Alfa Sportwagon 2.5 V6

[tomsnelling]

Here are a couple of pics of my new car, bought from someone who worked in an Alfa garage, hence the new wheels & brakes and lots of other bits and bobs.

Its the 2.5 V6 and it sounds amazing when you give it some! Really cant beat the noise. On 85k, but drives like its done a lot less, has clearly been looked after well.

Cost? Well lets just say it could be the SOTW. The Brembo setup and GTA rear brake setup cost £2.2k in October 2012!

Things to do :-

New suspension
Fix the air con leak
sort the small exhaust leak

[Jimbo.]

Facelift V6? A rare, rare thing indeed!

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It wasnt a facelift originally, was fitted by the last owner in the Alfa garage where he worked.

Its a very good conversion, you wouldnt know unless you knew the history of the 156s.

[velocemitch]

I was thinking it was early for a face lift. Prefer the original shape myself, but that's still a very lovely Car..

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velocemitch said:

I was thinking it was early for a face lift. Prefer the original shape myself, but that's still a very lovely Car..

I also have a 156 SW 2L TS that is pre facelift. Its on 125k now and the difference between the two in terms of quality of car is not comparable! The newer ones are so much better.

[velocemitch]

Yes true, I had a year 2000 TS, then a 2003 JTS and the later car felt better built. The phase 2 cars got the better interior but the original body style so were in my view the best all rounders.

[johnnyBv8]

Looks lovely - that's a lot to spend on brakes! What's going on with the exhaust...looks like its sticking out too far! Any interior pics?

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johnnyBv8 said:

Looks lovely - that's a lot to spend on brakes! What's going on with the exhaust...looks like its sticking out too far! Any interior pics?

it is, it needs a bit of fettling! Ill get some interior pics at some point

Edited by tomsnelling on Saturday 15th June 19:03

[Alfahorn]

tomsnelling said:

It wasnt a facelift originally, was fitted by the last owner in the Alfa garage where he worked.

Its a very good conversion, you wouldnt know unless you knew the history of the 156s.

Back bumper is pre-facelift and you can also tell from the rear lights.

[74merc]

A nice motor for sure, but who spends 2.2K on brakes then puts budget tyres on?

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74merc said:

A nice motor for sure, but who spends 2.2K on brakes then puts budget tyres on?

I know, madness. They are better than I expected, so Ill use them until they need replacing.

[tomsnelling]

Small update, nothing changed with the car as of yet.

I made a terrible decision today to clean and polish the wagon. The wagon is a LARGE car to wash and polish in this heat. I almost died of sweaty exhaustion!!

Anyway, after a clean and a coat of Auto Glym polish (the black bottle), shes come up beautifully...















The two cars together, the carbon spoiler on the Coupe coming in handy!



Plans for the near future are a new set of adjustable coilovers, as the ones on the car have had it. The exhaust needs a fettle (still), and the aircon needs fixing. Hopefully Ill get this all done this month!