grl@charm.UUCP (George Lake) (10/31/84)
1969 Alpha Romeo Duetto
Excellent mechanical condition:(a real stormer, outperforms all of the
later models I've driven)
New soft top
Factory hard top
Currently fuel injected:(with the 1750 motor, it has the best low end
torque and most pleasing motor sounds)
But I'm also including a set of the European Dual Webers
jetted for the 1750 motor (I've kept them around because
of all the horror stories about Alpha's fuel injection--
all unfounded in my experience
I've owned the car for 5 years. It has required little maintenance
(after a thorough going over when I first bought it) and given
immense pleasure.
The body has parking lot dents on three sides. I haven't gotten them
fixed since one worries that a new paint job is hiding more serious
things.
Offered to a good home at $3500./bo
contact George Lake at 201-582-7515 or charm!grljackh@zehntel.UUCP (jack hagerty) (11/02/84)
A couple of comments on this ad: > 1969 Alpha Romeo Duetto I'd be a little leery of a seller who doesn't know how to spell the name of the car. It's ALFA Romeo, the European spelling. It also used to be an acronym: Annonima Lombardi Fabbrica Automobili > ... (a real stormer, outperforms all of the > later models I've driven) This is true > Currently fuel injected:(with the 1750 motor, it has the best low end > torque and most pleasing motor sounds) > But I'm also including a set of the European Dual Webers > jetted for the 1750 motor (I've kept them around because > of all the horror stories about Alpha's fuel injection-- > all unfounded in my experience You must have heard stories about the Porche or BMW mechanical injection system. The Alfa SPICA system is modification of a diesel injection system and is dead reliable. Getting 100,000 trouble free miles is common, it will usually outlast the engine. I personally have 155,000 on mine and I've never even had to adjust the idle. It still meets factory specs on emmissions and mixture. All they ask is that you change the filters on time (6000 mi gas and 12,000 mi oil). Jack Hagerty, Zehntel Inc. [also editor of The Overheard Cams (not a misprint) Newsletter of the Alfa Romeo Assn. of Northern California]
seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert) (11/07/84)
> > 1969 Alpha Romeo Duetto > > I'd be a little leery of a seller who doesn't know how to spell the name of > the car. > > You must have heard stories about the Porche or BMW mechanical injection > system. > Jack Hagerty, Zehntel Inc. You should talk, Jack. Es ist "P-O-R-S-C-H-E". At least you spelled BMW right, people around here keep saying "BWM". BTW, K-Jetronic works just fine, it's just that some people don't understand it, and they blame problems on the part they understand the least. -- _____ /_____\ "Our Germans are better than their Germans." /_______\ |___| Snoopy ____|___|_____ ihnp4!ihuxl!seifert