SOUTH AFRICAN ALFA ROMEOS

[grober]

I was unaware till now about Alfa Romeo's SA presence but my curiosity was prompted by this video.

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and subsequent searching brought up this thread.
South African built Alfas
Missing of course from all of this but lurking in the background unspoken is the APARTHEID word.

 

[alabbasi]

A bunch of cars where built in SA as knock down kits. Mercedes Benz included. I'm partial to the Ford Cortina with the V6.

 

[Darrell]

Two of my Alfa loving pals had SA built Suds.

 

[slade1]

SA Hillman Minx I believe had a Peugeot motor. BMW was ex Glas looked like a Peugeot 404.
MBs, VWs have been assembled since 1950s

 

[grober]

I knew about the MB and BMW connection, but was unaware of the Alfa one till now. The GT series were a great drive back then Alfa Romeo GTA - Wikipedia but their prices were in the E Type bracket if memory serves correctly- and they rusted badly in the UK climate

 

[ChrisHGTV]

I think SA was a bit of a hot bed for Alfa. They produced a limited run (200) 3 litre GTV6 for homologation when all the others were 2.5l. I believe Autodelta helped them develop it. They ditched the fuel injection in favour of 6 dellorto carbs. The Busso V6 sounds epic anyway but with 6 dellortos.....surely that’s not even legal.

even now there’s a huge Alfa scene in SA.

 

[ChrisHGTV]

I knew about the MB and BMW connection, but was unaware of the Alfa one till now. The GT series were a great drive back then Alfa Romeo GTA - Wikipedia but their prices were in the E Type bracket if memory serves correctly- and they rusted badly in the UK climate

have you seen the Alfaholics GTA-R’s? Sublime.

 

[grober]

have you seen the Alfaholics GTA-R’s? Sublime.

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[ChrisHGTV]

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ah me want! I’ve got an Alfaholics exhaust and cat - I think that’s as close as I’m going to get!

Alfaholics have recently given the same treatment to a Junior Zagato for Gordon Murray. That looks exceptional too.

 

[grober]

I wasn't familiar with the Junior ZAGATO model but can see some of its styling features carried through to later models.

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