FOR SALE: 1987 Alfa Milano parts/project car.

["Jim" <jasmo65@domain.elided>]

Ciao Alfisti !

My brother Paul (who used to frequent this digest) had a Graphite/grey '87
Alfa Milano (Model D114 Body Style 45) that he had to abandon with my dad a
couple of years ago when it developed a problem at the very moment he was
moving to a new job (talk about poor timing).  Specifically, it suddenly began
burning oil like a fog machine (it seemed perfectly ok one day but not the
next).  We originally thought that it might be leaking around the valves but
strangely, it doesn't smoke immediately only after the car has warmed up and
run awhile.  So, a couple of years ago we decided to replace the head gasket
after deciding that was the most likely culprit.  Unfortunately, that didn't
fix the problem.  Disheartened, we gave up at the time and the car has sat for
the last couple of years.  We had noticed that the oil pressure gauge would
creep up after the car is started until it pegged out at like 110psi...
seemingly way high.  So, a couple of weeks ago, my dad and I dropped the oil
pan to see if maybe the oil pump pressure release spring was perhaps gunked
causing the pressure to increase continuously (seemed like a potential cause
to the problem).  Of course, once everything was back together, the car now no
longer will even start (cranks over real nice though).  We assume that either
the fuel pump is out, a wire broke, etc.  Having a '62 Giulietta Spider in his
barn to work on, my dad decided he didn't need another project car and asked
me to help him get rid of the Milano.  So here I am!

The body of the car is in fairly good shape with some rust around the wheel
wells.  The engine looks pretty clean (having the oil pan off, the inside
looked really good) with, obviously, the problems outlined above.  The tires
are shot but the wheels are nice (need a little cleaning).  The interior
upholstery (seats in particular) is in great shape although the head liner is
currently removed (it had started to sag and was taken off to reglue; it is
included).  There is a second set of heads in the trunk (that could be
re-machined) along with a couple of parts out of the engine bay (removed for
easier access during head job).  The front grill seems to have been misplaced
and is the only thing missing as far as I'm aware.  Anyhow, if you are looking
for a decent project car (maybe you have a good idea of the root cause of the
oil burning) or merely looking for a good parts car, my dad is asking $250 OBO
for the whole thing.  If you are interested, please give him a call at (219)
926-4478 and ask for Ed.  If you have any further questions about the car,
either call him or you can e-mail me at jasmo65@domain.elided .  Thanks for
reading my post!

Jim
'93 Alfa 164L

p.s.  Thanks to all of you who helped me out a few years ago via the Alfa 164
discussion forum with some problems... er, ah... I mean "opportunities for
learning" I ran into with my Alfa ;-)


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