and another Alfasud

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Had the chance to buy a yellow alfasud once, widened in Lancia Delta Intgrale style, but turned it down due to being young and stupid, and fearing the little bodywork on it That thing was hard as nails.

[boxerman]

a yellow alfasud looks good

i want to respray my black alfasud, but the choice of colour is very difficult.

silvergrey, was its original colour, with bumpers etc all painted
blue pearleffect, a new brera-colour

or something completely different

what would look best?

[sud1983]

cheers for the comments guys.

Believe that green Sud belongs to some guy over in Germany called Peter (?), runs a modded 1700 8v lump, very nice. He also owns a white Sud running a supercharger!!

Yep yellow does look good on Suds, especially if de-bumpered I reckon.

There was a wide-arch Sud for sale on ebay a while back I think, I did think about bidding for it, but just don't have the time for another project. They do look tough though!
Having just said, I have recently been toying with the idea of buying another Sud to look like the Trofeo cars, but I have no idea where I can get the Trofeo kit........any ideas anyone???

Must admit I prefer the base colours for the Sud, like the blacks, silvers and red, but boxerman what about Gallardo orange!!!

[boxerman]

Gallardo orange is cool too,

i have been seriously thinking about "electric orange" from the ford focus ST, but.........................



another clubmember is already busy to make an alfa 33 in that same colour.

and i want to be unique

in the past I have sprayed a grey alfa 33 into purple metallic, and a black alfa 33 into green pearleffect.

as long as i cannot decide about the colour, i'll keep driving the alfasud in black.

i will change the red carpet for a green "sprint QV"one
and make some minor changes

saturday i will awake the alfasud again

[alfa33pat]

here is a good website to look at it has loads of alfa suds and sprints on it .http://alfasud.alfisti.net/asus0e.html

heres a pic of a yellow sud .





you should paint it this colour

[alfa33pat]

heres a pic of my friends old veloce 33 for those who have not seen it .

[oldskoolalfa]

you say another sud as if its a bad thing... looks prish though..

[tenman]

heh, I like the yellow one... think I'm gonna keep mine as it is in TiX colours though might have to find another Alfa sticker for the side as some rot's bubbled under it a little bit

[alfa33pat]

not at all i do like alfa suds ;D i would have another one today and a sud ti was my first alfa i brought .
the sud was a fun car to drive then and as it would still be today here is a list of all the alfas ive owned
x reg sud ti 1.5(red),y reg sud tix 1.5(silver),y reg sud ti 1.5 greencloverleaf(red),t reg sud ti mk2 1.5(red),w reg sud tis 1,5(metallic green)(rare sud),b reg 33 greencloverleaf 1.5(silver),f reg 33 veloce 1.5(black),f reg 33 1.3(white),f reg 33 1.7 veloce 33(graphite grey),h reg 33 p4 1.7 16v(red),k reg 33 1.7 16v(red),g reg 164 3.0(metallic green),f reg sprint 1.7 veloce(red),f reg 33 1.7 zender kit(red) and last but not least my 33 veloce 1.5 ti in red so you can see i like my alfas.

[alfa33pat]

my non alfa cars ive had are as follows f reg 205 gti1.9(silver),f reg 205 gti 1.9(white),e reg 309 gti 1.9(grey),a reg astra gte mk1(white),f reg astra gte convertible(white),x reg golf gti 1.6(silver),a reg golf gti karmann convertible(black),f reg 5 gt turbo(pearl green),e reg dimma kitted 5 gt turbo(pearl white),c reg 320i bmw(black) and thats it ,i like my hot hatches. ;D

[sud1983]

although that Alfa Spider colour as suggested by alfa33pat would look nice, afraid its already been done by some guy in Australia, so won't be unique for Boxerman!!

So what about a 'gunmetal grey' ? or if you really wanna in your face colour, Murcielago green!!!

[boxerman]

I already have an alfaspider colour on my 1987 Alfa 33, and that's green pearleffect.
and i don't like to have 2 green cars standing next to another

otherwise, murcielago green would realy be a serious option

[alfa33pat]

what about this colour its a standard honda colour i think it would look nice.

[alfa33pat]

boxerman i might be getting some 33 veloce bumpers soon of my mate not sure if your interested in them not sure how much to ship them if you want to find out let me know from patrick.

[boxerman]

I'd love to have a set of veloce bumpers.

so if you could let me know how much they would cost, including shpment to the Netherlands, i would be thankful

[boxerman]

the alfasud is back to life

i've fired'er up today
can't wait till tuesday when i'll take her home with me

[alfa33pat]

ok i will find out when i get them

[boxerman]

the alfasud has been on the road for a week, but the frontbrakes got a bit sticky, wich got worse.

so the alfasud is inside again for a brake rebuild
i will fit goodridge flexible hoses while working on the brakes

that handbrakecable is a real pain to disconnect, i've only managed to get one side off today, i think it's better to lower the complete engine-gearbox

[psycho]

very nice to see such a cherished sud, infact all the suds seem loved by thier owners. Question to all, how quick are they 0-60,0-100,flat out & over the quarter mile?

[boxerman]

i don't know the performance-figures, but my sud is pretty quick, with its 1712cc engine and the short 1.5 gearbox

update:

engine and gearbox removed from the car, and discovered some things i'm not happy with
- a previous owner used liquid silicone sealant to seal the carbs on the inletmanifolds, but silicone-sealant is NOT petrolproof
- the front enginemount had lost it's thread, so wasn't bolted to the frontcrossmember
- the silentblocks are all worn
- radiator and hoses were worn
- and a few other things


so i went to the shop and bought some parts
- new brakediscs and pads all round
- new front callipers
- all silentblocks for the suspension
- radiator and hoses
- handbrakecable
- enginegasketset
- and more

so now the complete frontsuspension is removed from the car and dismantled, i can start cleaning it before painting
the shockabsorbers wil be changed to yellow koni sports
a set of loweringsprings will be fitted
the engine will get a good cleaning and a service before refitting
the gearbox too, plus all bushes, washers etc for the gearlever will be new
rearsuspension will be removed, cleaned and painted

so the sud will become technically a new car, can't wait to drive again