After 12 years it is time to let my Alfa go.
It is an early '01 156 SportWagon Veloce with a 2.5 Busso V6 and 6 speed manual box.
It is of course in Alfa Rosso, with black leather interior. The front seats were upgraded to the facelift seats with attached armrest, but the originals are available too. Other upgrades were the facelift leather steering wheel, and colour coded mirrors. The front bumper is a rare Zender part in good condition. It has a Brink detachable towbar fitted and a few genuine new parts such as upper wishbones and bootlid badge/lock housing (common failures).
It has been lying up for a couple of years now and while it still runs, the brakes need bled (always fitted with Brembo which are still very good, and all brake pipes are excellent) and it has now succumbed to the dreaded tin worm.
For an Alfa it is actually not bad, but the whole rear of both sills is gone and there are one or two spots on the floor and front wing bottoms.
Electrically it is all spot on and the interior is super clean. It has just 100,600 miles on it. The timing belt was done at 100k but that was 3/4 years ago. There has only been 3 owners, there is one key, and not accident history.
Paintwork is faded and there are a few lacquer blisters on the bonnet. The Zender bumper was painted a few years ago so it's noticably brighter.
It is a PROJECT and there is a few weeks work before it can be driven on the road. To be clear it has RUST and will need WELDING to fix it.
It's located near Dungannon in NI and I'd rather see it fixed than break it for spares. To that end, the price is what I reckon it'd break into easily - £1200 firm. No, it probably isn't economical, but I'm hoping there's someone out there for whom an Alfa Red 156 SW 2.5 V6 manual Veloce with subtle upgrades ticks all the boxes, just as it did for me a decade ago.
It is an early '01 156 SportWagon Veloce with a 2.5 Busso V6 and 6 speed manual box.
It is of course in Alfa Rosso, with black leather interior. The front seats were upgraded to the facelift seats with attached armrest, but the originals are available too. Other upgrades were the facelift leather steering wheel, and colour coded mirrors. The front bumper is a rare Zender part in good condition. It has a Brink detachable towbar fitted and a few genuine new parts such as upper wishbones and bootlid badge/lock housing (common failures).
It has been lying up for a couple of years now and while it still runs, the brakes need bled (always fitted with Brembo which are still very good, and all brake pipes are excellent) and it has now succumbed to the dreaded tin worm.
For an Alfa it is actually not bad, but the whole rear of both sills is gone and there are one or two spots on the floor and front wing bottoms.
Electrically it is all spot on and the interior is super clean. It has just 100,600 miles on it. The timing belt was done at 100k but that was 3/4 years ago. There has only been 3 owners, there is one key, and not accident history.
Paintwork is faded and there are a few lacquer blisters on the bonnet. The Zender bumper was painted a few years ago so it's noticably brighter.
It is a PROJECT and there is a few weeks work before it can be driven on the road. To be clear it has RUST and will need WELDING to fix it.
It's located near Dungannon in NI and I'd rather see it fixed than break it for spares. To that end, the price is what I reckon it'd break into easily - £1200 firm. No, it probably isn't economical, but I'm hoping there's someone out there for whom an Alfa Red 156 SW 2.5 V6 manual Veloce with subtle upgrades ticks all the boxes, just as it did for me a decade ago.
