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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 04/16/2015 at 09:40 • Filed to: Alfa 164

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This is a good day to be named after a car. Yesterday we discovered the Fiat 154, aka Croma Mk1.

The Croma was one of the four models that made from the Type Four platform, one of which is of interest today, because it's the:

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Alfa 164.

It was the most differentiated of the Type Fours with nothing visible shared with the others.

Here's a nice red one. Usually they had four cylinder petrol or diesel engines, but if you paid enough you could have a nice shiny V6, just like this:

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Sadly there aren't many left now. Come to think of it, the 166 that followed is pretty rare too.

Leon711 > Cé hé sin 04/16/2015 at 09:44

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I saw a 166 yesterday!

Cé hé sin > Leon711 04/16/2015 at 09:53

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Ah, but have you seen a 164 recently? (there are only 135 left on the road in the UK)

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Cé hé sin 04/16/2015 at 10:06

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WOW, is that all? Based purely on frequency of sighting we must have many times that number still on the road here in the USA!

fhrblig > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/16/2015 at 10:18

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I see a couple 164's here in Denver pretty frequently. I've always liked them.

Cé hé sin > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 04/16/2015 at 10:22

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That's all . There are more than 2,500 Triumph TR6s on the road and another 1,500 or so temporarily off road but still in existence (the numbers fluctuate seasonally as these are summer cars) out of only 8,000 or so that were ever sold in the UK and which are now forty-odd years old.

It's just one of those things. The Alfa is a big car which was never that highly regarded when new and few people see any reason to keep them, the TR6 is an enthusiast's car that owners hang on to. The TR6 is also simple to work on and parts are available or can be made which isn't something you can say about a modern car with lots of complicated electric things.