75 (Type 162) 1985 - 1992

Manufacture

The car was manufactured on 25^th July 1990 and sold on the 31^st January 1991 in the UK.  The body colour was Alfa Red.  (email from Marco Fazio, Alfa Romeo Archivist, 29th April 2014).

Early Life

Little is known about the car’s early life.

The current owner purchased the car in June 2012 from James Bell of Congleton who had acquired the vehicle in June 2011 with 115,200 miles on the clock.  It appears that the car was rarely used under his ownership as it only travelled 200 miles in a year.  It failed two MOT tests mainly due to brake and exhaust issues which were all rectified to allow MOT certificates to be awarded.

Prior to this the car appears to have been based in the Crewe area and although it passed MOT tests in 2008 and 2010 it clearly wasn’t on the road as it travelled only six miles in that two year period.  In fact the car has seen very little use in the last 14 years having travelled only 5000 miles between 2010 and 2024.

Current Owner

The current owner (the seventh since the car was first registered) acquired the car in June 2012 with the odometer showing 115,500 miles.  A fairly unpleasant journey from Cheshire to NE Scotland was then endured as the car suffered excessive vibration at motorway speeds.  It was subsequently discovered that none of the road wheels had been balanced!

The car was in storage from 2018 through to 2024 although in 2023 it had a complete engine rebuild and a full respray.

Prior to 2012

Previous owners undertook the following works:

• Installation of full Turbo Evoluzione Body Kit
• Installation of bespoke rear exhaust (this included the removal of the spare wheel well)
• Installation of new seat and door card upholstery (grey leather with burgundy piping).  Original interior was Blue Velour
• Various body repairs on sills, front & rear bumper supports (presumably due to corrosion)

2012

• Installation of RS Racing 30mm front anti roll bar and drop links
• New exhaust centre section
• New thermostat fitted
• New front & rear speakers fitted

2013

• New gearbox supports fitted

2014

• Front jacking points welded
• New camber arm bushes fitted

2015

• New timing belt fitted

2016

• Reconditioned front brake calipers fitted (incl red coating)
• Alloy wheels refurbished (gloss black)

2017

• New Koni adjustable shock absorbers fitted front and rear
• New RS Racing rear springs fitted
• New Poly bushes fitted front & rear
• Car lowered
• New brake balance valve fitted
• New radiator fitted
• New rear calipers fitted
• New flexible brake pipes fitted
• New prop shaft centre support & bearing fitted
• New front & rear engine supports fitted
• New alternator fitted
• New rear crankshaft seal fitted
• New timing belt
• Exhaust manifold refurbished (shot blast, painted & wrapped)
• Reconditioned steering rack fitted
• Engine compartment painted and tidied (including various new pipes & hoses)
• Suspension components refurbished (finished with POR-15)
• Gear selector mechanism refurbished
• Hydraulic timing belt de-tensioner refurbished
• Rocker covers and plenum painted

2023

• Full engine rebuild:
  • new oil pump
  • new piston rings
  • new main bearings
  • new big end bearings
  • new inlet valves
  • new gaskets and seals throughout
  • new timing belt
  • crankshaft checked and polished
  • liners honed
  • oil galleries cleaned out
  • all components ultrasonically cleaned
• Full external respray
• New windscreen fitted

2024

• New electric radio aerial fitted
• New rear tyres fitted
• Headlining refurbished
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The Section Photograph shows the Fiat eper listing for the car (ZAR16200006219131).  This is the "Potenziato" version (Engine Code 162B6C) which was the final iteration of the 75 V6.  Principal updates were:

• Bosch Motronic Fuel Injection (Bosch L Jetronic Fuel Injection on previous versions)
• Uprated camshafts (taken from the 12 valve Alfa 164 V6 engine)
• Crankshaft sensor (part of the Motronic system)
• Removable pulley on water pump (very helpful when replacing the water pump)
• 192 bhp (188 bhp on previous version)