Who owns this little Sweety?

Does anyone know the owner(s) of this little sweetheart of an Alfa Romeo?
I posted the same question on a different thread and, so far, no responses. I like to believe that some of my fellow Nomads are the type of people who'd own such a machine--or at least know people who do.



According to my reference material, it's an Alfa Romeo Giulia Nouva Super, made between the years 1974 and until around 1978. It came available with either a 1300cc (which put out a whopping [for its size] 103 horsepower) or 1600 (with 115 horses available) under the hood. Add to that four-wheel disc brakes and one of those famous Alfa suspentions, and this would be one hell of a ride on the road to Los Cabos via the old mining district--lots of tight curves in sections with places to really let 'er rip. Aaahh, how I miss hearing that "Alfa growl" under full acceleration.

The car is located about two blocks north of the Santuario, in La Paz. I'd love to hear from the owner.

That's mine. You can have it free, but I seem to have misplaced the keys so you'll have to hotwire it.

Since we're on the subject....

Someone who's never been there when the 'canes are blowing.

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Originally posted by DENNIS Quote: Originally posted by sanquintinsince73 Who drives around IB in a red SUV with a rear window sticker that reads: "No bad days in Mulege" ? Just curious. Someone who's never been there when the 'canes are blowing.

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Originally posted by DENNIS That's mine. You can have it free, but I seem to have misplaced the keys so you'll have to hotwire it.

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Sorry, Skipjack, I should have put some to put it in the proper perspective. I think most people are more like you than me when it comes to cars. It's something that's in the blood, you're born with. Although I never really knew my father, much less his interests, my mother always said I was just like him. And I see the same in my kids, one has it, one doesn't, and it's too early to tell on the third.

When I live in the US, where there's what seems like an infinite supply of cheap "older" (so as not to say "junk") cars, my addiction is allowed to manifest itself to its fullest. At one time I had eight cars (four of them Alfa Romeos) around the house, in various states of disrepair. Luckily, being in the military, every three years I had to shed what I couldn't take or store. Down here, I have no problems because the cars I can afford don't interest me. There aren't any 300 dollar Fiat 124 sports coupes.

[Edited on 2-3-2012 by Bajatripper]

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Originally posted by Bajatripper Does anyone know the owner(s) of this little sweetheart of an Alfa Romeo? I posted the same question on a different thread and, so far, no responses. I like to believe that some of my fellow Nomads are the type of people who'd own such a machine--or at least know people who do. According to my reference material, it's an Alfa Romeo Giulia Nouva Super, made between the years 1974 and until around 1978. It came available with either a 1300cc (which put out a whopping [for its size] 103 horsepower) or 1600 (with 115 horses available) under the hood. Add to that four-wheel disc brakes and one of those famous Alfa suspentions, and this would be one hell of a ride on the road to Los Cabos via the old mining district--lots of tight curves in sections with places to really let 'er rip. Aaahh, how I miss hearing that "Alfa growl" under full acceleration. The car is located about two blocks north of the Santuario, in La Paz. I'd love to hear from the owner.

So you're Italian, Roberto? How cool is that.

Thanks for sharing your memories with us. I've always enjoyed seeing police cars in pretty much any flick filmed in Europe.

However, I do note that we have a totally different opinion on how to drive an Alfa, which interests me. My present Alfa mount, a '67 Duetto (the car that rocketed to stardom in the Dustin Hoffman movie The Graduate) and it's anything but tame above 5400 RPM. In fact, I didn't even know that Alfa Romeo made an engine with such a low redline. Mine, for instance, redlines at 6250, still pullling strongly on up to more than I'd care to admit. But that's what these machines are made for, according to everything I've ever heard or read on the make. In fact, the "wisdom" I've picked up over the years is that these cars need to be taken out regularly for a good throttling to keep carbon deposits down. That is part of the beauty of double overhead cams, they're usually high-revving.

A 5400 RPM redline would seem more indicative of a pushrod engine, like the US auto industry is so fond of. Assuming your Alfas had the standard double overhead cam engines that made the company famous, then I'd guess that perhaps for the home market the company de-tunes their engines, probably more restrictive carburation and different cams, something like that, in an effort to make them more fuel efficient (and less fun to drive). As you know, gasoline prices in Europe are a whole nother matter.

My present Alfa ride (when it's running). I had the pleasure of driving it down from Washington with my daughter a couple of summers ago.

5700, not 5400 - and that 300 RPM made all the difference. I can tell you that I've pushed that car every which way from Sunday. Built up power until that point, then pretty much that was it - shifting would keep you going, but extra RPM did not yield extra power. It had a strong oversteer, and once you understood how to control it, bring it on! And it was eminently controllable.

I know that many of the cars sold in the U.S. were shipped with a 2000 cc engine and all of them were tuned very differently from the cars sold in Italy. I can also tell you that engine mods were easy and common, though they made the car a little unruly in that they REALLY had to be revved. Besides the police, many of "the other side" had these same card, but in the coupe version. Which engine is yours? I remember having a blast because when you drove one of these at night, especially the way I did, people assumed you were in "la mala", short for malavita. Until they saw me - all of 22 years old Different times, different world.

I didn't mean to imply the car was tame. Mine was a 1300 cc and top speed was 180 kph. Not bad, especially driving in town, which I did many a time. Driving this car on the Autostrada (Italian version of the Autobahn) was REALLY fun. In those days, there were no speed limits.

Tripper. From the Italian OmniAuto.it. It's in Italian, but you speak Spanish, right? Close enough.

http://www.omniauto.it/magazine/304/alfa-romeo-giulia-gt

You'll notice that there are several models discussed, all in the RPM ballpark we're talking about.

Remembering those times is fun. A simpler world, and not just because of my age. And besides, I was invulnerable back then.

If it would only pull my boat out of the water I would still be driving this......

sighh.....



[Edited on 2-4-2012 by akmaxx]

Dude! You've got to post that photo HERE! You've successfully loaded it up to photobucket, so you're almost there. Niiiicccceeee! I'd have gotten a smaller boat

Can never remember which code inserts the Photobucket picture...

Here's the backside...



Whole different powerband in the Alfas. Great to drive at high-rpm's and they seemed pep up my days no matter where I was going.

[Edited on 2-4-2012 by akmaxx]