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Gorgeous car, I remember your 2 1/2 gtv, done in Liverpool think.
Bought an sp3 156 2.5 summer last year, same colour as yours with glorious blue leather, recent belts and wp and clutch, new matching Pirelli’s all round, drove great.
My god the rust underneath, how it had passed the mot is unbelievable, inner/outer sills, 60% of the floorpan, door bottoms, etc.
I already have a 155 project and 2 bike projects, it was way to big a project, offered it on the forums for £250, no one bought it, put it on ebay with everything mentioned and it went for £510, prices are going up on V6 Alfa’s
Bought an sp3 156 2.5 summer last year, same colour as yours with glorious blue leather, recent belts and wp and clutch, new matching Pirelli’s all round, drove great.
My god the rust underneath, how it had passed the mot is unbelievable, inner/outer sills, 60% of the floorpan, door bottoms, etc.
I already have a 155 project and 2 bike projects, it was way to big a project, offered it on the forums for £250, no one bought it, put it on ebay with everything mentioned and it went for £510, prices are going up on V6 Alfa’s
It's been a while since the last update, so I thought I'd let you know how it's going.
The 156 is still with me and in pretty good health.
Here is a list of the maintenance to date since I bought the car in 2017.
I've actually missed off some bits from the list, but they are not really maintenance, but rather desirable things.
They are 17 inch teledials which have replaced the 16 inch teledials which came with the car (2.5 156s did not come with 17 inch teledials and if you see them on a 156 they were probably originally from a GTV). The jump from 16 to 17 inch makes the car look a lot better and it seems to sit way better on the road (no modifications were required, they just fit straight on). Also grip levels have increased as expected so the car feels a lot more sure footed now. Tyre noise has increased a little but isn't too bad.
The other change to the car which was fairly recent is the addition of a red leather interior. I found one for sale for £325. I picked it up a few months ago and fitted it without drama. Apart from a bolt on each seat being a total pain to get to! (one of the rear ones on each of the front seats). The other thing to deal with was that the original non leather seats had an airbag seat occupancy sensor but the "new" leather seats don't. So I got a resistor to put in the connector under the seat and it seems to work. Since the pics below, I have bought a touch up pen and its really improved the seats, in particular the piping around the edge which lost of a lot of colour from years of wear.
Things to do in the future are source a set of front wings for the car. The current ones are disintegrating at the bottom. Cambelt will be on the horizon at some point; mileage wise it was done less than 10k ago but that was in 2018 so probably best to get it done either this year or next.
The 156 is still with me and in pretty good health.
Here is a list of the maintenance to date since I bought the car in 2017.
I've actually missed off some bits from the list, but they are not really maintenance, but rather desirable things.
They are 17 inch teledials which have replaced the 16 inch teledials which came with the car (2.5 156s did not come with 17 inch teledials and if you see them on a 156 they were probably originally from a GTV). The jump from 16 to 17 inch makes the car look a lot better and it seems to sit way better on the road (no modifications were required, they just fit straight on). Also grip levels have increased as expected so the car feels a lot more sure footed now. Tyre noise has increased a little but isn't too bad.
The other change to the car which was fairly recent is the addition of a red leather interior. I found one for sale for £325. I picked it up a few months ago and fitted it without drama. Apart from a bolt on each seat being a total pain to get to! (one of the rear ones on each of the front seats). The other thing to deal with was that the original non leather seats had an airbag seat occupancy sensor but the "new" leather seats don't. So I got a resistor to put in the connector under the seat and it seems to work. Since the pics below, I have bought a touch up pen and its really improved the seats, in particular the piping around the edge which lost of a lot of colour from years of wear.
Things to do in the future are source a set of front wings for the car. The current ones are disintegrating at the bottom. Cambelt will be on the horizon at some point; mileage wise it was done less than 10k ago but that was in 2018 so probably best to get it done either this year or next.
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