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Vehicle Data sheet:
No. 073
VIN:
*ZAS904B20*05003274*
Tipo:
904B2 |
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Manufacturing
date: 1980?1981? |
Manufacturing
location: Pomigliano d'Arco Italy |
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Alfa Romeo sales
date: Unknown |
Sold to:
Alfa dealer in Switzerland |
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First
registration date: May 20th
1981 |
First
registration where: Austria |
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Vehicle status:
Running (status
June.'16) |
Country currently
residing: Switzerland |
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Original body
colour:
Unknown |
Current body
colour: Red body / white roof |
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Original interior
colour: Black |
Current interior
colour: See original |
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Original
upholstery colour: Unknown |
Current
upholstery colour: Grey 3rd series
Sud or Alfa 33 |
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Original
upholstery type: Unknown |
Current
upholstery type: Fabric |
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Original engine:
AS30160 1351cc
(1300cc) single carb. |
Current engine:
See original |
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Vehicle history:
The first registration was in
May 1981 in Vienna Austria where the car was used by the local Alfa
Romeo dealer. In 1983 it moved to its first private owner. After being
owned by the Alfa dealer it had 3 different private owners in Austria.
In 1991 the car was restored. In 2013 this car appeared on the well
known German website "mobile.de". At that time the sales description
stated that a Giardinetta is more rare than a Mercedes 300SL. The car
was available on this German website for some months and then it
disappeared. Apparently it moved to Greece because the car was offered
for sale again from Greece in April 2016. The auction on the well known "bringatrailer"
website ended on April 14th 2016 at 12.000 U.S. Dollar after 21 bids.
The story featuring the vehicle ad stated that the car, before entering
a car museum in Greece was featured in an other car museum (probably
Austria). The seats had however been replace with some odd looking
3rd series seats compared to when it wa offered for sale in 2013. Also a
lot of stickers and a wrapped roof and a roof rack were added. This
particular car is a very late production one. A very interesting feature
of this vehicle is the VIN number format. It starts from "ZAS904B2"
which is very different from the older vehicles which start from "AS"
and there is a zero before the entry stating the 500 number which may
indicate the production date to be in the eighties. Another odd feature
are the low positioned rearview mirrors on the doors. Normally it would
indicate that the doors are at some point in time replaced by 3rd series
Sud Ti doors, but since this car was produced most probably in 1980 it
could be that the car automatically was manufactured with 3rd series Ti
doors because at that time the 3rd series Sud was in production. Another
unusual feature is the very crooked positioned chrome coloured Alfasud
logo on the rear hatch which normally would have been the tipo
904B/904B2 black coloured sticker, the steering wheel has a centre cover
of the first type Sud/Giardinetta, the fuse box is a 3rd series Sud one
as well the position of the ignition coil is horizontal instead of
vertical, the included steel rims are 3rd series Sud ones with the black
plastic hub caps, the front inner wings don't have the 3 round holes on
the left and right hand side to assemble the rubber horn protection
flaps. The lack of stickers on the inside of the bonnet clearly indicate
that the car has been repainted at some point in time. The assumption is
that the original body colour was Rosso Alfa, however no confirmation is
available. The latest owner who purchased the car from "bringatrailer"
imported the car to Switzerland and also has a tipo 904A
(AS*5008118*904A) in his collection. One of the first things the new
owner did was to remove the white wrapping from the roof and
re-upholster the interior with the correct black coloured Tex-Alfa
fabric. |
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October 2013 ad from Mobile.de
(text & picture courtesy of Streicher Automobile GmbH & Co KG).
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October 2013 picture from ad on
Mobile.de (picture courtesy of Streicher Automobile GmbH & Co KG).
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October 2013 picture from ad on
Mobile.de (picture courtesy of Streicher Automobile GmbH & Co KG).
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Interesting format VIN number,
quite different from older vehicles.
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Picture accompanying sales ad in
April 2016 (picture courtesy seller). |
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Picture accompanying sales ad in
April 2016 (picture courtesy seller).
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Picture accompanying sales ad in
April 2016 (picture courtesy seller).
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Picture accompanying sales ad in
April 2016 (picture courtesy seller). |
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Picture taken in Switzerland in
June 2016 by new owner (picture courtesy Colombo).
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Picture taken in Switzerland in
June 2016 by new owner (picture courtesy Colombo).
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Re-upholstered interior with
original Tex-Alfa fabric (picture courtesy Colombo). |
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