by "Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder" (pabuuu4)
Published 10/23/2017 at 17:51
by "Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder" (pabuuu4)
Published 10/23/2017 at 17:51
Tags: Alfa Romeo
STARS: 7
After a long time of back and forth with the previous owner, it has finally arrived on my doorstep.
It is a Alfa Romeo 156 1.8 TwinSpark, leather interior (I think it has the Momo leather seats, have to check though)
the pros of this car:
- it was €170
- It is in okay shape for the amount of km’s
- runs and drives pretty well
cons:
- 278.000 kms
- untamable aftermarket alarm that has a mind of its own
- engine has a ticking sound, I suspect it is on it’s last leg (not sure)
- sat for 2 months
So what are my plans with this thing? The APK inspection has expired, wich is needed to make it road legal. supposedly it ‘only’ needs a wheel bearing.
To get it on the road, would cost about 300 euros (€70 part + €220 gov. tax for registering). The timing belt has no history, and it states on the engine that it was last replaced at 157.000 km. This car is now at 278.000km. The timing belt service interval is 60.000 km. So timing belt would need replacing too.
So what is my plan with this thing?
Inspired by a few comments and a Chrisfix video, I was thinking of stripping this thing and parting it out for a profit. I will probably keep the seats, as they are pretty nice and could serve another purpose. I am doing this mostly for the experience, because I’ve never deconstructed a car before. Profit would be a nice bonus.
The parent’s Subaru did really well, even though the combination of car+trailer was nearing the limit. Low gear really helped at speeds below 80 km/h.
"Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh" (andymcbradleigh)
10/23/2017 at 17:57, STARS: 1
Straight pipes.. make it happen.. NOW. :)
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
10/23/2017 at 18:04, STARS: 0
How about entering it in some low budget race? I know they might be hard to find in NL this time of the year, but it might just exist.
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
10/23/2017 at 20:02, STARS: 0
Fix it and then give it to me so I can import it to Canada! :O
"someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired)
10/23/2017 at 22:29, STARS: 0
Throw a few Euros at it, then drive it until something expensive breaks, part it and profit!
"FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem" (fuelstratifiedinjection)
10/24/2017 at 00:56, STARS: 0
60.000km interval for the timing belt?? Gtfoh.
"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228)
10/24/2017 at 04:55, STARS: 1
Yeah fix things and drive it for a bit :) they’re really nice cars, even in the base-spec T-Spark model (better balanced than my V6).
Wheel bearing isn’t too difficult. Shall get the socket size when I get home (needed to grind down the outside of the impact socket I had to fit inside the lip of the hub, but a non-impact socket might fit normally). Need to torque it up pretty far, but I’ve done that on the Citroen without a torque wrench by working out what it was in kg/m, sticking a tube over my breaker bar to make it a metre long and then finding a paving slab that weighed about the right amount :)
Any other questions I’ll be happy to help :) done a reasonable amount of work on these...
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
10/24/2017 at 05:47, STARS: 0
To get it on the road, would cost about 300 euros (€70 part + €220 gov. tax for registering)
What is this tax you speak of? Registering it in your name is roughly €10, which you probably have paid already. Suspending the registration “schorsen” on a >15 year old car, which this is, is €26 or so. Stopping that suspension is free. What am I overlooking?
"Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder" (pabuuu4)
10/24/2017 at 14:36, STARS: 0
I thought that getting a car out of ‘schorsing’ meant that you would automatically start paying ‘wegenbelasting’ again. wegenbelasting is the tax I meant, and because of the cars’ weight it would be around 220 euro.
Since this car has no current APK and is suspended it would be some trouble to get it on the road again, maybe more than it is worth. It has an iffy engine (I might shoot a video of that next weekend ) that could last a couple of weeks if it is the issue i suspect it is.
As much as I would like to drive this, I don’t see a cost-effective way of doing so. The little bits that I drove it it has been fun though.
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
10/24/2017 at 14:59, STARS: 0
You’re correct. €220 sounds about right for a car that size with a gasoline engine per 3 months. But that’s per 3 months, which you pay in monthly installments, it’s not what you pay to get it back on the road again. That’s why I was confused.
Absurd, really, what we pay for ownership tax. My 406 is even more expensive because of the LPG conversion (€95 a month) and had it been a diesel it would’ve been a few dozen € a month more.
"Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder" (pabuuu4)
11/01/2017 at 15:51, STARS: 0
When I strip the car, I will make sure to remove the exhaust and get a sound clip of that..