Alfa Romeo Montreal - the 40 year old dream comes true!
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2019
- After waiting for most of his life, Chris "The Alfa Nut" finally gets to drive in his childhood dream car - the fabulous Alfa Romeo Montreal. This is the story behind why this exotic car is so special to Chris and why it took so long to actually get here!
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OHH MY GOODNESS this is brilliant!!
Hi Roberto, thanks very much for watching - I’m happy that you enjoyed the video - it took a lot of work on my own! 😊
Alfa romeo needs a Montreal in 2020. Just imagine. Great video sounding.
Thanks for watching - if Alfa brought out a 2020 Montreal it would go straight to the top of my list!
It would be too big and too heavy... and probably ugly too. Do yourself a favour and just appreciate the original for what it is, unreplaceable.
with ferrari engine and 100k 👍👍👍😂😂😂
@@Nemoticon You are probably right, although I hope the newly announced Giulia - based GTV will be quite close in format and spirit?
@@StarFox85 More like 150k!
Thank you for this video!
In my eyes, the Montreal is one of the most beautiful Alfa Romeos ever built. The fact that this car remained the only V8 Alfa Romeo up until the release of the 8C, renders the Montreal even more special to me. And that sound... I can‘t help but love it.
If I ever get to own one, I‘ll give you a call ;)! Beauties like this are meant to be driven and not to be rotting in a museum.
Cheers.
Thanks for watching - I agree, it's a very special car for me too. I've been trying to find an 8C owner who will let me drive their car for an episode but no luck yet!
Can't beat the Italians when it comes designing things,from churches to cars to fashion they master it like no other,that is some fantastic car,never heard of it before.
Thanks for watching - that’s why I wanted to make the video, it’s not a well known car!
Prego! 🙂
I first drove a Montreal back in late 70s. My friend had managed to import one into California which to this day I still don't know how he did it as they weren't legal in US back than. It was the same color as the one in the video. At the same time I had a 1969-70 ALFA duetto round tail spider that I bought new (kept it for over 40 years). I finally sold it to a collector to gain garage space for my 2015 ALFA 4C Launch Edition bought new also. The old spider had modded engine, trans, differential, suspension, the works and despite track days and autocrosses was concourse condition. If I had the space I would have both cars. Things I remember about the Montreal....it was quite familiar to me as it had the same Spica mechanical injection as the US cars (needed to make smog legal) and the engine was based on many parts shared with my 1750 it seemed.. Brakes seemed a bit lacking, and it definitely was more of a GT car as the extra weight made it a lot less "toss-able" compared to my spider. Was a nice touring car. It was a very nice looking car and seemed pretty solid.
There is a member in my AROC here in Michigan that has a Montrealo identical to yours that he bought in Australia when he lived there and upon retiring brought it to the US. It is a right hand drive car since it was sold in Australia. He has gone through his car and it is concourse now. His is still stock...with no upgrades as far as I know. By the way my old spider was very reliable and my new 4C has been problem free and of course an absolute blast to drive. I have had many other cars in my 72 years....but ALFAs are the only ones that are long term keepers.
I always wonder how UK owners keep any car from rusting away....seems like many I see in videos and TV shows have a lot of rust. Guess the ocean proximity doesn't help. My old ALFA didn't have a spot of rust on it and all original upholstery, dash board cover and door cards that were spotless. Keeping in a garage and keeping spotlessly clean is the secret....and on my 4C not having a steel body ;-)
Keep up the videos....we ALFA fanatics love them.
Thanks a lot for watching Bob and for your comments! I agree with you about rust prevention being better than cure, however UK Alfa nuts spend quite a lot of time lying under our cars in overalls, scraping rust and painting on goop!
My “keepers” are garaged and never driven in wet or salty conditions. (Yes UK road are salted through the Winter 😕).
Hope you enjoy the upcoming stuff, some of it is covering “daily” Alfas but I also have some more interesting stuff in the pipeline. 👍🏻
@Farina Marcini Sounds like a good plan - in another 5-10 years, there will be only a handful of 156's on the roads. Hang onto her.
Excellent video and on my favorite Alfa Romeo. While not the fastest or the rarest, it is an icon of that era. I love it’s unique styling lines. I do own an Alfa, but it’s a 2018 Giulia. Not quite as rare but where I live in the the USA, you don’t see many on the roads.
Thanks for watching Martyn - I think it's actually my favourite Alfa too (or a tie with the 33 Stradale?). Well done for driving a Giulia too of course, it's a really pretty car and nicely understated (unusual for an Alfa! ;0) I'm definitely getting one for my next daily driver.
The Alfa Nut I have a 2.0 petrol 280hp version and it’s all I really need! Pity it only comes with auto transmission here but I have the paddle shifters at least. Fast enough for fun but not stupidly powerful. Drives like a “magic carpet”, smooth and silky, with nice handling. It does turn eyes here and several people have asked me “what kind of car is that?”. :)
@@martynh5410 It's a great car - I test drove a Veloce last year but ended up buying a different company car due to the high level of tax payable on petrol turbo cars here in the UK! So - I'm opting out of the company car scheme next year and buying a Giulia! Life is too short not to drive what you want.
@@martynh5410 I have a Veloce as well and I love it! The electronics can be a bit finicky, but who cares about them anyway? This car is made for the road, a long, winding country road, where you can enjoy the superb engine, transmission and handling, zip through corners, fly past Porsches (Porsche drivers can't drive these days) and have fun while doing it in style! It is also brilliant on the Autobahn due to its power and low weight. Definitely the best car I ever had and an absolute joy! I also test drove the Quadrifoglio, but it was a bit too much for me at the time, I had to get used to an Alfa first. But the QV is definitely on the list for my next car!
Im big Alfa guy,and i cant believe i didnt find your channel earlier,great video and sub from me! KEEP IT UP! Forza Alfa!Big Support from Serbia!
Hi mate! Thanks for joining us - hope you enjoy my stuff. What do you drive?
Loved this one Chris, my inner 12 year old has never left me!!
Cheers mate - glad you enjoyed it, I loved making it!
Oh man, I remember this car was in Forza Motorsport 4, I fell in love with it the moment I saw it, such a nice looking car!
It's probably my all-time favourite classic Alfa. Such a great design by the "Master"!
Uno splendido purosangue Italiano!! Anni 70 quando ogni marca aveva il proprio stile non come oggi che sono tutte uguali e anonime....
In verità, non solo le auto, oggigiorno, anche molti dei nostri negozi sono uguali a Londra e Milano!
Just an Alfa Masterpiece. Thanks for the great video!
Thanks for watching, I appreciate the support 👍🏻
RUclips suggested this and I'm glad it did. Way back in the mid-70s (I was about 10) went with my parents to pick up the new (actually not quite new) family car. It was a Fiat 132 but in NZ Fiat/Alfa/Lancia/Ferrari were all combined dealers. I vividly remember the car featured in the main showroom display, a bright orange Alfa Montreal. I always liked Italian cars (others in the family had 850/124 Coupé) but those two cars probably set me on a lifetime of only owning Italians, in my case Fiat/Abarth! Subscribed!
Thanks a lot for subscribing Robin - I also love Fiats (had two X1/9’s and a Strada) I will be featuring some other Italian cars as well as Alfas, because frankly I love them all! Driving a Lancia Integrale very soon! 😀
Cheers from Michigan! What a beautiful video about my favorite car - one of the best narrations and a love story. Mine started 50 years ago, saw Hans Stuck driving the same orange one close to my school in Munich in the seventies. Drove the first in the eighties, but couldn’t afford. Then bought mine early nineties in Switzerland - was originally orange. Managed good Autobahn speeds at 230 km/h. Ten years ago I brought her to US. And when you released the video, that day I replaced my points the first time in almost 50 years. We even share black leather seats and for sure a good driving style. Enjoy her. Mine is NOT for sale- my daughters are next in line! Thanks for posting.
Thanks for watching Thomas - it's such a glamorous car and I'm determined to own one before too long, even if I have to buy a wreck and rebuild it. You are a lucky man and I hope your Daughters appreciate that too!
Nice video. My father who is from Haytor where this film opened, owned a RHD Montreal in this exact colour in the late 70’s.
Much preferred it to the Dino GT4 he had around that time too. No comparison he states. I’ve Wanted one ever since!
Hi Jon, thanks for watching and commenting. Its a genuinely exciting car and my all-time favourite Alfa. Prices are going up - don’t wait too long!
My favourite car!😍 Thank you for reviewing it!😊😍
Mine too! It was my pleasure.
Wonderful car and really awesome video. Thanks a lot.
Thanks a lot Marco - I really appreciate it! 👍🏻
THANK YOU.
The first Montreal I ever witnessed personally was sometime in the very early 1980’s at an Alfa Club meet at the Brooks Stevens Auto Museum in Mequon, Wisconsin.
She was in utterly perfect factory condition, and in that lurid primary green that only the 1970’s could ever give us...
I could not get over the partially-veiled headlamps...that series of B-pillar vents...and the clustering of all gauges into those two cannon-like instrument tubes...my young mind could not process a more exotic ground-rocket than this!
Gandini...standing ovation!
I was blessed to visit the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo in Arese, Italy in 2017, where I saw my 2nd Montreal (the factory-owned orange example much like your tester) but also the Prototipo...developed for ‘Expo ‘67’ in Montreal!
Dreams realized..!
(PS : I did convince my parents to choose a new Peugeot 505STI by age 14...sorry...the US never got the Montreal unless one knew some ‘special colleagues..!’)
Thanks for commenting Grant, the Montreal had a similar effect on me aged about 12. I’m also planning to get to the Arese museum next summer, as part of a “chasing the Mille Miglia” trip! It looks amazing.
The Alfa Nut Arese is an amazing museum...but for us Alfa Nutters, make sure to take a drive behind the Museum-proper and explore the industrial estate just beyond; much of the original Arese plant has been leveled for Italy’s largest shopping-mall ‘Il Centro’...but much of the Alfa infrastructure still survives...
(I understand it’s a great mall, too...Everything!)
I can’t think of a better channel to air your Alfa-Centric urban-explorations on...and obviously Arese will always be an Alfisti-spelunking fantasy!
Gain access...one way or another?
Thanks for the tip - maybe I’ll take a torch and some bolt croppers!
Awesome video, great music and a beautiful car the only negative you didn’t drove the Montreal a pity thanks Chris !!
Yes I know but the car is very valuable so I couldn’t get temporary insurance ☹️
Its a pity...just for a f*#&ING insurance you couldn't drive it. Hope you do it in the future!
Cheers Ivan - yes so do I 🙂
I am 44 Right Now, this was my First Car Alfa Romeo that I see in the Motor Trend magazine from 1975 my grandfather brought from USA to DR this was my first contact in the magazine Black Color with thay Eyes (lights) spell me my entire life, i have 159 2.2 jts, but still my dream car..
Thanks for watching Pedro - my dream car too! :0)
Great video indeed. Keep up the sublime work. Your humour is superb. Wish you all the best.
Thanks very much Vic, glad you enjoyed it. 👍🏻
The sound of this beauty is pure joy and your face says it all. Well done mate
Thanks for watching mate, appreciate your comments. Shame I couldn’t actually drive it myself but riding shotgun was good enough 👍🏻
A majestic video!! Bravo Chris!!
Thanks very much - glad you enjoyed it!
What a car and that noise is possibly even better than the busso! I've always loved the montreal.
Thanks for watching - it’s a fabulous piece of engineering and really quite special for me - it’s the closest I’ll get to a Lamborghini Miura!
GREAT interaction with your viewers, you do yourself proud. Keep up the good work.
Thanks - I love talking to people about cars and its great to hear about their unreasonable prejudices too! (We all have them) 😉
@@TheAlfaNut Yes sir, yes we do, lol. But just like Alfas, that's what make people fun - our imperfections make us perfect xD
What a treat to listen too.
Seen a few of them at various Italian car shows back in the later 2000’s what I used to attend with my Alfa I owned at the time but that is the first time I have heard one fully open up on the road 😀
Hi Chris, yes it was a fantastic noise for sure! It also got lots of attention and personally I think the Monty looks so much cooler in person than in photos.
I was run about in one in the late 1970’s , again in orange. It was like a spaceship for a young teenager. Thank you for the video. Best wishes mark
Hi Mark, thanks for watching - I got my ride in the end! 😁
Incredible bro this is a wonderfull muscle italian car, the engine song bro is a soul medicine 🙏 thanks bro ,great job,great video ,great LIKE👍 FROM ITALY.
Thanks Paolo - the Montreal is my favourite Alfa of all time (apart from the 33 Stradale). I have loved this car since I was 12 years old! 😍🇮🇹🍀
Thanks for this, I've been waiting proper test drive for 40 years... :D
Hi Kimi, thanks for watching, I’m glad you enjoyed it - I love the Montreal so much 😍
What a gem! Nice video!
Many thanks for watching - I enjoyed making it! 😀
Just finished restoring my grey GT 1300 Junior stepnose in grigio chiaro metallizato with brown interior.
Bought it 3 years ago (at the age of 23) and finished just a few months ago.
I will never sell this car, especially because of the work done with my father and brother (none of us works as a mechanic by the way but the car turned out perfectly well), because it has always been my dream car and because I can't afford to have and keep two classic cars!
You are invited to step in it if you are in Switzerland one day:)
Greetings and thanks for the good content.
Many thanks for watching and well done for restoring the stepnose - that sounds great! I would love a 105 series Alfa, they have really hooked me.
@@TheAlfaNut yeah I'm really proud of it. I actually spent quite a bit of time working on it and also quite a bit money.
Found the car in decent shape (no rust but restoration needed) at a good price.
Was propably my last chance to buy one of these!
Pretty sure you can't find any better looking GT 1300 Juniot that quick;)
Beautiful car and sound! Great video :)
Thanks very much for watching, glad you enjoyed it 👍🏻
Great video and chanel.Must be a lot of work putting such a slick video together,well done.
Always had Alfas,4x33's 164,159,Gt 156 166 V6 and currently Giulietta qv Twin clutch tuned to 280 hp...interesting drive ha,ha!
Look forward to your next video.
Hi Rob, thanks for watching - yes it’s a lot of work but good fun as well. 👍🏻
What a great video!!! Uber funny as well! Subscribed. Cheers
Thanks for watching & subbing Andre - much appreciated mate 👍🏻
Along with the Lamborghini Muira by far most beautiful looking car ever made thank god for Gandini
I quite agree Arran - I think if Gandini had never lived, many cars today would look very different. I'm planning an episode purely about him at some point.
The Alfa Nut that sounds great I look forward to seeing that if you haven’t seen already there’s a great interview on you tube done by Davide Cironi it’s in Italian with subtitles
He designed so many great looking cars it’s amazing like the Lamborghini Countach and Diablo Fiat X19 Lancia Stratos
@@arrangrant4614 Yeah, I've seen it - Davides channel is great, I watch all his stuff! I might not get a personal interview with Gandini though!
Very nice video I ^m a bit jelous now,but glad you made a dream come true. Thanks to Chris as well.
Thanks for watching - it's not actually my car, although I wish it was!
Best subscription in a while 👍
Thanks for watching mate, glad you like it.
Beautiful car.
Hi Dimitris, yes it certainly is!
Fantastic video, iconic car, waw!!
Love the car. Want the car. Love the video. Very entertaining. I demand more.
Hi Jonathan, thanks for your comments and don’t worry - there will be more! Glad you enjoyed it.
“Look at his face, just look at his face” That’s a phrase used during Match of the day intro and it definitely is relevant in this great film, well done Chris for getting there after 40 years. I fully understand it as I felt the same as a 14 year old on holiday in Italy with my parents and I first saw the Fiat 124 sport coupe. I was totally gobsmacked and have always wanted one and still do 47 years later (maybe not the right thing to say on an Alfa group page). Maybe one day...great film, enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching Franco - don’t worry I have also owned and loved 3 Fiats: 2 x X1/9’s and a Strada! 😄
Just discovered and subscribed to your channel. A few months ago l purchased a 65 Giulia SS for a ridiculous sum and to be honest it's worth every penny. Even before the SS l fell in love with the Montreal. This video is predicting another large dent in my liquid funds.
Hi Michael and thanks for subscribing. Apologies for my part in your fiscal downfall!
The Giulia SS is a beautiful car (and rare!) I was watching a video recently featuring Afshin Behnia’s Giulia SS (he's the CEO of Petrolicious). Lovely car - hope you enjoy it!
The Alfa Nut watching the video of Afshin on Jay Leno's garage pushed me over the edge. It took awhile for me to convince myself to drop over 6 figures on a car with a little over 100 hp but l am so glad l did. I like the mods Alfaholics did to the Monty, it's next in the list!
Yes, Alex’s Monty drive so nicely and has about 250 bhp, compared to 200 stock, so it handles and goes better. It’s just fabulous.
Such a beautiful car
Hi Lucas, thanks for watching - I agree, for me it's such a glamorous and unique looking thing - I've always loved it.
God it looks and sounds beautifully ❤️
Yes - it's a special car for sure.
It's also my dream!!! I am very happy for you!
Though I 'd be happier if we owned one too ;)
Thanks Christos - maybe one day we will :0)
Very good this.... :) love it
Hi Egil, thanks for watching - glad you enjoyed it, the Montreal is my favourite Alfa 😍
Excellent video!
Thanks for watching! 👍🏻
Cant say I've ever heard of it nor seen this car in real life . Nice muscle car looks at the front and I like the hidden but not hidden headlight thingy :) The jtd engines are great and Alfa's have a certain appeal to me , but have yet not been able to push me into buying one . Feels good to know , other people have their own opinion . Great colour btw !
If you drove a good one - you would get it! Try that at your own risk, you may end up getting hooked 😁
Reminds me a lot of a '71 Plymouth Roadrunner, Italian style, especially in that orange. What a beautiful car
Hi mate, thanks for watching. Yes, 1970’s is definitely my favourite era for car design: Italian, British and American. There is also something very similar about the grille and bonnet of the
1970 American Motors AMX coupe don’t you think?
@@TheAlfaNut yes, now that you mention it, I can see it too. The early 70's are my favourite generation of cars. The styling just does it for me👍
Its gorgeous and I would love one.
Me too Mike - I may have to sell a kidney though!
Most beautiful alfa ever made in my opinion😍
I agree, my favourite Alfa 🥰🍀
My seccond favourite Alfa! So jeallous right now!
Sorry about that Giacomo - what is your first favourite?
@@TheAlfaNut To be honest, it's not quite "fair" to say it is the favourite because there's a lot of sentimental attachment and it is a specific car, not a model. It is a 1931 8C 2300 Monza, car number 28. My great grand uncle owned and raced it, you can still see his last name on the side of the car.
@@gbattilanaf Wow - that's a great piece of heritage! Probably worth a few Million Euros now??
@@TheAlfaNut it was sold a couple of years ago through Gooding, for about 11 million I think. I wish I get to see it, at least, one day.
Very nice and inspiring video about a great automobile ! Thanks!
Thanks a lot for watching, the Monty is a very special car for me. One day I will own one!
I live in....Montreal, I remember Expo67 as I was 7 years old !!! Did you see Jay Leno's latest video about tbe Montreal ?
That must have been an exciting event? I have been to Vancouver and the Rockies but didn’t have time to cover the whole of Canada - its what you might call “large”! I found that Canadians had a more similar sense of humour to the English than the US guys do - more irony! 😄
Totally true about Canadians! I am a pure Canadian but my wife is from Brittany, close to you , just across the Channel !
@@1983dmd I’ve spent quite a bit of time in Brittany - its lovely. I also found the people there more friendly to the English than some other parts of France! (We are in Devon in South England, so former Brothers to the Bretons anyway!). How is lockdown treating you?
Great Video 👍
Thanks a lot Karsten, glad you enjoyed it. I love that car!
This is my idea of having a classic car like this, trying to keep it as stock as possible but at the same time modifying it so that it becomes as comfortable and reliable as possible, power steering, electronic injection, and air conditioning and so easily we basically have the perfect classic GT.
Hi JR, thanks for watching. Yes this Monty has been very skilfully updated and improved, without losing any character. Its also quite a lot quicker! 😉.
Nicely done, but please not other badge bashing. 2:44 Peugeot had great cars! I own a Maserati, a Alfa and a Aston Martin. What I drive most? My Peugeot 106 XLD 4 door Mk1 1995 with the gorgeos 1,5 Liter TUD engine. Reliable, economical, maneuverable, roomy for such a car, panormaic view and with top speed 150 km/h and so much fun to drive!! A great, great car! (And if you looking for one of the best 24 valve V6´s, take a look on the fabulous ES9 J4 from the late Citroen XM or the Peugeot 605)
Sorry Monsieur Hulot - just a bit of fun! I have owned two Maserati's too (4200 Spider and coupe) and also a Renault 5GT Turbo, Peugeot 306, Fiats, Lancias and many others too. I still want a Peugeot 205 GTI after all these years! I'd also love a Citroen SM from the '70's and I have a fondness for the old GS model too. When I was a kid, I drove across France from Compiegne to Nice in one several times on holiday with some French friends. Hot weather, no aircon and sticky black vinyl seats but very comfortable!
@@TheAlfaNut Thanks for your quick answer! All forgiven after these lines :-) But you have right if we draw a line. BEFORE 2000 and AFTER. The new Peugeots after the millenium are often like from a other marque. Not THE french Mercedes, rather ugly, stupid, rubbish and unreliable crap. You must mean these, with a lion that is ashame of the fact where he was fixed on.
@@TheAlfaNut ..and try the Alfa 75 QV with the 3 Liter engine and only 8 HP less than the Montreal. The Busso sound, the transaxle balance, the sitting position ;-) and the very good quality (nothing in common with in the south produced cars like the 33 from the same years). It´s worth!!
I admire your passion, intelligence and humor! You are true Alfisti! Good luck in your work, I just hope you have more money to invest in your videos. Regards!
Thanks very much Tihomir - I appreciate you watching my videos and the kind comments. I may not get rich from RUclips unless I have 1,000,000 subscribers! (Not very likely! 😄) its ok, I don’t need money - I do everything myself! 👍🏻
Wonderful car , my dream car is the Lancia Stratos
Good choice! I hope to drive a Stratos one day 👍🏻
Always good to see the very rare Montreal! Time spent with a V8 Alfa (and one breathed on by Alfaholics) is always a good day. Not sure about your view on Peugeot, the company has improved quite a bit scince the noughties.
You sound suspiciously like you may also own a Peugeot Henry! 😉
@@TheAlfaNut Ha, Ha, I will take the fifth amendment on that! (I know we are not in the US)
@@henryhol8538 Joking aside, I'd love a 205 GTI too! Don't tell anyone.....
It’s been over forty years and I’m still waiting ......!
Nice video!
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it!
Yeah man these cars are really cool. There was one for sale here in SA last month, it was in bits, so perfect for me, but I figured I better finish the 10 000 projects I already have before I buy anymore.
Hey Jethro, thanks mate - the Montreal seems pretty complicated mechanically so would be a challenging project for sure! Enjoying your Spider vids - that looks tasty 👍🏻
One of my favourite Alfas, right up there with the GTV6 (and the Stradale, of course.) That small engine has no right to sound so substantial and meaty...but I'm certainly not going to complain. :-)
Cheers for watching mate - it does sound good & has more power than standard as it it’s been bored out to 2.8 litres & 260 bhp. Goes pretty well! 👍🏻
look so perfect
Hi Fabio - thanks for watching. This is my favourite Alfa :0)
I remember when Montreal’s were £10k for year after year after year! Finally, and painfully slowly, the world caught up and started to really value these cars, wonderful! Sadly all I will ever own is a brochure and book, but at least stronger values have ensured the survivors are safer and worth restoring.
Hi Brian, yeah its my favourite Alfa but as my personal worth has grown, so has the price of Monty’s keeping them just out of reach! 🥴 Maybe I’ll sell my whole collection one day and buy one! 😎👍🏻
Worth it for the engine alone, then add the body design, then the wonderful interior! My favourite car interior design of all time.
A thing from a real world.
Haha yes - no CAD design, just a clever man with an actual pen in his hand! Thanks for watching.
Alfa Romeo has buildt on of the best cars ever ! I am proud to drive my 1300 GT Junior Bertone :) Fiat was to redesign the old bodies as exclusive sports cars and to produce beautiful bodies and environmentally friendly drive systems with high quality and environmental friendliness.
Hi Olav, thanks for watching and for owning a GT Junior! Well done!
Great entertainment Chris!! I would love to see a vid on a 164 or 75? Saying that,it might be a bit painful to watch as I sold my cars a few years ago and deeply regret my decisions.
Life is full of difficult decisions Mark - selling cars is sadly one of the hardest. I am planning a 147 vid and would love to do a 75 Busso video too!
good video
Thanks for watching Haaris
ALFA SONO LE AUTO PIU BELLE DEL MONDO GRANDE MONTREAL E BRAVO ALFA NUT
grazie Daniele - la Montreal è stata la macchina dei miei sogni d'infanzia, quindi è molto speciale per me.
Una domanda per te: pensi che dovrei mettere i sottotitoli italiani nei miei video?
bellissima
Thanks for watching! 👍🏻
Lovely ....great irony ! :-)
Thanks a lot, appreciate it! 👍🏻
I had it, lobster red, till 2012
Hi Boris, thanks for watching - you lucky man!
Nice to see it in action. Upgrade the camera for white balance and this could be a channel to grow
Hi thanks for watching - the footage is mostly colour graded, what would change about the white balance?
Montreal cost £6,500 in UK 🇬🇧 in 1974 .... had it shipped to South Africa 🇿🇦. What a gem 💎
Hello Dawood - thanks for watching, I hope you’ve still got it??
Had it 6 years and then was made a offer i could not refuse ... the owner of Alfa dealership in Cape Town offered me 4 Guilettas for the montreal ... i then bought porsche 928 S
Sounds like a good deal and the 928 is the only Porsche I like!
V8 engine, unusual but compelling styling, ribbed sexy seats - whats not to like?
👍still today this car "call respect"!😉
E una bellezza! Grazie per la visione Alessandro
@@TheAlfaNut 😀esatto! Ciao da Venezia🇮🇹 (circa)
Venezia è fantastica: anche Alfa dovrebbe costruire barche
Can't believe these used to be disregarded and cheap some 30 years ago
I know - wish I’d bought one when they were £8k!! 😁
Lovely! Mind sharing the music credit?
Thanks for watching, first tune was from a collection of royalty free tunes I have, second was a RUclips free to use track. I can get the names for you tomorrow 👍🏻
do you know huch much the engine conversion did cost? The car sounds fantastic!
I think all the upgrade work on this Monty cost about £30-40,000! 😱
Alfa Romeo Montreal "Ammiraglia dell*Alfa Romeo"!
Ciao Armando, Sì, questa è l'Alfa che più mi piacerebbe avere nel mio garage! Gandini era molto dotato.
Like an Alfa Miura !
Hi Malcolm, yes there are lots of similarities, like the door shape and the louvres in the flanks. Not surprising I guess!
Front of Alfa 70 's is the front of BMW 80's and 90's.
Yeah it is quite similar
Looks like very much Citroen SM !
Haha yes I see what you mean! 😁
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Ciao Flavio!
Even if it’s considered a valuable gt it was a sum of mistakes 1) Alfa Romeo had a state-of-the-art car ready... Berlinetta sperimentale Osi with 1,6 Giulia engine: it was enough to update it...
2) Gandini designed a beautiful bodywork for Bertone BUT shaped for a central rear-engined car ( like the Miura ) but the engine is front . 3) six long years passed before the project was realized it means when the front-engined GT were set, aged... a car born already aged ...so sad...
Maybe so but it's still my favourite Alfa Romeo!
Thats my dream to...But I want to own one.. ;-)
Me too Henrik!
One of those cars you wish were more widely available and affordable. Here in the USA, let's say Ford had bought this design from Bertone / Gandini. Then let's say they executed it so it looked exactly the same as this car inside and out, but used their own contemporary Windsor V8 and other running gear. They could have called it a Mustang, would have sold hundreds of thousands of them for reasonable prices, and lots of us could now have one. Sigh.
Haha yes Michael - if only! 😉. Did you see the Jay Leno Montreal video just released?
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Yes, I did. Also saw the same car on The Smoking Tire with Matt Farah. I'm in love with it.
Me too, I’m scheming to find a way I can buy one. Without wishing to sound heartless (I’m certainly not) I’m guessing a pandemic may reduce prices a little!
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Cheers!
He didn't let you drive it? damn that's cold
Hey Steve - yeah, sadly I couldn't get anyone to insure me for a day - car is too expensive and specialised it seems... :0(
That's a shame, over here the car is insured any legal operator can borrow or drive it occasionally.
I came across one of these sitting in a small used car lot in LA and a little later another in an even smaller used car lot in a small New England city sometime in the early 80's.(what were the chances?) I knew what they were (I'd survived ownership of a 2000 GTV a few years earlier, and seen Remie Juilen drive one in an otherwise forgettable movie) but my right brain over-ruled my left brain both times. I've had mixed feelings about that ever since. The exhaust note alone would have been worth the asking price.
Hi Donald! Thanks for watching and commenting - argh, these moments are sent to haunt us for years afterwards aren't they? They have been (almost) affordable for 30 years but now prices are edging up towards "Jay Leno" territory! I'm not sure I actually have a right-side to my brain - I can't produce any evidence of logical thinking in my car purchases at all! Cheers Chris
U're Smart Man, Italian doing the Best in every form of Art from the knowing history till nowadays. Now the Monkey and Marketing Business had stolen many brands...But thanks to some affective men and women we have still the copyright over Ferrari, Lamborghini...ecc ecc...on my own I have an Alfa Romeo 147 GTA, modded with Q2... Custom downpipe, and I don't really need nothing more than this ...the V6 3.2 24v...sound like sweet symphony to my ears...what do u need more? We talk of a State of the art engine...that can reach the 300 horse power just with a simple remapping and a good exhaust system. We talk of something that can reach and pass the 300 km/h and go 0/100km/h in 3 second. I don't exceed the limits on the road cause it's only for stupid people..If I wanna race...I go to circuits...and in Italy we have some of the most beautiful ones. Sorry for the long post. But it was only for spreading the right info. Italian do it better...and it's not only a conjunction of words...but the reality...fact speech...history too...and if u do a little research you'll find that H.Ford. wasn't the inventor of the the modern cars...but he only take others invention and start the industrial production. Italians have made it...it always been and will be...thats my national pride...marketing is not design. Have a good day. U're friend. Giovanni.😊
Thanks for watching and for your comments Giovanni - it's good to be proud of your heritage. My Grandparents were Italian too!
BTW - you forgot to mention Marconi!!
@@TheAlfaNut ahaha its only because Communication discovery wasn't the subject of our discussion. 😅😂😋
Like a Ferrari of that time, like engine and speed. But the suspensions were too similar to the Alfa Romeo Giulia...It was better the de Dion of Alfetta!! Howewer it's a great italian car (design!!).
Hi Francesco - thanks for watching and welcome!
Love Alfaholics but what have they done to the steering column ?
I’m not sure Dino - maybe extended it a little to make the steering wheel closer to the driver?
It´s normal to sit badly in a Alfa. That´s one of the bad things for most of the gorgeos italian cars of this era and even Alfa Romeo. The first Alfa and the last with rear end drive in which the sitting position was truly excellent was the Alfa 75!!
@@playtimehulot7383 That's true of many Italian cars! I'd like to drive a 75 - ideally a V6 - the last of the old-school rear wheel drive Alfa saloons.
@@playtimehulot7383 ....what does the seating position have to do with the steering column mis fit of the aftermarket steering wheel....?? Montreals have one of the nicest factory original (Personal) steering wheels
Vorrei tanto che ne facessero un edizione nuova l'anno prossimo..anche se costasse oltre i 100 mila euro e non tutti potrebbero permettersela (compreso me 😂)
Hi Alessandro - Sarebbe grandioso. Non potrei permettermene neanche uno, ma potrei essere in grado di convincere qualcuno a lasciarmi guidare!
@@TheAlfaNut sarebbe bello... Tanto con Groupon molte volte mettono in offerta delle guide sportive con delle auto da corsa (per esempio Ferrari e lamborghini) ...probabilmente anche un'ora a 70 euro con una Montreal 2020 sarebbe un sogno 🥺🥺 comunque da dove scrivi??
@@DonAlexxxander666 Possiamo sperare! Sono residente nel sud ovest dell'Inghilterra, una città chiamata Exeter. Sto cercando di imparare l'italiano (mia nonna era italiana) ma sto anche usando Google translate!
@@TheAlfaNut ah e di dove era tua nonna???
Imagine to drive a Rosso Alfa Montreal in Italy.... God exist
Yes, that would be a dream come true!
In my humble opinion, no car has ever needed a better wheel/tyre spec than the Montreal… the original has never sat well to my eye, it’s a little Italian muscle car without the muscle. I’ve seen Montreals sat alongside mustangs and despite looking way better than the stang, it never looked muscley… so if it were mine, I’d garage the original wheels and throw on a contemporary set of slightly wider wheels front and rear and maybe go up 1 inch in diameter, with a lower profile wider tyre… nothing too crazy maybe just an inch at the rear and 1/2 at the front… then it would be a very muscley looking unit.
Hi Simon, yes I agree - just a little chunkier set of wheels & tyres makes many cars look so much meaner. The Monty has some skinny tyres which disappear into the wheel arches!
To all our friends in the US: this car was made by a state-owned company.
Who'd have figured it would turn out so beautiful. The East Germans got the Trabant!
Awesome car, brilliant video! I first ever saw the Montreal in the Michael Caine Movie 'The Marseille Contract'
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This scene, in the clip above, was later reproduced in Goldeneye and one of the Mission impossible Films.
A very special car! Always good to see and hear a V8 in an Alfa.
Thanks for that Henry - I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen that film - very unusual for me, I’m film mad!
Agreed - I can’t think of many others with a V8? 33 Stradale of course but what else?
@@TheAlfaNut There is also the recent Alfa Romeo 8C (yes I know it has a Maserati engine) and the 1930s 8C.
Ah yes, I forgot about the 8C. I thought the ‘30’s 8c was a straight 8?
That's That's a car design. Unlike today's jelly molds 😣
Hi Malcolm, thanks for watching. Agree completely - straight from someone's mind, complete with unique personality, rather than a computer algorithym :0)
You would be road kill at 70 mph in Texas. I never have seen one live.
To be honest it was a “bit” more than 70mph! Does Texas have lots of speed cameras?
Great video Chris, and what an amazing car. This one is definitely in the dream garage! Have you seen that Jay Leno has also recently added one to his collection? ruclips.net/video/OwLQ7jbdVV0/видео.html
Cheers for watching Rich - yes I did watch the Leno garage vid and I have to say that his looked and sounded fabulous!