Alfa 75 appreciation society

[PeterGadsby]

Truimph12 said:

Pretty sure I recognise that car - wasn’t it recently restored by one of the marque specialists? IIRC it had loads of work done…..I suppose the real question would be, what wasn’t done!

If you don’t mind me asking, what exactly were the issues?

I have owned 2 alfa 75s and they are not exactly complicated cars and fairly straightforward to work on even for non-specialist apart from the rear brakes……aaaarrrgh!

Too many issues to mention.... The last straw my wife was driving it and it had complete brake failure... We had a fuel leak, which was caused because the fuel filler was not connected properly to the tank, some minor stuff, the window wouldn't go down properly, the new stereo wasn't attached properly, the front tyres rubbed when going around corners. The speedo didn't work, the car had a plume of smoke on startup .... The list goes on

[Truimph12]

PeterGadsby said:

Truimph12 said:

Pretty sure I recognise that car - wasn’t it recently restored by one of the marque specialists? IIRC it had loads of work done…..I suppose the real question would be, what wasn’t done!

If you don’t mind me asking, what exactly were the issues?

I have owned 2 alfa 75s and they are not exactly complicated cars and fairly straightforward to work on even for non-specialist apart from the rear brakes……aaaarrrgh!

Too many issues to mention.... The last straw my wife was driving it and it had complete brake failure... We had a fuel leak, which was caused because the fuel filler was not connected properly to the tank, some minor stuff, the window wouldn't go down properly, the new stereo wasn't attached properly, the front tyres rubbed when going around corners. The speedo didn't work, the car had a plume of smoke on startup .... The list goes on

Not sure what to say really other than sorry you had to go through that, sounds like car was not run in before sale to iron out the minor niggles but the fuel leak.......

Did you take it back for remedial work or had you just had enough at that point? Mind you, brakes and fuel are potentially life threatening issues.

Edited by Truimph12 on Tuesday 27th September 12:48

[PeterGadsby]

Truimph12 said:

PeterGadsby said:

Truimph12 said:

Pretty sure I recognise that car - wasn’t it recently restored by one of the marque specialists? IIRC it had loads of work done…..I suppose the real question would be, what wasn’t done!

If you don’t mind me asking, what exactly were the issues?

I have owned 2 alfa 75s and they are not exactly complicated cars and fairly straightforward to work on even for non-specialist apart from the rear brakes……aaaarrrgh!

Too many issues to mention.... The last straw my wife was driving it and it had complete brake failure... We had a fuel leak, which was caused because the fuel filler was not connected properly to the tank, some minor stuff, the window wouldn't go down properly, the new stereo wasn't attached properly, the front tyres rubbed when going around corners. The speedo didn't work, the car had a plume of smoke on startup .... The list goes on

Not sure what to say really other than sorry you had to go through that, sounds like car was not run in before sale to iron out the minor niggles but the fuel leak.......

Did you take it back for remedial work or had you just had enough at that point? Mind you, brakes and fuel are potentially life threatening issues.

Edited by Truimph12 on Tuesday 27th September 12:48

It went back to the original company who looked after it, but they didn't properly fix the issues and cost us a fortune, we also went to another specialist & they were really good, they identified further problems such as the Turbo not fitting properly... But even they washed their hands off it when the brakes failed.
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Really Really put me off classic cars, actually and especially Alfa's even though I am an Alfisti and own a 4c as well.

shan't be buying another classic any time soon.

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[rossybee]

5 In a Row said:

I recognise that place!

How is Euan?

He's very well thanks!

Great guy

Actually had a yap with him just this morning as I was getting my son's car MOT'd!

[2172cc]

A few years ago when I used to compete in sprints, my mates used to triple drive this 2.0 Twin Spark. Boy did that car take some stick but it never really let them down.