1989 Alfa Romeo Sprint 1.7

[joeyg]

Hi all. I've been looking round the forum for awhile but, never actually posted anything. So thought I'd start a thread for my 1989 Alfa Romeo Sprint 1.7.


The day I bought it.



I lowered it slightly on some 33 lowering springs.
Someone I knew was selling some old zender wheels so I tried them on the sprint and couldn't resist getting them.

The tyres were a bit big but I could see the potential.


A lot of the sprints I liked on the Internet were de-bumpered so I whipped them off. Although very dirty, the paint is actually pretty good underneath.



Trial fitted a mk1 golf splitter to cover the now showing lower subframe.

Water had got under the lacquer on all of the wheels.



I stripped the lacquer and removed the curb and pitting marks. Then I spent a long time polishing!


Sourced some smaller tyres from a friend.

And here's how it looks at the moment

[grifterkid]

Now that is ruddy lovely...!!!!!!

[cicii]

So sweet. So simple to remove the bumpers but it makes such a difference. Nice ride!

[79cord]

Very dramatic, the wheels certainly look like a tight enough fit to need stretched tyres, & it's low enough for it to look terrific rather than silly.
Glad they fit as they suit it perfectly.

[Anglia68]

That's a very purposeful looking car and I like it a lot, you don't see many about nowadays and I thought the Golf spoiler really suited it as well.
A sportier set of door mirrors would set it off a treat imho.

[r31mark]

Dang this is great!

[EmDee]

Yes!

My Old Man had a 1.7 cloverleaf when I was a nipper, it was black with the green stripe and I've always loved them ever since (even if I wasn't quite strong enough to use the frankly poxy rear window winders)...

I kinda hate you for doing this before me, but I'll let you off since you've done such a fantastic job!

If you ever want out of it send me a PM.

[jimspolicev8sd1]

Looks cool, what happened to the front spoiler?

[MK2VR6]

Love the look of the Zenders on it - rare car now, too. Preferred bumpers fitted personally, but just personal taste. Looks solid, though!

[flyingphil]

Nice Sprint! Does it still have the standard 1.7 8V engine?

[jinky]

Great result on the wheels. What did you use to strip/polish them?

[joeyg]

Haven't fitted the splitter yet as I've been busy getting the wheels to fit and getting it through the mot. Changed the rear wheel cylinders, shoes, a rear bearing and the brake compensator for mot. Now one of the core plugs is leaking. Owning an alfa definately keeps you busy!

Yes still the original 1.7 8v engine with the twin weber carbs. Sounds awesome!

Wheels are a tight fit, would probably have gone slightly smaller on the tyres if I didn't get these so cheap.

[joeyg]

Oh and on the wheels I used some paint stripper (not nitromors as that was curse word) then I just used wire wool to take out the marks. Have used wet and dry before but the wire wool seemed to work just as well. Then I used mothers aluminium polish to finish them off. It did take a lot of hours, but worth it I think.

[greencloverleafpat]

The sprint looks very nice indeed .

[HoTWire]

Oh I love this !

89 Alfa is best year in this era as they were using proper steel at the time (rather than reclaimed from Russian ships or wherever they actually got their crappy steel from)

Love it ... engine makes a great noise, hope you get those pops and burbles on over run

[luckygti]

That is a very cool looking car. I have a lot of love the the Sprint, and can't remember the last time I actually saw one! Wheels look the business. What's the interior like?

[Clement]

B o o k m a r k e d



This looks magnificent. More of it please! Any video?

[tdk]

My word! That's one of the coolest cars I've seen in quite some time.

[wodge]

Wow! Can't believe how much meaner and just plain epic this looks without bumpers. Wheels are perfect too.

[HammerDown]

You've got that sitting just right.....Love it!!