Alfa Romeo Spider Type 4

[crostonian]

jamieboy said:

dinkel said:

Until the 8C it was the last RWD Alfa:

I think the last of the RZs were later than the last of these. They're lovely cars, though.

Splitting hairs but wasn't the RZ sanctioned by Zagato not Alfa, so who is right, you or Dinkel?

[sunbeam alpine]

Hi Albert! You missed a great run today - along the WWI front line around Ieper.

Took the Spider and the GTV - as usual we kept swapping around so everyone got a drive.



Parking up in Ieper for a drink stop.



Pieter & Els in the Spider at the lunch stop.

First dry day in ages. Took the scenic route home and stopped to pick blackberries. (Lut is now making jam).

Unfortunately I always forget to take pictures, so I can't post a lot of the good bits.

[crostonian]

What are the alloys on the Spider?

[sunbeam alpine]

crostonian said:

What are the alloys on the Spider?

Don't know - they were on it when I bought it. The spare is the traditional S4 "pepperpot", but I prefer these.

Will take a look and post a close-up photo tomorrow

P.S. Pieter should get the credit for the shiny alloys - he spent most of yesterday afternoon cleaning them!

My cars are more (ab)used than cossetted, the wheels aren't normally that shiny!

Edited by sunbeam alpine on Sunday 31st August 21:25

[dinkel]

Good to see you had fun. Drive 'em like they are meant to be ... it's the best thing for a car.

[jamieboy]

crostonian said:

jamieboy said:

dinkel said:

Until the 8C it was the last RWD Alfa:

I think the last of the RZs were later than the last of these. They're lovely cars, though.

Splitting hairs but wasn't the RZ sanctioned by Zagato not Alfa, so who is right, you or Dinkel?

I just took 'last RWD Alfa' at face value, i.e. a car produced, marketed, sold, supported by Alfa Romeo as an Alfa Romeo. If you go down the route of 'last RWD car designed, engineered, styled, built by Alfa Romeo', then I don't know where you'd end up...

Anyway, not to detract from the subject of the thread - these are glorious cars, and look to be a credit to their owners.

[dinkel]

SZ: built until 1993.

75: built until 1992.

C8 (spider): built until 2010.

[jamieboy]

dinkel said:

SZ: built until 1993.

75: built until 1992.

C8 (spider): built until 2010.

Looks about right, with the RZ being built (although largely unsold ) until 1994.

[RicksAlfas]

jamieboy said:

Looks about right, with the RZ being built (although largely unsold ) until 1994.

Not surprised. Who'd want one of those?

[sunbeam alpine]

crostonian said:

What are the alloys on the Spider?

Wheels are ACT -





A bit of googling led me (via the splendidly-named wheel wes webite) to Ronal.

Quoting from their website (which I hope is allowed) gave me mixed feelings -

"We are RONAL GROUP, we are a leading manufacturer of light alloy wheels and shower enclosures. "

This cheered me up -

"All the high-end cars of renowned manufacturers like Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Porsche equip cars with SPEEDLINE wheels."

(Photo also shows that Pieter missed a bit!)

[sunbeam alpine]

Update: Just failed the Keuring (Belgian MOT) on a £4 suspension bush!

Time to peruse the alfaholics catalogue!

[dinkel]

Ai ai ai!

The Spider could be up for KEURING with in a few eeks I hope?

[sunbeam alpine]

It's OK - I've ordered new parts from Alfaholics - went for upgraded race/fast road kit (also ordered a performance suspension kit for the GTV ).

It'll be here on Thursday. Playtime!!

Edit: May have inadvertently spent more than the £4 bush. Basically asked them to send me what they thought would be best!

Edited by sunbeam alpine on Monday 1st September 18:22

[dinkel]

They do know their stuff. There are always a handfull GTVs at Spa6 carying their stickers.

Soft rear and tight front?

[dinkel]

Duetto!

1968 1300.


Perfect shutlines ...


Lurking inbetween the big cats.


Start of the Gijs Van Lennep Legend rally - every one minute a car lifts off and often with a great soundbyte. The overhead cam Nord was no exception.


Alfa Romeo Spider Coda Tronca Iniezione - USA import.


Plates show no info but I guess this is a 2000.

[sunbeam alpine]

Update: Passed the keuring today!

Cost of parts NEEDED to pass the Keuring £4

Actual spend at Alfaholics £195

Man maths rules!

[dinkel]

Thumbs up!

Thursday it's Spider time. Hoping there's an Tipo 2 available.

[Squadrone Rosso]

Loving the cars on this thread but then again, I'm a little biased

My S4 in January



And last year in Paris

Edited by Squadrone Rosso on Friday 29th May 00:24

[dinkel]

Nice one. The S4 is such a great all round car. Any problems?

[Squadrone Rosso]

dinkel said:

Nice one. The S4 is such a great all round car. Any problems?

It's had a few hydraulic issues due to lack of use & the clutch pivot arm needed welding in France last year.

I also did this which led to the full re-spray



Needed a new wheel, wing & nose cone together with the alloy splash panel but thankfully, inner wing, chassis & structure completely unaffected.