Have You Seen Any Interesting Cars On The Road Lately?

[Ted]

..I saw one just like this on the IOW last week....same colour. ALFA Montreal ..lovely looking thing.....and a tiny and beasutiful 2.6 L V8. Rare and expensive.
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The original Tipo race engine this was based on was an even smaller 2.0L V8! This is the 2.6 road version...
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That always was a lovely looking car. It seems to have got better with age.

 

[Darrell]

That always was a lovely looking car. It seems to have got better with age.

At the Alfa Owners Club day’s at Stamford Hall towards the end of the 90’s you could pick up a Montreal for around £4-5000.

 

[ChrisHGTV]

..I saw one just like this on the IOW last week....same colour. ALFA Montreal ..lovely looking thing.....and a tiny and beasutiful 2.6 L V8. Rare and expensive.
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The original Tipo race engine this was based on was an even smaller 2.0L V8! This is the 2.6 road version...
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Do like a Montreal. The concept was supposed to be a rear/mid engined layout hence the “cooling” ducts behind the C pillar (or is that B pillar?) but I read at the Alfa museum that due to costs and time a conventional front layout was used. Also used SPICA fuel injection. That 2.0 V8 appears in my fave road car of all time - the T33 Stradale.

 

[davymead]

 

[davymead]

 

[Darrell]

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Saw this at Knebworth yesterday.

 

[Mactech]

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"We were just about to have some cheese..." to quote Wallace

 

[davymead]

"We were just about to have some cheese..." to quote Wallace

Red Leicester by chance

 

[davymead]

Saw this at Knebworth yesterday.

Blimey, not sure I’d fancy driving that any farther than the shops.

 

[Mactech]

Red Leicester by chance

Orange you glad it's the right colour...

 

[davymead]

Orange you glad it's the right colour...

Close …….

 

[TeddyRuxpin]

Two cars, technically

 

[Chrishazle]

Proper chrome bumper BGT, not sure if it's even better and V8. I grew up in Orpington with an indie converting MGB's to V8 in Green St Green before BL cut off the supply of engines then came out themselves with the BV8! The white thing - what is it, not interesting at all!

 

[TeddyRuxpin]

Not a V8 I'm afraid! It was one of my brother's pair (one hardtop one convertible). Both sold now as he's moved abroad.

 

[SpikyMikey]

Tenuous link to the thread title, but it made me chuckle. Based in Battle, East Sussex. Natch!

 

[Chrishazle]

I used to live close to Battle and used William a few times, good guy.

 

[SpikyMikey]

I used to live close to Battle and used William a few times, good guy.

He's just at the end our our road, laying in some footings.
I'll nip down and say "hello" from you shall I? Or should that be "arrow"

 

[Chrishazle]

He would not remember me, it was probably best part of 30 years ago!

 

[mattk1]

Saw this late model SL55 yesterday which looks like it might be a F1/Performance variant (huge front discs). A bit dirty, but looks to have been driven with purpose!



KR Matt

 

[slade1]

Sunbeam Rapier?

Yes