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Oeee, I want one . . . are they reliable and good to run?
Oeee, I want one . . . are they reliable and good to run?
You really need to join the Owners Club and ask The Montreal Register everything you can FIRST!!
2.5 Quad Cam V8's with mechanical injection and dry sump are not the easiest home maintenance projects!!
But sound absobloomingfantasticarama when all 8 are going at once.
They are meant to be a good drive. Maybe not the last word in roadholding as they are based on the standard 105 Coupe chassis, but still very good nonetheless, and highly regarded in their day.
2.5 Quad Cam V8's with mechanical injection and dry sump are not the easiest home maintenance projects!!
But sound absobloomingfantasticarama when all 8 are going at once.
They are meant to be a good drive. Maybe not the last word in roadholding as they are based on the standard 105 Coupe chassis, but still very good nonetheless, and highly regarded in their day.
I thought they were considered flawed in their day? - an unhappy compromise between cruiser and sportscar.
My father had one - you need to tread VERY CAREFULLY. If properly looked after and maintained on a scrupulous "preventative" maintenance programme then you`ll probably get away with it.(It would be a massive assistance if you were a talented engineer!)
The styling is looking better as it gets older and they have a groovy interior but the very best bit is the fantastic 33-derived engine which sounds absolutely magnificant! (when all is well). They are over weight and under chassised (?) tho`.
My father had one - you need to tread VERY CAREFULLY. If properly looked after and maintained on a scrupulous "preventative" maintenance programme then you`ll probably get away with it.(It would be a massive assistance if you were a talented engineer!)
The styling is looking better as it gets older and they have a groovy interior but the very best bit is the fantastic 33-derived engine which sounds absolutely magnificant! (when all is well). They are over weight and under chassised (?) tho`.
Dinkel,
I have owned one for the last 2 years and have had no problems but buy a lemon and you'll need deep pockets. The comments on here are pretty accurate and the old girl sure has some style, and a pedigree engine.
However don't get the idea she'll mix it with modern performance stuff through the twisties as in standard form they are undertyred. They are however still pretty quick in a straight line.
I love it and if you have an inkling go for it....
I have owned one for the last 2 years and have had no problems but buy a lemon and you'll need deep pockets. The comments on here are pretty accurate and the old girl sure has some style, and a pedigree engine.
However don't get the idea she'll mix it with modern performance stuff through the twisties as in standard form they are undertyred. They are however still pretty quick in a straight line.
I love it and if you have an inkling go for it....
I'm pretty sure my Dad had one of these in the 70s in Bahrain. I'll confirm it with him tonight!
I seem to remember him mentioning the exhausts are very low at the back and tend to get knocked every time you go over a speed bump. The roads in Bahrain weren't that good in the 70s and he used to regularly need to repair them! He's never mentioned anything else bad about it though
He wishes he'd never sold it to some guy who shipped it back to the UK so it may be knocking about here somewhere!
I seem to remember him mentioning the exhausts are very low at the back and tend to get knocked every time you go over a speed bump. The roads in Bahrain weren't that good in the 70s and he used to regularly need to repair them! He's never mentioned anything else bad about it though
He wishes he'd never sold it to some guy who shipped it back to the UK so it may be knocking about here somewhere!
dinkel said:
Anyone got a soundfile?
Here's one reving:
www.alfamontreal.info/Montreal/Revving.wav
and one driving:
www.alfamontreal.info/Montreal/Driving.wav
Sound's fantastic
and more like an American V8 than an Italian one (not that that's a bad thing!) >> Edited by KITT on Monday 19th April 15:57
It's from this website:
www.alfamontreal.info
(under the engine section)
The site claims to be "Dedicated to Alfa Romeo's most exotic series production automobile" so I'd like to think it's correct. I'll play it to my dad and see if he recognises it.
www.alfamontreal.info
(under the engine section)
The site claims to be "Dedicated to Alfa Romeo's most exotic series production automobile" so I'd like to think it's correct. I'll play it to my dad and see if he recognises it.
KITT said:
It's from this website:
www.alfamontreal.info
(under the engine section)
The site claims to be "Dedicated to Alfa Romeo's most exotic series production automobile" so I'd like to think it's correct. I'll play it to my dad and see if he recognises it.
That would be most kind of you.
KITT said:
[quote=dinkel]Anyone got a soundfile?
Here's one reving:
<a href="http://www.alfamontreal.info/Montreal/Revving.wav">www.alfamontreal.info/Montreal/Revving.wav</a>
and one driving:
<a href="http://www.alfamontreal.info/Montreal/Driving.wav">www.alfamontreal.info/Montreal/Driving.wav</a>
Sound's fantastic
and more like an American V8 than an Italian one (not that that's a bad thing!) [quote]
Oh superb - had the speakers on desk shaking even at low volume
Well, Dad confirmed he did have a Montreal in the early 70s in Bahrain. He brought it off a guy out there then sold it a few years later to a guy who shipped it back to the UK. His words on the sound files were "could be...." 
It's been nearly 30 years since he's heard one so not really supprising he can't remember!. He dug out this photo of his one taken in Bahrain:
It had gone a bit red, so I tried my best to photoshop it back to life! The car's supposed to be bright orange like the one at the top of this page.
PS talking about this to him is making him wish he'd never sold it!
It's been nearly 30 years since he's heard one so not really supprising he can't remember!. He dug out this photo of his one taken in Bahrain: It had gone a bit red, so I tried my best to photoshop it back to life! The car's supposed to be bright orange like the one at the top of this page.
PS talking about this to him is making him wish he'd never sold it!
Subsequently Autodelta made a small number of higher performance hybrid engines comprising a combination of 33 and Montreal parts. The 3-litre (2997 cc) variant of the standard 2593 cc engine had a single-plane steel crank. A 3-litre Group 4 racing Montreal shown by Autodelta at the International Racing Car Show in London in January 1973 was claimed to develop 370 bhp at 9000 rpm.
dinkel said:
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Oeee, I want one . . . are they reliable and good to run?
I had the luck to see one of these a few months back , first one i have ever spotted what supprised me was how small she looked , deffo one of my dream cars from childhood
silverback mike said:
That new one, as in evo last month looks an absolute corker...cant remember what it is called though.
C8?
or else www.alfaromeo-duebendorf.ch/news.htm
And that's lovely too, matches the curves . . .
>> Edited by dinkel on Tuesday 4th May 10:35
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