Over and out!!!!!

Started by VeeSix, June 14, 2012, 11:46:43 PM

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VeeSix

Over and out  ;D !!!!!
1985 Alfa Romeo GTV6 V6 2.5 12V 
1986 Alfa Romeo 90 V6 2.5 12V
1990 Alfa Romeo 75 V6 3.0 12V Potenziata
1990 Alfa Romeo 164 V6 3.0 12V Zender
1991 Alfa Romeo 164 V6 3.0 12V QV
1992 Alfa Romeo 164 V6 3.0 12V QV

Tristan Atkins

Guess that's what happens when you have a torsion bar fail?

Anthony Miller

#2
Well spotted, rear mount looks totally destroyed,hard to tell if TB failure was cause or result, check out the sizeable ding under the open door....ouch
Now-  '99 156 2.5l V6 (rosso)
         '88 75 3.0l V6 (grigio)
Then- '81 Giulietta 2.0l transplant (ol whitey)
         '82 Giulietta 2.0l transplant (ol brownie)
         '82 Giulietta 2.0l TS transplant (ol red)

Neil Choi

Looks like (s)he has gone sideways and caught something protruding which hit the sill and ripped out torsion bar via destroying rear mount etc.  Door not damaged ie bent.  But then just conjecture.

Neil

joestram

Can a torsion bar failure actually happen and cause something like this?
00 156 V6 Monza
11 Mito Sport - Gone
79 Alfetta GTV - Gone
76 Alfetta GT - Gone

alfa duk

 Don't know if rear mount is totally destroyed, that car is a late model 85-86 which has no torsion bar bridge like most of us have but is mounted into the crossmember. This model is what the short bars are for, long bars are used with suspension bridges. Just wanting to point out the difference as most have not seen this setup.
85 gtv6 dead, cant let go
84 gtv6 24 valve VRA spec
84 gtv6 andalusia
80 gtv group s

aggie57

Duk - its the same as every 75, every 90 and every GTV6 built after October 1984......pretty common.
Alister
14 Alfa's since 1977. 
Currently 1973 GTV 2000, 2020 911 C2S MT, 2021 Mercedes GLE350, 2023 Polestar 2 LRDM
Gone......far too many to list

Storm_X

Looks like to me it has gone side ways into the tree that is laying down next to it, also you can see the tree damage to the sill panel and half way under the car.
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alfa duk

 Al, yes i agree that it is pretty common but when i wrote off my 85 gtv6 and was explaining how the rear TB mounting was in the crossmember, none know what i was on about as all they knew was the bridge arrangement.
85 gtv6 dead, cant let go
84 gtv6 24 valve VRA spec
84 gtv6 andalusia
80 gtv group s

aggie57

Quote from: alfa duk on June 15, 2012, 05:36:33 PM
Al, yes i agree that it is pretty common but when i wrote off my 85 gtv6 and was explaining how the rear TB mounting was in the crossmember, none know what i was on about as all they knew was the bridge arrangement.

Fair enough.
Alister
14 Alfa's since 1977. 
Currently 1973 GTV 2000, 2020 911 C2S MT, 2021 Mercedes GLE350, 2023 Polestar 2 LRDM
Gone......far too many to list