Alfa Romeo Giulia Super 1968 RHD

This beautiful Alfa Guilia Super in classic Alfa Red has been imported from Gauteng an inland province of South Africa which has a great climate for the preservation of cars meaning this is a fantastically solid and rust free example of the marque.

Enthusiast owned and maintained by local Alfa specialists in JHB it is in really great shape both bodily and mechanically and almost unheard of for a classic Alfa the body never been welded comprising all original factory steel. It has been painted once to a high standard some while ago and still presents very well with a nice patina.

It has the benefit of an engine upgrade to the more powerful 1750cc engine which has recently been fully rebuilt. This gives the car worthwhile extra performance over the standard 1600cc engine and it performs really well on the road.

The Guilia Super is considered by many to be an even better driving car than it's 105 series GTV coupe stablemate and these cars represent great value and investment opportunity in the current market.

The boxy shape of 105 Series Giulias belied a low drag coefficient (superior to that of similarly aged Porsche 911s). When coupled with the 1. 6-litre Super version of the company's ubiquitous all-alloy. DOHC. four-cylinder engine. the result was a performance car capable of shaming many sporting two-seaters of the period. It's perhaps no surprise then that these delightful saloons are highly collectable today and racing versions are still being campaigned with vigour on all continents. The specification was straightforward - a four-door. three-box. lightweight body powered by a front-mounted engine driving the rear wheels. The suspension was independent at the front and braking by servo-assisted discs all round. A slick five-speed manual gearbox ensured optimum performance and added to driver satisfaction.

The Giulia Super first saw the light of day in 1965 and. with technology transferred straight from the racing TI Super. proved to be the most successful of all Giulia saloons made. Tuned for optimum torque. the double twin-choke Weber-fed engine produced some 97bhp - sufficient for the nippy Alfa to achieve the 0-60mph dash in around 12 seconds and easily top the magic 'ton' flat out. The suitably sporty interior featured a new fascia with large round tachometer and speedometer and an aluminium-spoked steering wheel. Updates for 1968 included revised suspension geometry and rear anti-roll bar plus a switch from 15in to 14in wheels.

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