The Perfect Alfa Mongrel

I've just concocted my idea of the perfect Alfa mongrel. This is because I genuinely had absolutely nothing better to do.

You can take all the best bits from your favourite Alfas... only proviso is that the car has to live outside all year round, be used every day and cover 12,000 miles a year. So no rusty Alfettas with 33 Stradale engines.

Here's mine:

Body: 156 Sportwagon of course (pre-facelift)
Engine:156 or 147 GTA
Chassis and gearbox: SZ (ES30)
Brakes: Big brembos
Glass roof: from a Brera
Build quality: 159 standard (but not one of the crap ones)
Seats: GT type, in leather
Wheels: 17" Ti type alloys as fitted to 156 & 147
Briefcase: the one from the Alfa 90 that fits in the dashboard

And there you have it: perfect. A rear wheel drive V6 156 with a sky view, folding rear seats and a fitted briefcase. What more could you want?

Oh, one more thing... no waffling on about how the gearbox from the SZ won't technically fit the GTA engine, actually, without fitting a triple trunion widget bolt from a 1976 Lamborghini Espada because I'm not interested. It's just a bit of fun innit!

Any more for any more?

Originally Posted by Camp Freddie

Briefcase: the one from the Alfa 90 that fits in the dashboard

You forgot door pockets from a C6.

Nice try Monsieur Nev but no cigar.

Only Alfa bits allowed I'm afraid. Them's the rules.

The 159 engine from the original racer (317Kw) supercharged into a sud shell
with 6 speed box from
current 8c, with 147 gta interior..
Now that's a sleeper

Let's have someone try on Photoshop

SZ body
156/47 GTA 3.2 engine
GTV/156 v6 6-speed gearbox
75 transaxle (RWD)


Ralf S.

8C body, 8C engine, 8C chassis, 8C wheels, 8C interior, 8C drivetrain. I think you see where I'm going with this…

Originally Posted by badgers_nadgers

8C body, 8C engine, 8C chassis, 8C wheels, 8C interior, 8C drivetrain. I think you see where I'm going with this…

Yes i do

You want an 8C car fitted into an 75 body shell - as that was the only bit left

166 body, seats, everything you see, feel and touch.

Underneath SZ chassis, supercharged GTA engine.
It'd be the only car I'd ever need in my whole life.

If I had a lot of money, I'd take the 164 Q4 drivetrain and upgrade my engine to a 3.7 supercharged. Wouldn't cost all that much I don't suppose. I certainly wouldn't ever want another car.