, they get pretty lively at the closing stage so should get a healthy lift from there.
 
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