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£7,840

1976 Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT

United Kingdom • 7 Mar 2015 • Lot 312

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This is a first series 1976 Alfetta GT, a true Grand Tourer, with the desirable 1.8 litre engine, narrow metal bumpers and a five speed gearbox. The car retains its original plates and documents, and received the ASI Gold Plate in 2008, confirming its provenance and condition.

Condition

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The car retains its original plates and documents, and received the ASI Gold Plate in 2008, confirming its provenance and condition. The engine was overhauled in 2007, and has only covered approximately 7,500km since. It was painted externally, with no corrosion issues reported. Both the interior and the engine compartment are original.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

AR116.54-0004303

Odometer:

4,660 miles

Reg Number:

BG 415883

RHD/LHD:

LHD

Alfa Romeo's Alfetta name is synonymous with the post war 158/159 Grand Prix racing cars that became known as the 'invincible Alfetta' after winning every race entered in 1952.

30 years later, in 1972, Alfa Romeo re-introduced the Alfetta name with the introduction an all new saloon (Berlina); named such as the new car shared the transaxle and de Dion suspension design of the earlier race cars.

The front suspension was all new thinking with a complex progressive rate set up which used torsion bars in place of the familiar coil springs of the earlier Giulias and Giuliettas.

In 1974 a GT version was offered; designed by the stylist Giorgetto Giugiaro, the new Alfetta GT left little doubt as to the car's ancestry.

With the gearbox at the rear coupled with the de Dion design and new front suspension, the Alfetta offered 50/50 weight distribution over both axles giving the GT extraordinary stability at speed.

In 1976, the GT, initially offered with a capacity of 1570cc (1.6 litre) was ...