Hi Alex and Amy. It was great seeing your collection in person. Congratulations on a really wonderful collection. The cars are stunning and we enjoyed hearing the interesting stories about them. Great videos too. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for the love, Kat! We couldn't have done this project without you and your love and support. You're the best. :) -Joel (Kat's husband)
Have to agree with Alex about the xj6. Seeing those in the wild when they were still daily drivers always turned my head. One of the first “everyday” sedans I ever payed much attention to. Also the MGB GT is really a delightful car. Good pick Amy!
Oh we're all about that van life. Notice the lovely white 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan that is our camera car while filming. Nothing like filming priceless cars with a van 😅
Greetings from Denmark! In 1974 our neighbor got a new car ....he was a very stylish man, so of course it had to be an Alfa Romeo Montreal. He actually got it on my 12. birthday...and when he heard so , he gave me probably the best birthday-gift ever ....a ride in his new Montreal! I've been in love ever since! I think the very same car is now for sale at a local classic cardealer for approx. 100.000 USdollars ....Wife tells me we stick to our Toyota!😢 Love your approach to cars ...love your videos...new subscriber!
This comment is MASSIVELY overdue, but thanks so much for chiming in and sharing this awesome memory. Being 12 and riding around in a Montreal has got to be peak coolness. It's wild how much they're going for these days. Toyotas are cool too. We're honored to have you as a subscriber!!
Thanks for the support and the love! We're just getting started, there's so much more of the collection to share!! We have two videos dropping this week and Episode 3 launches next Thursday. So much more to come 🙌
These are sweet. *I had no idea those headlight louvres moved (granted that a cool gimmick of the time, See Mercury Cougar etc.) I was imagining they were fixed, or after you said complex engineering I imagined they just twisted like blinds. Caught me completely off guard.
It's such an unexpected surprise! One of the interesting things about this mechanism is that it's vacuum powered so they can typically only operate when the engine is running (as opposed to popup headlights that were typically electric motor driven like in the Ferrari 308). If you operate the lever recently after the engine shuts off you MIGHT get them to fold down, but the engine has to be running to get them back up. Absolutely peak "because it's cool" design philosophy.
You got it! We have so much coming out we can't wait to show you. Tomorrow morning we're releasing our "Why we're doing this" video that you'll definitely want to watch - it's got a lot of Behind-the-Scenes goodies and teasers to upcoming cars. Can't wait to hear what you think!
Congratulations on a very good evaluation of the Alfa Montreal. However, I should add a couple of clarifications to your assessment. The majority of the Montreals were equipped with seating that used 'colourful' velour fabric faces while the sides and backs were trimmed in Texalfa - a type of vinyl that possessed a leather type appearance. Leather trimmed seating was a very rare option on the Alfa Montreal. As your Montreal appears to be in European delivered spec it naturally has a km/h speedometer. An MPH speedometer was fitted to Montreals delivered to other markets such as the UK, South Africa and Australia - as per my Australian car - so they were available, and if you are very keen can be found on the second hand market.
Welcome to the channel! You're one of the earliest here and we're so glad to have you. There's going to be a LOT more British cars heading your way, our next episode featuring an incredibly iconic MG TC launches this upcoming Thursday!
We would love to, but it will be a while. We've started a restoration of the car and right now it is just about as disassembled as it can get. It will probably take a couple of years to finish the restoration but as soon as its done, I would absolutely love to do an episode with it! That said Vintage Underground is documenting the restoration so we will potentially link to anything they post or share it here as well!
Of course the Alfa Montreal deserves its place in the automobile History. It's everything: Marcello Ghandini genius design, the V8, but above all, Alfa Romeo, two magic words.
It's such a beautiful car. Even seeing it sit next to other beautiful cars in the collection, it's a standout. Thanks so much for watching our episode!
This is a big part of why we decided to do it for the test pilot episode for this series! It is a beautiful sculpture, unique from other cars in many ways and also from other Alfa Romeos. On top of that, it is a very little known car, especially in the United States as it was never sold here. We will definitely feature other fantastic Alfa Romeos on the channel in the not too distant future and it will be interesting comparing this car to them as even with underlying similarities, there is much to make the Montreal stand out.
Some nice commentary and footage. For accuracy I think you may find that the Montreal engine was not derived from Alfas four cylinder engines but (conceptually) from the typo 33 V8. Also the V8 is a quad cam not a dual overhead.
You are probably right about the engine being derived from the 33, which was a ground up design though it shares similarities in design to the Nord engines as well. As far as quad cam, I would argue that twin cam is equally appropriate for a V8 as it implies that there are two cams per cylinder head. That said, Dual Overhead Cam would probably have been a better term to use as it's less ambiguous than either. Thank you for your comments and corrections! I greatly appreciate it!
@@Everyday2Exotic My understanding is the engine in the typo 33 and the engine in the Montreal do not share any parts. When comparing the two it is perhaps more accurate to say that the Montreal engine may have been inspired by the typo 33. Supporting this view I would seem Carlo Chiti ex-Ferrari engineer and latterly involved with Alfa Romeo's competition department, Autodelta had some input to both engines. Similarities include both engines have four cam, dry sump and mechanical fuel injection (although the Montreal used Spica injection whilst the typo 33 used Lucas I think).
The 33 and Montreal engines do not share parts. The 33 even sports a flat-plane crank, so it soundsmore like a four cylinder. I do however think that these engines all share the DNA of the four cylinder twin cam - twin cam arrangement, wet sleeve blocks, combustion chamber, etc.
Thank you so much!! We're working hard to make this an awesome series - if there's anything we can do better let us know. We've got a lot more videos out on the channel and coming out shortly so thanks for sticking along as we grow!
To be honest, it's quite possible, as it is common for cars, especially of this era, to have external vents to allow airflow through the cabin. The intent is to improve the effectiveness of the airflow, whether it is from the blower motor or open windows, as without a way to let the increased air pressure created out, fresh air would not easily come in. That said, however, on the majority of cars with cabin airflow vents the vents themselves are quite small For example on the BMW 3.0CS or Datsun 240Z there is a vent hidden behind the emblems on the C pillars. In comparison, the Montreal's rear vents far exceed what would be necessary to accomplish the same function so are by an large almost purely decorative.
On our inspection, they were all covered up just underneath the metallic vent layer, but it's absolutely possible that they're contributing somehow. As Alex mentioned, it's likely a disproportionally small amount compared to their size
Thanks so much for watching, John! We cannot wait to show you the next episodes as they come out. The Porsche 356 episode is live now on the channel and we have the next one dropping in two weeks!
We totally forgot about that movie! That would have been an excellent little bit of trivia to include in the show. Thanks so much for watching! New episode dropping tomorrow!
So much fun to watch. I’m learning things about cars I will probably never be in and still getting a taste of what it might be like. Also, “haunted air conditioning” always makes me giggle, as well as the power window sound.
You've summarized it so well, we love getting to show off what it's like to have these cars around, and how something like haunted air conditioning is absolutely a great way to describe the Montreal. ;) Make sure to check out the Porsche 356B video we posted today too, it's all new content and has some great laughable moments in it too.
Hi I was wondering if that was my old Montreal I sold it from Ashburn VA to a gentleman in Vancouver Thanks Eric Sloman The interior and valve cover and the wheels have the same red color 1
i would agree that even for Alfas of its era, its handling isn't as great. A lot of that is the added weight when compared to the other contemporary 105 series Alfas. It's still decent when compared with a lot of everyday cars of the same era and it was definitely more of a touring car in design than real supercar, but absolutely looks fantastic!
Yeah but this was not supposed to be a supercar: it was a more expensive, more stylish and more powerful daily-drive sedan than the average italian production back in the day. Alfas never meant to be luxurious too (like Ferrari and Maserati), they were focused on combining spicy engines for some good fun with daily needs.
as European You have to uderstand that this car is european so climate cooling is not so important in a temperate area of the world sure if you drive it in Texas or California become hot...
We are in Oregon filming this, which is on the 45th parallel, about in line with Italy. That said, the climate here is much more similar to France due to the cooler Pacific ocean, so we are very much in that same sort of temperate zone as much of Europe. Like the rest of the world, however, it is getting noticeably hotter during the summers so air conditioning is certainly a welcome feature!
@@TheMiguelosky in some applications... Our 1961 Rolls Royce has good AC, as does our 1966 Iso Rivolta, but it is a huge trunk mounted unit for both cars. It certainly would not fit in the Montreal.
So glad youtube recommended me this channel of only 441 subscribers. The production quality is outstanding, love your chilled vibes and history of the cars.
You're one of the first to join! We just launched a few weeks ago, so the fact that our content got recommended to you is a really positive sign for us. We've got more content coming out all the time (there's three more episodes past the Montreal and the next one drops in a week) so definitely let us know if you have any ideas on how we can improve and grow. So glad to have you around for the ride!
Thank you so much! The goal was to make a Top Gear style production with RU-vid level fun. The first two episodes on our channel are really the "proof of concept" - we have another episode dropping next Thursday and an epic teaser dropping tomorrow. We're just getting started!
