There are also a number of 2600s in the US, too, but they were never
officially imported by Alfa Romeo either. Before the safety compliance
nonsense, it was easy to buy gray-market models of cars not officially
imported, or, conversely, to go to Europe, buy one there, drive it
around for a few weeks and then ship it home. Until the 1980's (I
believe), all one had to concern oneself with was smog in those states
where it was controlled. Other than that, there were no Federal
restrictions on new automobiles. Now, of course, you can't do that. If
a car isn't a US certified model. it cannot be legally imported unless
it is at least 15 years old unless you bring it in under the so-called
"show and display" exemption, or for racing on a track (where it is
NEVER driven on public roads). There are ways around this, of course,
but they are all illegal 8^)
George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
On Feb 2, 2010, at 8:35 AM, Richard Welty wrote:
On 2/2/10 11:16 AM, George Graves wrote:
It's an "Alfa Six", a large executive saloon from the late
seventies and the first Alfa (as far as I can tell) to use the 2.5
Liter, 12-valve V-6. It's of interest in the context of this
discussion in that it was NOT an Alfetta. IOW, it had the
transmission and flywheel/clutch mounted traditionally to the front-
mounted engine rather than in the rear of the car (like the later
Alfetta sixes) making it easier to adapt the V-6 to other projects
such as the one that the OP has in mind. This car was never
imported into the USA and the European critics (like the British
magazine "Motor") hated it because it used six single-barrel Del
Orto carburetors instead of the later Bosch L-Jetronic FI and
apparently was hard to start, had lousy throttle response, and as
an extra bonus, got lousy fuel economy. Also, it seems that it was
nigh impossible to keep the carbs sync'd. In 1983, Alfa did a
facelift of the "Six" and finally replaced the troublesome Del
Ortos with L-Jetronic.
there were a (very small) number of these in the US legally. Tom Zat
had one, and in
his usual style, my recollection is that he did a callaway twin
turbo conversion on it.
richard
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