![]() 11/14/2017 at 12:11 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
This is something that ran at my local track a while ago. Best looking thing you’ll see all day.
It broke down because Alfa, but it was beautiful while doing it.
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Those wheels are perfect on it for some reason.
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Totally, they look like they should have been factory.
![]() 11/14/2017 at 12:30 |
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Which is odd, because I often despise low profile tires/wheels on older vehicles.
![]() 11/14/2017 at 12:32 |
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I do to but that just works .
![]() 11/14/2017 at 12:53 |
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This looks like an Alfetta and not a GTV6 which is interesting.
![]() 11/14/2017 at 20:07 |
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Those cars are actually pretty stout. Comparable or better than the BMW’s of the time. Actually, a ‘75 era 2 liter alfa probably matches up well with darn nearly anything of the era in it’s price range.
![]() 11/14/2017 at 21:02 |
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However in rebuttal, the Alfetta rear de dion rear suspension was a concept that they could have done without. Its Inboard brakes, rear clutch, rear transaxle was an overly expensive and complicated answer to a question that nobody asked. They would have been far better off keeping the 105 rear axle or doing a simple IRS.
That design probably set Alfa years behind in the market. Overly complicated, hard to service and expensive.
BTW, If anything broke on that track car, I bet it had to do with the rear end...(Says the man that owned one...)