Re: alfa-digest V9 #192-Buying a Alfa in Italy

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Manu--the guy who first turned me on to Alfa Romeo owned a '68 GT Jr. w/ 
the 105 1300 motor, purchased from a military guy who brought it back with 
him. We took a trip, 30 summers back, from the SF bay area to Denver, CO 
and traveled at speeds of 80 to 95+ for hours on end with no problem. The 
1300 obviously has less torque than the 1750, so the stick needs to be 
stirred more frequently! Later in the trip we had 4 (younger, thinner 
types) in the little coupe and we maintained 75 with no fuss.
If the motor you find is solid, you should have no worries keeping up ;>)))

I know you are not up north but you might try contacting: 
http://62.58.184.18/portalclassic/
This website has some nice cars and they probably have contacts elsewhere 
in Italy.

Hope you find a nice one!!

Felix
Escalon, CA, USA
69 GTVeloce 1750
72 Berlina
81 GTV6
45F and overcast



At 03:29 PM 1/18/2003 +0000, you wrote:



> From: Manu Dubin <manudubin@domain.elided>
> Subject: Buying a Alfa in Italy
>
> Hi All,
>
> I've just moved to Italy from australia and I'm
> looking at buying a 105 series GT Junior, the thing is
> I'm probably going to use the car quite often on the
> auto-strada which means driving at 70-80 MPH. I'm
> woundering if the 1300cc moter is really up to this
> kind of use(I've only driven a 1750 up untill now so I
> have no idea).<SNIP>
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