• Seller: Jacob R icciotti (Contact)
• Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
• Mileage: 96,789 Shown
• Chassis #: AR116150005543
• Title Status: Clean
• Engine: Yes
• Transmission: 5-Speed Manual

These days, you don’t come across Alfa Romeo Alfettas often, at least ones that are solid and on the road. Add in the detailed provenance of this 1979 Alfetta, and you have a pretty extraordinary find. We actually featured this one back in January of 2024. When the seller picked it up, they found it stashed in the back of a shop where it had been parked for over 20 years, and they also found records going back to the original owner. Since extracting it, they’ve done all the necessary work to get it back on the road, where it belongs. They’ve had their fun with it, though, so it’s time to find a new home for it. It’s being offered here as a no reserve Barn Finds Auction.

The original owner of this Alfetta was an engineer for Pratt and Whitney, and they owned the car for 20 years. The second owner purchased it in February of 1998 and sold it to the third owner in July of 1999. It was then used as a daily driver in Boston until it began running rough in 2001 and was parked in the shop where the seller found it in 2024. The third owner did extensive work trying to resolve the issue, but gave up around 2002. The seller has provided a list of all the work that the previous owner did.

All exhaust guides
One intake and one exhaust valve
Resurface head
SPICA replacement
Rear brakes
Rear rotors
Emergency brake cable
Ignition switch
Alternator
Front wheel bearings
Oil pressure sender gauge
Oil pump
Fuel tank sender
Hazard switch
Crutchfield CD player and stereo
Rear window defroster switch
Rear bell housing mount
Brake master cylinder
Center driveshaft bushing and bearing
Syncro sleeve and ring (second gear?)

Although a significant amount of work had already been done, it still required additional effort to get it running smoothly and ensure it was safe to drive. Rather than attempt to repair the mechanical fuel injection, the seller decided to convert the engine to side-draft carburetors. The original injection components are with the car and included. In terms of cost and simplicity, this was probably a good decision. Reverting to fuel injection remains an option, but it will likely necessitate rebuilding the entire system, which is a costly undertaking. The seller has provided a complete list below of all the work they’ve done to make it roadworthy.

Refinished euro plenum
Refurbished euro exhaust manifold
Rebuilt front calipers and new hardware
New air filter
New aftermarket 40 DCOE carbs
Mains 125
Air Corrector 200
Emulsion tube F16
Idle jets 45F9
Chokes 30
Accel jets 45
New Pierce Manifolds Spica to Weber kit
New front, middle, and rear exhaust
New rear exhaust hanger
New wideband 02 sensor bung + plug
Tuned with Innovate 02 wideband gauge
New trunk gas strut
New fuel pump
New v-belt
New plugs NGK iridium 6
New plug wires
New 123ignition, running D curve
New group 24F battery
New fuel lines
New fuel filters x2
New brake flex lines x3
New rear calipers, rotors, pads, and hardware
New front, center, rear giubos
New front transmission mounts x2
New clutch slave cylinder and flex line
New left inner CV joint boot
New watts linkage bushings x4
New Toyo r888r 185/60/14
20w50 oil Wix 51521 filter 02/07/2025

As you can see, the seller has done all of the heavy lifting to make this Alfa a driver again. Taking it to the next level will require more work, but nothing as intensive as dropping the transaxle. The seats could use new upholstery, and the carpets would benefit from a deep cleaning. The dash has a few cracks, but overall, it is presentable as is. The color combo is quite unique, so hopefully upholstery can be found in the correct color.

Being a Sprint Veloce means that this Alfetta received the 2.0-liter twin-cam inline-4, which was rated at 130 horsepower. It was equipped with SPICA mechanical fuel injection and was paired to a 5-speed manual transaxle. The fuel injection system is fantastic when in good working order, but given the car’s 46-year-old age, switching to carbs was likely the best option for getting it running again. The seller also replaced the distributor with a 123ignition unit and performed a complete tune-up. They also added a wideband O2 sensor to tune the fuel mixture, making it a much simpler task to keep it dialed in.

These Alfettas are greatly underappreciated; they are a blast to drive, yet are far more functional than just about any other 2-d0or Alfa. Clearly, the seller has invested a significant amount of time, energy, and money in reviving this example. You can view all of the detailed photos in the gallery below (or higher resolution photos can be viewed here). So, its next owner can either enjoy it as is or continue to improve it while they drive it. So, if you’d love to be the next owner of this Barn Finds Alumni, be sure to bid. And leave any questions you have in the comment section below.

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