Don't forget to get on top of the rust on the front chassis legs under the bonnet. I saw it in a previous video. If left to rust further it will have all the crash protection of a wet paper bag!
Swear by my Osram Nightbreaker Lasers. As someone who drives 50k+ a year doing a lot of miles in the dark, they completely changed my view of the road without dazzling anyone else. I originally bought them when it was silly expensive per bulb so glad they’re a reasonable price again!
Not surprised that the suspension is not feeling that good, those coils looked very corroded. You were very lucky with that brake pipe, often wondered why manufacturers changed to steel pipes from copper apart from being more squash resistant and cheaper. I had a local repair garage that was good on making custom stainless exhausts, he had a vast stock of various bends and diameter sections, using the old as a pattern, he welded up a new one in a day. Sadly he retired a few years ago and sold the premises, he was in his eighties then, the two 'lads' working for him went on to local main dealers.
Great little tinkering from Yourself and Go Italia, good to see the Alfa on the road with a MOT, so you can enjoy it. Looking forward to seeing what you bring to the social on Saturday
Good to see the Alpha Romeo has an MOT as you know in N.S.W we have yearly regestration inspections and the tester never checks the head light alinement they check if they work also there is a lot of rust issues on the Alpha all that salt used to melt the snow
Good luck curing the aircon! I presume there must be a leak in the refrigerant circuit - all those pipes and hoses and connectors, not to mention the super-high-quality heat exchangers. Back in the day, FIAT's attitude to quality was "the car has a 12-month warranty, so it doesn't matter if everything fails in the thirteenth month". The STATE of the brand-new heat exchangers when they were sent to Borletti (the HVAC system supplier) was sometimes ASTONISHINGLY bad, but FIAT didn't care as long as they were cheap. Even a certain formerly-British manufacturer (with a terrible reputation for most things) was fussier about what they got.
Great job, Matt. Lovely to see the old girl alive again. The Alpha needs some rust abatement and then a trip to Krown Rustproofing. You don't want it getting any worse under there. I think your idea of some comparisons is great. Can't eait
An easy job, famous last words. 🤣 Looks like you were right to take the car to a specialist on this occasion and worth it for the pass. Interesting you mention exhaust hangers as I've had to manipulate the one on my paten part back box to stop it striking the chassis rail. The joys of old cars.
Except Alfa had cured the rust problem by about 1987. My 1989 Alfa 75 didn't rust badly and my three 164s hardly rusted at all. Today's Alfas are no better and no worse than most.
Keep up the great work. Can’t wait for more updates. Still cannot believe how easy it is to run a furious fleet in the UK. It would be a nightmare down in Australia running such a fleet. I worked out that it would cost £4500 in registration fees (road tax) per year in my home state of Victoria Australia. I don’t know how you manage to do it.
Anakinskywalker. The trick here is to make sure your fleet contains "classics" (over 25 y.o) so they can be registered on club rego (much cheaper), and Shannons classic insurance is also very affordable. Cheers!
Speaking of P6's...when will you give a new video on the 2000? I love that car, my favourite of the channel so to see that fire into life will be lovely. :)
Another road legal, nice one. Sometimes you got to "Bite the bullet", I got mechcanic friend couple of streets away and even he gives in sometimes and takes in to work with him, no shame in admitting defeat. Hope the hard lines for the brakes on o/s/r are ok, guess they going to need changing soon? Keep this going and you'll have a car for each month of the year. The P6 and W123, will be icing on the cake, once done.
Tom Mullins. Yeah. I'm glad I live in Australia and don't have to put up with much in the way of rust here - aside from on now very old (pre galvanised) models. I just bought a '93 Ford Fairlane that is basically rust free and original (that kind of thing doesn't look very possible in wet old blighty). Cheers!
@@phillipevans9414 I have seven cars with only 2 under cover in the blue mountains west of Sydney. Every year they are covered in snow and I’m hard pushed finding rust on any of them. 3 are over 20yrs old. The rest 12-15yo. These are the same age as Matt’s cars but he has a constant battle with corrosion. But then again, this is an Alfa. Nuff said
I'm an Aussie who lived in UK for 22 years coming home in 2010. I have direct experience of running classic cars there and here. The big issue you may not be aware of is the use of salt on Brit roads in winter - this especially impacts older classics if you choose to use them during this period. Granted some cars are more susceptible to rust, even without the salt issue due to lower body design and the wet weather. Older Italian cars have never weathered well on Brit roads and lets face it even here in Oz they rusted - my dad had Fiats and Alfas in the late 60s/early 70s in Sydney and he had to be on top of this (yes there was poor quality steel). Conversely back in south London during my time there I saw many 1960/1970s classics parked on the street (as many homes of a certain era have no garages or off-street parking) and through sheer dedication these cars were in lovely condition, I always marvelled at these lovely cars as I walked to the pub - parked on the street everyday! At the end of the day its all about how dedicated you truly are to conserve your passion!? I learnt a few years back here in Sydney an old MG I once owned that was in immaculate condition when sold in the 1980s b4 I left for UK, was now a rusted out wreck on a central west farm - granted whose to know what happened in the owners life re/family/health etc but still it was a shame to hear, as it was such a lovely car in a very rare spec and totally original when sold - and no salt was used in its demise. But yes we are lucky here in regard to our climate.
@@marknelson5929 yeah, I am aware of the salt problems in blighty and the problem with the roads not drying out as quick as here in oz. certain US states have the same problem. It’s just such a shame to see these beautiful cars turning to dust in front of your eyes.
I have to hand it to you Matt, you have an outstanding amount of patience with cars, that fail list in any other Alfa owners hands quite possibly would have sent it to the scrappy. Anyhow, Congrats on the Mot pass and for keeping it on the road.😎😀
If the clutch is anything like it is on the GT JTS (should be, gearbox is the same) then you'll probably need to drop the front subframe off the car to do it. Definitely take the time to have it blasted and powder coated while you're there because the one on my 146 project car didn't look as un-flakey as it should have.
Looking forward to the social on Saturday 😁 I'll be there in my daily driver 2017 Volvo V40 because I still haven't got my MGF sorted. I've realigned my timeline for the MGF now, I'm hoping to get it ready for next year's season so I don't have to rush the job so much.
I assume the the MOT inspection is mostly to ensure the vehicle is safe for you and others around you to drive on the road, which is a very good thing. Here these types of inspections are on a state by state basis with different rules. Some states are strict while others are not, and some don't have an inspection at all. Having said that it seems that a government (any government) could go too far with inspection requirements and infringe on personal liberties. Failing an inspection due to non-functioning windscreen washers would be considered ...... well..... ludicrous over here. Again I completely agree that an annual inspection is a very good thing. It just seems that some pass/fail criteria are meant more to garner revenue than to keep others safe. I know this is a shocking opinion that may cause controversy! By the way I've not had a vehicle inspected since the mid 1980s.
Great that you've got the 145 thro it's test and back on the road. I know only too well, the pain and anxiety Alfas cause after owning a few years ago, and yes while they're enjoyable to drive and look at, they try your patience. I don't fully understand why this is though? Has the quality control of Fiat who's owned them for 35 years not been passed on to Alfa. They develop such weird faults that the same collection of components, put together by the same company but badged as a Fiat, simply don't.
Great to see the work on the Alfa. I think those rear springs need replacing soon, they are prone to breaking anyway. Maybe you can do the springs and clutch yourself and film it? Can be done in the barn, right?
Comparisons; it'd be cool if you setup a couple of cameras at ends of a runway and drag race a pair of cars against one another. Have one car on the left, one on the right, then edit the separate runs together so that there of are two of you, drag racing each other, side-by-side on screen. Similar to how Robert at Aging Wheels edits himself into the same frame with a left/right separation at filming time, but racing yourself.
I reckon you need to protect the underside of the Alfa sooner rather than later and maybe get the whole car professionally rustproofed before get the bodywork done,then it should look mint and stay that way.
The rear of the car looks very rusty on the suspension components, those bottom arms in particular. I've known someone with a 145 a few years ago have the arm rust so badly it snapped in half and dig Into the road, strangely same thing happened to my p6 when the rear elbow gave in (luckily only doing 20 at the time). I wouldn't go coilovers unless you can't get originals, it'll be just another modified alfa!
I don't get it. I've never known anyone with an Alfa that had cheap and pain free motoring. Out of curiosity, have you done a cost per mile exercise on the fleet? I'd bet the Alfa is horrendously expensive to run.
These cars are all nails now. Typical Alfa! But we love them, and that’s why I’ve owned three. I literally hate working on anything Alfa now so like you I pay others! But even they don’t want to work on them anymore as they prefer earning real money doing routine work on modern cars! The death of old Alfas is pending….shame
It's an Alfa it will never stop needing repairs and money spending now it is road legal I would sell it and try and get your money back you have too many cars already see rust below comments
Don't forget to get on top of the rust on the front chassis legs under the bonnet. I saw it in a previous video. If left to rust further it will have all the crash protection of a wet paper bag!
It's already got that, I'd say a furball.
Swear by my Osram Nightbreaker Lasers. As someone who drives 50k+ a year doing a lot of miles in the dark, they completely changed my view of the road without dazzling anyone else. I originally bought them when it was silly expensive per bulb so glad they’re a reasonable price again!
Not surprised that the suspension is not feeling that good, those coils looked very corroded. You were very lucky with that brake pipe, often wondered why manufacturers changed to steel pipes from copper apart from being more squash resistant and cheaper.
I had a local repair garage that was good on making custom stainless exhausts, he had a vast stock of various bends and diameter sections, using the old as a pattern, he welded up a new one in a day. Sadly he retired a few years ago and sold the premises, he was in his eighties then, the two 'lads' working for him went on to local main dealers.
Great little tinkering from Yourself and Go Italia, good to see the Alfa on the road with a MOT, so you can enjoy it. Looking forward to seeing what you bring to the social on Saturday
Great to see another Alfa back on the road.
Good to see my favourite Furious motor back on the road!
Love this guy, he's the sort of chap you want passing when your stuck in the middle of nowhere, head under the bonnet of your 1994 Cavalier SRI
Good to see the Alpha Romeo has an MOT as you know in N.S.W we have yearly regestration inspections and the tester never checks the head light alinement they check if they work also there is a lot of rust issues on the Alpha all that salt used to melt the snow
Good luck curing the aircon! I presume there must be a leak in the refrigerant circuit - all those pipes and hoses and connectors, not to mention the super-high-quality heat exchangers. Back in the day, FIAT's attitude to quality was "the car has a 12-month warranty, so it doesn't matter if everything fails in the thirteenth month". The STATE of the brand-new heat exchangers when they were sent to Borletti (the HVAC system supplier) was sometimes ASTONISHINGLY bad, but FIAT didn't care as long as they were cheap. Even a certain formerly-British manufacturer (with a terrible reputation for most things) was fussier about what they got.
Great job, Matt. Lovely to see the old girl alive again. The Alpha needs some rust abatement and then a trip to Krown Rustproofing. You don't want it getting any worse under there. I think your idea of some comparisons is great. Can't eait
An easy job, famous last words. 🤣
Looks like you were right to take the car to a specialist on this occasion and worth it for the pass.
Interesting you mention exhaust hangers as I've had to manipulate the one on my paten part back box to stop it striking the chassis rail.
The joys of old cars.
Be great to see the 145 back on the road, once it has a fresh MOT..!
Watching this wearing the 145 t-shirt ! See you in Sherburn on Saturday.
Omg perfect timing
Whoop! Missed this wee car! Thank God for guys like go Italia 👏🏻
Love to see the 145 back!
Not had one on The Hunt yet (a car event even Mrs Furious will enjoy) and worth ONE POINT 🤓
Nice to see the Alfa again! Have you thought about getting Paintless Dent Removal on that nearside wing? Might make for some interesting content. 👍
Ive got to do that and the corner of the Merc thanks to a careless delivery van, bit both will need paint as well
Turning into an absolute legend of a restoration I'd replace the rear brake dust covers I love this car
Alfa never recovered from the 70's rust [killed Lancia] I watched Alfasuds dissolve - also later Alfetas! They made the BL 11/1300 look preferable!
Except Alfa had cured the rust problem by about 1987. My 1989 Alfa 75 didn't rust badly and my three 164s hardly rusted at all. Today's Alfas are no better and no worse than most.
Later ones were better but ever car in the late seventies rusted!
Keep up the great work. Can’t wait for more updates. Still cannot believe how easy it is to run a furious fleet in the UK. It would be a nightmare down in Australia running such a fleet. I worked out that it would cost £4500 in registration fees (road tax) per year in my home state of Victoria Australia. I don’t know how you manage to do it.
Anakinskywalker. The trick here is to make sure your fleet contains "classics" (over 25 y.o) so they can be registered on club rego (much cheaper), and Shannons classic insurance is also very affordable. Cheers!
@@phillipevans9414 yes that is so true
Speaking of P6's...when will you give a new video on the 2000? I love that car, my favourite of the channel so to see that fire into life will be lovely. :)
Another road legal, nice one. Sometimes you got to "Bite the bullet", I got mechcanic friend couple of streets away and even he gives in sometimes and takes in to work with him, no shame in admitting defeat. Hope the hard lines for the brakes on o/s/r are ok, guess they going to need changing soon? Keep this going and you'll have a car for each month of the year. The P6 and W123, will be icing on the cake, once done.
It had other new lines a couple of MOTs ago so I think its all new now!
well done. another rare beast kept alive..you're doing god's work
I replaced my 146s whole exhaust a few years ago. The only one I could find was made by Asso which I'm pretty happy with.
As an Aussie I’m always surprised at the sheer amount of rust on British cars. There are model “ts” in the middle of a field with less rust.
Tom Mullins. Yeah. I'm glad I live in Australia and don't have to put up with much in the way of rust here - aside from on now very old (pre galvanised) models. I just bought a '93 Ford Fairlane that is basically rust free and original (that kind of thing doesn't look very possible in wet old blighty). Cheers!
@@phillipevans9414 I have seven cars with only 2 under cover in the blue mountains west of Sydney. Every year they are covered in snow and I’m hard pushed finding rust on any of them. 3 are over 20yrs old. The rest 12-15yo.
These are the same age as Matt’s cars but he has a constant battle with corrosion.
But then again, this is an Alfa. Nuff said
I'm an Aussie who lived in UK for 22 years coming home in 2010. I have direct experience of running classic cars there and here. The big issue you may not be aware of is the use of salt on Brit roads in winter - this especially impacts older classics if you choose to use them during this period. Granted some cars are more susceptible to rust, even without the salt issue due to lower body design and the wet weather. Older Italian cars have never weathered well on Brit roads and lets face it even here in Oz they rusted - my dad had Fiats and Alfas in the late 60s/early 70s in Sydney and he had to be on top of this (yes there was poor quality steel). Conversely back in south London during my time there I saw many 1960/1970s classics parked on the street (as many homes of a certain era have no garages or off-street parking) and through sheer dedication these cars were in lovely condition, I always marvelled at these lovely cars as I walked to the pub - parked on the street everyday! At the end of the day its all about how dedicated you truly are to conserve your passion!? I learnt a few years back here in Sydney an old MG I once owned that was in immaculate condition when sold in the 1980s b4 I left for UK, was now a rusted out wreck on a central west farm - granted whose to know what happened in the owners life re/family/health etc but still it was a shame to hear, as it was such a lovely car in a very rare spec and totally original when sold - and no salt was used in its demise. But yes we are lucky here in regard to our climate.
@@marknelson5929 yeah, I am aware of the salt problems in blighty and the problem with the roads not drying out as quick as here in oz. certain US states have the same problem.
It’s just such a shame to see these beautiful cars turning to dust in front of your eyes.
I used to have 146 which was amazing to drive! I am sure this little beauty is quite fun too. There are such a rare sight in the UK now.
I have to hand it to you Matt, you have an outstanding amount of patience with cars, that fail list in any other Alfa owners hands quite possibly would have sent it to the scrappy.
Anyhow, Congrats on the Mot pass and for keeping it on the road.😎😀
Great tinkering again
Another great video has always Matt 👍
Those Alfa wheels are really fine looking.
If the clutch is anything like it is on the GT JTS (should be, gearbox is the same) then you'll probably need to drop the front subframe off the car to do it. Definitely take the time to have it blasted and powder coated while you're there because the one on my 146 project car didn't look as un-flakey as it should have.
Great decision to use Go Italia. That rusty pipe was a killer!
That was a real surprise when that let go
Looking forward to the social on Saturday 😁 I'll be there in my daily driver 2017 Volvo V40 because I still haven't got my MGF sorted. I've realigned my timeline for the MGF now, I'm hoping to get it ready for next year's season so I don't have to rush the job so much.
Nice one Matt, your collecting cars while your mate Mr HubNut is selling some of his.
Hopefully my 145 will pass it’s MOT Tomorrow in time for Saturday! 🤞😁
I assume the the MOT inspection is mostly to ensure the vehicle is safe for you and others around you to drive on the road, which is a very good thing. Here these types of inspections are on a state by state basis with different rules. Some states are strict while others are not, and some don't have an inspection at all. Having said that it seems that a government (any government) could go too far with inspection requirements and infringe on personal liberties. Failing an inspection due to non-functioning windscreen washers would be considered ...... well..... ludicrous over here. Again I completely agree that an annual inspection is a very good thing. It just seems that some pass/fail criteria are meant more to garner revenue than to keep others safe. I know this is a shocking opinion that may cause controversy! By the way I've not had a vehicle inspected since the mid 1980s.
Looking forward to seeing what u bring on Saturday I will be there see u there
I'm not use to all this good news 🤣
Great that you've got the 145 thro it's test and back on the road.
I know only too well, the pain and anxiety Alfas cause after owning a few years ago, and yes while they're enjoyable to drive and look at, they try your patience.
I don't fully understand why this is though? Has the quality control of Fiat who's owned them for 35 years not been passed on to Alfa. They develop such weird faults that the same collection of components, put together by the same company but badged as a Fiat, simply don't.
Great to see the work on the Alfa. I think those rear springs need replacing soon, they are prone to breaking anyway. Maybe you can do the springs and clutch yourself and film it? Can be done in the barn, right?
Suspension is DIY, clutch more fun with help from GoItalia!
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Always enjoy 😉
Comparisons; it'd be cool if you setup a couple of cameras at ends of a runway and drag race a pair of cars against one another.
Have one car on the left, one on the right, then edit the separate runs together so that there of are two of you, drag racing each other, side-by-side on screen.
Similar to how Robert at Aging Wheels edits himself into the same frame with a left/right separation at filming time, but racing yourself.
Woo Hoo!. FuriousDriving, The winning channel. The big problem now is which one do you drive? Oh dear, the stresses of modern life.
Have you not considered taking the Alfa to Crown rust proofing? The company Mr Hubnut uses?
I reckon you need to protect the underside of the Alfa sooner rather than later and maybe get the whole car professionally rustproofed before get the bodywork done,then it should look mint and stay that way.
I can imagine this car with a lovely nest of snakes a straight pipe and a side exit!
really great looking car
Did you bring a dust pan and brush 🤔 triangle of doom slight overlap 🤓🤔 hubnut is in the building 🤓
Have you thought about using kevin Albert Williams
Mobile clutch mechanic a fellow TH-camr?
no, I dont know of him
Well done 🚘🚙🚗👍👍👍👍👍
Those fuel tank straps look a bit knackered.......!
they're on the list too. Solid but crusty
Nice one Matt !
Did I see some nasty rust where your side skirts meet the rear arch ? Hopefully I'm wrong .
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no, theres mud and surface rust but nothing serious under there
@@furiousdriving great news 😉
Love it 😍🥳
I like the Alfa but it would test the patience of a saint 😏
The rear of the car looks very rusty on the suspension components, those bottom arms in particular. I've known someone with a 145 a few years ago have the arm rust so badly it snapped in half and dig Into the road, strangely same thing happened to my p6 when the rear elbow gave in (luckily only doing 20 at the time). I wouldn't go coilovers unless you can't get originals, it'll be just another modified alfa!
When are you going to do another beer chat Q&A mate?
Somehow things won't be complete until you get the P6 running.
But u use the chianti shelf?
at that height? Couldnt reach it!
It's the two P6s that I'm more interested in.. :( .. (Phil)
P6 engine run ...still waiting lol
Alfa and Citroën owners seem the same kinda breed to me 😀
similar pain threshold..
Is it a 1.7 boxer? It is a rare bird but an interesting one with 129 boxer horses under the bonnet. 🤤
twin spark, 155bhp
Straight 4 2 litre…
I don't get it. I've never known anyone with an Alfa that had cheap and pain free motoring. Out of curiosity, have you done a cost per mile exercise on the fleet? I'd bet the Alfa is horrendously expensive to run.
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Death trap
no
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These cars are all nails now. Typical Alfa! But we love them, and that’s why I’ve owned three.
I literally hate working on anything Alfa now so like you I pay others! But even they don’t want to work on them anymore as they prefer earning real money doing routine work on modern cars!
The death of old Alfas is pending….shame
It's an Alfa it will never stop needing repairs and money spending now it is road legal I would sell it and try and get your money back you have too many cars already see rust below comments
rust free? mine 146 ti has its drver side floor started rusting away
rust free? mine 146 ti has its drver side floor started rusting away