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This was actually parked in my office parking lot yesterday.
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What would be better is if it were owned by a girl named Darla!
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I get the stupidity - but I wouldn't mind having it. Had one years back but it was a rusty wreck and I wasn't in the mood to weld it back together at that time. Still, it was a great little mini-Ferrari.
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Buttwheet say it O-tay!If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark DonohueComment
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I had to go look at the engines..Originally posted by DanStokes View Post
dual overhad cam, aluminum. that was very good back then.
although the vega engine was too in the right hands..
I drove an mg in the yard when I was akid.. terrifying. not my cup of tea.
an old sube wagon is as midget as I go...a real four cyl anyway.Previously boxer3main
the death rate and fairy tales cannot kill the nature left behind.Comment
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Damn that's funnyThom
"The object is to keep your balls on the table and knock everybody else's off..."Comment
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make him an offer.... that sounds suspiciously like a poor reference to "The Graduate" with Dustin Hoffman.Doing it all wrong since 1966Comment
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theres a 1990 alfa 164 for $750 in the local classifieds right now, id probably buy it if i had the cashformerly 1988montecarloss, 3198 posts
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The only missing picture is the one of the "damaged right door"...
But Alfalfa seems right. You need it to feed the horse required to drag the car home. I had a buddy in grade school who's dad had two of them. Never in the driveway at the same time, mind you. One of them was constantly in the shop. They rotated positions excercising the shop lift. Seriously.
And I want it, but I'd be as afraid of drving that in Dallas traffic as I would of driving a motorcycle in Dallas traffic!Flying south, with a flock of bird dogs.Comment
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If you actually want to drive a car like that, the best way to handle it is to start with a new wiring harness, then put in a modern drive train and upgraded brakes....There's always something new to learn.Comment
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A sprout covered "Alfalfa Romeo" might make a good theme for 24 Hours of Lemons...Comment
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just add the sprint and mg.Originally posted by Matt Cramer View Post
I make fun..
but the 1781cc I play with was just as silly scaled in steel and weight. The boxer was a real eye opener when I first drove one. I had a 1.8 chevette, holley 5200 to relate back to.
they really insiste on staying within themselves, and then factories give them big bellowing air..
the boxer is exactly the opposite..runted in every way by factory.
it is just the past couple of years realizing in my own tinkering what a real four can do...
the screaming inline drives me crazy..absolutely insane.Last edited by Barry Donovan; April 12, 2012, 07:22 AM.Previously boxer3main
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the engine looks like a old offy engine used in midget racing, might be a cool drivetrain to put in a track roadster projectCharles W - BS Photographer at largeComment
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The Alfa 4 is definitely a great little engine. It's a true OHC with no monkey motion between the cam and the valves. Doing a valve adjustment is a bit of a PITA as you have to squeeze the springs and pry out a puck (same as the Fiat 124 DOHC) but they rarely go out of adjustment once set. I had the Fiat DOHC and SOHC tools for years but chucked them when we moved here.
Mine had the mechanical fuel injection. I had been warned that it was also a pain but I never had a problem. Magnetti Marelli (Italian electrics) is problematic but again I got lucky. My Stradas were mostly Bosch - not a ton better in my opinion.
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