The Alfasud 

Frank Wolthuis correct.... also had to due with workforce strikes and cars left witout primer ect...

There were lots of industrial disputes and strikes at Pomigliano, which left untreated bodies sitting around to collect condensation.

I was told by Alfa reps here in Australia that the steel came from Czeck Republic,

Yes that's what I read to, never ever heard about Russian steel being used. What's wrong with Russian steel?

Exactly what Frank said. The russian steel thing is an urban legend at best.

I agree and he got the facts right.

matthew bettany not exactly the same engine, gold cloverleaf has 95 hp, green cloverleaf has 105 hp

Beniamino Martellotta correct but mine had twin carbs on mine from a QV so it was a 105

matthew bettany That is not correct, the gold has an engine number 301.28 and the green 301.46 with different camshafts, the carburetors can be different, but not the camshafts 😉

Beniamino Martellotta I bought my car off a guy who had several suds and he’d put a QV engine in it . It was a 105 in my car

Do you live in South Africa? I had exactly the same one in '83 with the two downdraft Delorto carbs....metallic saffire blue, tinted windows, a beautiful car...

...got it brand new off the floor at Alfa Supreme in Claremont...Cape Town..

@@christiaanwilhelmnieuwoudt7713 I moved to SA (Joburg, East Rand) from the UK in 1983 at age 6...stayed until 2017...back in the UK now sadly... Mine was white...it was given to me by a family friend as a non runner, I got her resprayed, re-did the interior myself and then got the engine sorted...I still miss that car...

@dan dare Correct!

Red Alfa or rosso Alfa (in Italian ) Ciao👍

Hi, I'd like to know more details please

Good morning, can you give any more details? More than happy to save an Alfasud, wished I kept the ones I'd had years ago.

The only place mine rusted (until I had an accident and got poor repairs) was around the rear window where some idiot engineer had decided on a method of attaching unnecessary chrome strips that put scratches in the paint work and let rust form. i replaced the rear edge of the rear window and then filled the area around the window with black Silastic. it looked much better and hadn't rusted when I got rid of the car after 13 years of ownership.

@@ianmontgomery7213 I had a 4 door Alfa red, gold cloverleaf with the 105 to engine and rustproofed from the factory with aftermarket Eximm rims. Possibly the most handsome Alfasud in the uk?. Had a slight frontend collision and foolishly let it go to a breaker's yard in 1997-8. I'd still be driving it now, after a couple of engine rebuild's. BTW I was formerly manos3790.

The 1971 BMW 2000 tii touring was the first hot hatch, and faster than both the Golf & Alfasud.

Hand brake cable is good fun to change......😉

They wanted a new factory and went cap in hand to the government for funding..... who said sure..... if you build it in the high unemployment south......

Actually Rudolf Hruska was an austrian, former Porsche Engineer. The designer of Alfasud has been Giugiaro (if i remember correctly 0.44 CX). My father had one, bought on January '78, 5 speed, 1200cc Super, 63 CV; kept until 1991 when he bought a Lancia. The Alfasud has been stored in a garage where until the day when he donate it to a friend was fully working and without rust exept a little point close to the external mirror. Because my father knew that the most cars of that era had the problem of rust (the alfasud has been the first car of this brand for a large mass of people, Fiat made political pression for to boicot it because it was way better than the Fiat cars of the era, some say that behind the massive strikes of pomigliano there was Fiat's hand), he had sprayed with a sort of gummy paint the hidden and proned to rust parts. I learned to drive on tha Alfasud in desert country roads even if i was too young for getting the driver license, as forced :) apprentice of my father i learned how to do many mechanical works on our Alfasud that to be honest are been all of maintenance. Despite the bad reputation, our sample has always been very reliable and robust (all the bolts were made by Wurth and all were bigger than Fiat's bolts, my mother in that time drove a Fiat), maybe because of regular maintenance, fact that the most of people thinks is a negletable option, but with italian cars that was the worst mistake to do, you have to treat them as you do with ladys, with costant attentions and warming it up before to use it.

Yes. The 1971 BMW 2000 tii touring was the first hot hatch, and faster than both the Golf & Alfasud.

Yep. The 1971 BMW 2000 tii touring was the first hot hatch, and faster than both the Golf & Alfasud.

What you are referring to there is a difference of opinion. This happens with historical accounts. Here’s how it works - you have heard from a source you believe to be credible, and I have done the same. The difference is, I got off my arse and made a video about a car I’m enthusiastic about, whereas from your “another ill-informed” comment it’s clear you rather spend your time trawling through the Internet watching videos you know you won’t like, just so you can leave a little nugget of negativity in the comments. Thanks for watching - I suggest my Ford Mondeo ST200 video next, you’ll LOVE my suggestion that it’s a grand tourer. I hope your day gets better. 👍🏻