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Alfa Romeo Montreal (1970)
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Price: US $12,100.00

Description:

I have for sale a very special Montreal. Montreals are special as is, with its 4 cam dry sump 230HP engine, ZF transmission, and arguably the most exotic lines Alfa introduced for production. But like I said this car is a very special Montreal. This Montreal, serial # 1425102 is the second car built, the earliest car in private hands, (its sister car, #5101 is in the Alfa museum) known as a pre-production prototype, with many features unique only to #5101 and #5102. That being said should be enough to distinguish this car from the rest. But like I said, this car is special. #5102 is the very car that was chosen to be unvailed and represent Alfa Romeo at the famed Geneva Salon Auto Show in 1970. This car was manufactured in very early 1970 but Alfa officially dates production as Jan 29, 1971, same as its sister car in Arese. The Alfa factory retained these cars for promotional purposes and were shown together in many publicity photos worldwide, gracing the cover of April 1970 magazine IL Quadrifoglio. In 1977, Alfa sold # 5102 when the production of Montreals ended and all its inventory sold. The first to own was an Italian collector who sold it to a Swiss collector in the early 1980's. In 2001 I bought it from the 3rd (Swiss) owner who owned it for 11 years and I imported it into the United States.
This car is in nice presentable condition, originally Metallic Green it wears the Orange you see now, ( orange was the most popular color for Montreals) repainted by it 2nd owner. The motor starts quickly every time and idles beatifully even when cold. The previous owner installed 4 new camshafts and it pulls strong right up to its redline without missing a beat making all the wonderfull noises a 4 cam motor makes. The ZF transmission with its short throws, shifts quick and precise, nothing at all like a 4 cylinder Alfa transmission. The rear differential with its finned magnesium sump cooler works properly. The interior is in nice shape with a beautiful new set of wool carpets. The suspension has lower and slightly stiffer springs with bilstein gas shocks to improve its handling. The original front brake calipers were replaced with ones originally designed for the Alfa Sei sedan, having 4 pistons instead of 2 to considerably improve braking power. ( A week point on all Montreals )
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