As people of this parish might remember, I experienced my first ever Alfa last year. That 166 auto, with the 3 litre Busso V6, was a lovely thing. Like really lovely.
forum.retro-rides.org/thread/214645/99-alfa-166-litre-v6
Sold for the usual reasons, and regretted for, yes, the usual reasons. Too many cars, something else had caught my eye etc etc. Anyway, it's fair to say it made a really positive impression on me.
Owning that car had actually come about because I had an awareness, and curiosity, of the 166 due to a few conversations I had had with a customer of my coffee shops. Her son had one, and was toying with the idea of selling. She had asked if I would be interested, to which I said I would be, obviously. Then, the commitment of her son to sell the car became the main issue. He ummmed and arrrred for a bit. And some more. Then I bought the black one, and the whole thing was parked to one side. A bit like this 166, which spent about 18 months parked up on the guys friend's driveway.
Fast forward a bit, and a few weeks ago I got a message from the guy to ask if I was still interested, as he had come to the decision that it wasn't fair to just keep it at his mates and not use it. Would have been rude not to go and have a little look........ here it was on first sight....
Apart from lots of old bird poo marks on the bonnet, this scrape on the rear bumper was the worst bit...
Full MOT, looked great, sounded great...yes, hell yes.
Beautiful interior...
Year 2000
2.5 Litre Busso V6
Rare Manual
102k miles
Full MOT
Beautiful Minerva Green
Zender body kit
19" Supersport alloys
There were things I knew I had to get done though...
Full service
Timing belt
Water pump
Heater matrix leaking
Aircon fault
Needs 4 good matching tyres
Bumper scrape to sort
Lots of bird poo marks to sort
So, a deal was done, and I picked it up a couple of days later.
Love a first wash...
Scrubs up pretty darn lovely
This was my first sight of the beautiful lump, whilst still on the sellers drive...
and under closer inspection, it showed quite a bit of evidence of being sat under a tree for quite a while...
After a bit of a clean up...
Little things...reg plate screw caps needed sorting...
A bit more washing, polishing, waxing....nice
There's a good amount of history with the car...
Another couple of pics of the V6 you say? Well, go on then...
Love it...
The car is currently down in Bradford with the 166 specialists who are carrying out the work listed earlier in this post. I'm missing the car actually. I have to say, being a manual, it is noticeably more rewarding and smile inducing than the Sportronic auto that was in the black one. What a bloody car...
forum.retro-rides.org/thread/214645/99-alfa-166-litre-v6
Sold for the usual reasons, and regretted for, yes, the usual reasons. Too many cars, something else had caught my eye etc etc. Anyway, it's fair to say it made a really positive impression on me.
Owning that car had actually come about because I had an awareness, and curiosity, of the 166 due to a few conversations I had had with a customer of my coffee shops. Her son had one, and was toying with the idea of selling. She had asked if I would be interested, to which I said I would be, obviously. Then, the commitment of her son to sell the car became the main issue. He ummmed and arrrred for a bit. And some more. Then I bought the black one, and the whole thing was parked to one side. A bit like this 166, which spent about 18 months parked up on the guys friend's driveway.
Fast forward a bit, and a few weeks ago I got a message from the guy to ask if I was still interested, as he had come to the decision that it wasn't fair to just keep it at his mates and not use it. Would have been rude not to go and have a little look........ here it was on first sight....
Apart from lots of old bird poo marks on the bonnet, this scrape on the rear bumper was the worst bit...
Full MOT, looked great, sounded great...yes, hell yes.
Beautiful interior...
Year 2000
2.5 Litre Busso V6
Rare Manual
102k miles
Full MOT
Beautiful Minerva Green
Zender body kit
19" Supersport alloys
There were things I knew I had to get done though...
Full service
Timing belt
Water pump
Heater matrix leaking
Aircon fault
Needs 4 good matching tyres
Bumper scrape to sort
Lots of bird poo marks to sort
So, a deal was done, and I picked it up a couple of days later.
Love a first wash...
Scrubs up pretty darn lovely
This was my first sight of the beautiful lump, whilst still on the sellers drive...
and under closer inspection, it showed quite a bit of evidence of being sat under a tree for quite a while...
After a bit of a clean up...
Little things...reg plate screw caps needed sorting...
A bit more washing, polishing, waxing....nice
There's a good amount of history with the car...
Another couple of pics of the V6 you say? Well, go on then...
Love it...
The car is currently down in Bradford with the 166 specialists who are carrying out the work listed earlier in this post. I'm missing the car actually. I have to say, being a manual, it is noticeably more rewarding and smile inducing than the Sportronic auto that was in the black one. What a bloody car...
