NPOCP Alfa?

"Bruno Martini" (brunomartini) 12/19/2013 at 14:38 • Filed to: None

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Go help me but I do love a good alfa, I have a DD that barely gets driven. (I DD the subway, hate NYC for that) However this seems to be a nice price. Your thoughts? Right now its a pipe dream. However I find it sexy looking automobile.

http://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/4217061722…

oldirtybootz > Bruno Martini 12/19/2013 at 14:43

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Oddly enough I'm on LI and I was prowling CL for Alfas recently as well.

WRC541 > Bruno Martini 12/19/2013 at 14:43

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I counter with this!

http://bend.craigslist.org/cto/4251180599…

WRC541 > Bruno Martini 12/19/2013 at 14:46

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Or this Alfa!

http://eugene.craigslist.org/cto/4235834971…

Who needs sway bars anyway > Bruno Martini 12/19/2013 at 14:50

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With a few more pictures, more specifically of the drivers side front ( looks purposefully omitted), interior ( Verde Recaros can wear pretty fast) and undercarriage ( rust) I would say NP. Clean Milano Verdes can go into the 6k range and if properly sorted are one of the best driving sedans you can get.

Bluecold > WRC541 12/19/2013 at 14:53

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If it has everything british replaced, is it still a proper Triumph? It might actually be a 'good car' now, but you don't buy a TR4 because you want a 'good car', you want a car that sucks in every measurable way but is somehow more than the sum of its parts.

Also, a buick V6 is lazy. Put in something that's suitable for the car. That could either be a tractor engine because the TR4 engine was originally developed for a tractor (srsly), or put in something suitable for a sports car. Not something you just happen to have lying around.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > WRC541 12/19/2013 at 14:54

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Beautiful exterior (repainted?), fantastic wheels, good service history, but the stuff that's left on the needs-list is a little finnicky and a pain in the butt. Price seems a touch high for the miles and the needs left, although from the exterior shots it certainly looks the part.

505Turbeaux > Bruno Martini 12/19/2013 at 14:56

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this one has been around for sale for a while. If I remember correctly it is a Verde, but somehow has a 2.5 engine in it, instead of the 3.0. I have a silver with the 2.5, it goes ok, but was half that to buy

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > WRC541 12/19/2013 at 15:31

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Too bad about the seats, very nice otherwise...

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Bruno Martini 12/19/2013 at 15:33

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Having spent a week with a Milano Verde (not mine, but I got it as a loaner from the Imported car dudes when they somehow managed to install the new clutch BACKWARDS in my 164-S (I mean seriously WTF?)) I say DO IT.

quarterlifecrisis > WRC541 12/19/2013 at 16:20

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I dislike. It's not even the 3.8 that bugs me. That car in that condition makes me think of what would happen if a guy with a lowrider had to build a Triumph. Not that there's anything wrong with lowriders, just, certain things that make one car can break another.