1966 Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto

Something about this auto just influences us to need to drive the Italian field while once in a while halting to drink nearby wines. In addition, whenever you can get an auto with style AND storage room, well you simply hit the bonanza my companion. It's ideal for putting away every one of the sheets of paper with telephone numbers on them.

The Spider was propelled at the 36th Geneva Motor Show in March 1966,[7] and together with the Giulia Sprint GT Veloce tried by the press at an occasion sorted out in Gardone Riviera.[8] To pick a name for the creepy crawly Alfa Romeo reported a write-in rivalry, offering a case of the new auto as a prize.[13] Over 100 thousand tallies were sent in, the considerable lion's share from Italy; the champ was Guidobaldo Trionfi, a man from Brescia, who proposed the name "Duetto" (duet).[13] However it couldn't be formally embraced because of trademark issues, and the auto was named basically Alfa Romeo Spider 1600.[13] The Spider's 1,570 cc twin cam motor had double Weber two-barrel side-draft carburetors, and delivered 109 PS DIN (80 kW; 108 hp; or 129 PS SAE). Meagerly fitted inside yet including five speed manual transmission, circle brakes 15" wheels fitted with Pirelli Cinturato 155HR15 CA67 tyres.[14] The cost on dispatch in Italy was 2,195,000 lire. In the US the auto sold for $3,950 (contrasted with $3,991 for a Lotus Elan and $2,607 for a MGB).[15] In the UK the auto's cost was near a Jaguar E-Type.[16] 

In January 1968, in Vietri sul Mare (Salerno), Alfa Romeo acquainted the press with its 1750 line of autos, which incorporated the new 1750 Berlina cantina, the Giulia Sprint-based 1750 GT Veloce car, and the 1600 Spider-based 1750 Spider Veloce, which supplanted the first Spider 1600.[17] All were fueled by a similar motor, another 1,779 cc, 118 PS DIN (87 kW; 116 hp; or 132 PS SAE) adaptation of the Alfa Romeo twin cam engine.[17][18] Top speed rose to 190 km/h (118 mph).[17][18] The auto did not tolerate any Spider badging, only a "1750" content beneath the back Alfa Romeo identification. Amid the generation run, the front repeater lights were advanced of the wheel curves. 

While in Europe the 1750 was fitted with two twin flat carburettors, beginning with show year 1969 models for the North American market had SPICA (Società Pompe Iniezione Cassani and Affini, a backup of Alfa Romeo) mechanical fuel injection.[19] According to Alfa Romeo motor yield and execution were unaltered from the carburetted version.[20] Modifications were additionally made to the suspension, brakes, electrics, 14" haggles Pirelli Cinturato CA67 tires, however the auto appeared to be identical. Unmistakable contrasts were constrained to the back view reflect repositioned to the entryway, and badging on the tail, which read "Alfa Romeo" and "iniezione" (infusion). 

Another lower evaluated creepy crawly, the Spider 1300 Junior, was presented in June 1968 close by the GTA 1300 Junior rivalry coupé.[21] Its 1,290 cc twin cam motor was the same utilized on the GT 1300 Junior roadster, and delivered 89 PS DIN (65 kW; 88 hp; or 103 PS SAE).[21][22] Top speed was 170 km/h (106 mph).[21][22] From a mechanical point of view the Junior varied from the 1750 just in motor dislodging and yield, while inside it did not have a few highlights of the pricier model: to be specific opening quarter lights, focus comfort, and the three-talked wood rimmed guiding wheel, supplanted by a two-talked plastic rimmed one. From outside the Junior rendition could be perceived by its dark shaded lower front guard and nonattendance of plastic headlamp fairings. 


Because of the state of its long, round tail, the Series 1 Spider is in some cases known by the moniker of "Osso di seppia" (Italian for cuttlebone) or "watercraft tail" to separate it from the "Kamm tail" Series 2. In North America the Series 1 is all the more ordinarily known as the "dovetail creepy crawly".