Mmmm Racecar

"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley) 11/14/2017 at 12:11 • Filed to: None

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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.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 11/14/2017 at 12:15

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Those wheels are perfect on it for some reason.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 11/14/2017 at 12:18

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Totally, they look like they should have been factory.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 11/14/2017 at 12:30

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Which is odd, because I often despise low profile tires/wheels on older vehicles.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 11/14/2017 at 12:32

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I do to but that just works .

Kanaric > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 11/14/2017 at 12:53

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This looks like an Alfetta and not a GTV6 which is interesting.

RacinBob > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 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.

RacinBob > RacinBob 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...)