The Spiders 1966 Duetto 1967 1750 1968 1300 Jr. 1969 US
1970-> Europe US Versions Reference books    
Alfa Romeo 1750 Spider Veloce Nov 1969-1971. Also known as Kamm Tail or Square tail

Points of significance

 

1.Rear end "Kamm-tail".
2.New tail lamps (rectangular)
3.New number plate lamps
4.Exhaust tailpipe cut-out
5.Rear bumper (one-piece with rubber face)
6.Rear badge
7.Inside boot
8.Floorpan stamping changed (so less legroom)
9.Convertible roof redesignedWipers (no longer clap-hands)
10.Windscreen (more steeply raked)
11.Front side indicators
12.Door handles (recessed)
13.Front bumpers (rubber-faced)
14.Alfa shield grille (wider and with three horizontal bars)
15.Front indicator/side lights changed
16.Rear lights changed (?)
17.Iodine headlamps
18.Dash (padded vinyl)
19.Main pair of instruments (separate with new upper cowlings)
20.Centre console with new heating/vent controls
21.Rocker switches, not toggle switches, now in centre console
22.Switches for 2-speed electric fan, 2-speed wipers and panel light
23.Choke + throttle knobs
24.Interior door and window handles
25.New front seats
26.Head restraints (optional)
27.Improved room in rear seat area
28.Dipping rear view mirror
29.Interior trim redesigned with softer edges
30.Two air vents in dash top
31.Three-point seat belt mounts
32.Extra strike plate in door aperture (?) - may be same as 1300 Junior brochure
33.Brake + clutch pedals (LHD) (pendant-type)
34.Twin brake servos (RHD)
35.Tubular air filter box with ram air intake in engine bay
36.4.55:1 final drive

Alfa Romeo Italian cars 1300 Junior [Kamm Tail] (1970-74)

Points of significance. 

 

1.Retains old door handles
2.1300 badging on boot
3.1750-type hub caps
4.Retains painted dash
5.Two-spoke steering wheel
6.Rubber mats

Alfa Romeo Spider 2000 Veloce June 1971-75 (RHD to be avail by end 71)

Points of significance. 

 

1.Rear '2000' badge
2.Wider grille (? same as 1750 ? - 99% certain it is)
3.New-style wheels with exposed wheel nuts
4.Door reflectors
5.Optional radial-fin (Turbina) cast alloy wheels
6.(nb. with optional different type wheel nuts)
7.(nb. Australian test car had Kleber 165HR14 tyres)
8.Heater/ventilation slider is black not chrome
9.Air con option
10.Engine - showing canister-type oil filter
11.Nitrided crank
12.Carbs - Weber/Solex/Dell'Orto
13.Slightly larger brakes
14.New hydraulic clutch slave cylinder design
15.Larger fuel tank ? (11.6 v 10.1 galls)
16.LSD (now standard) - except on '72 Canadian cars (BUT listed as £40 option in 1971 UK price list, but standard by 1973 UK price list
17.Tool Kit + bag
18.NB. Metallic paint is optional (£55 in 1971)
19.Also Hardtop (£175)

Alfa Romeo 1600 Junior 1972-75 and 1300 Junior June 1974-78

Points of significance. 

 

1.Old-style painted dash
2.Old-style protruding door handles
3.Three-spoke wood-rim steering wheel
4.Seats = 1750/2000 type, though later cars have horizontal stitching, and modern carpeting
5.14in wheels and 165 tyres (options to the old-style Duetto 15in wheels and 155 tyres)
6.Engine with larger 1750-type sump
7.Carbs - Dell'Orto DHLA 40 or Solex C40 DDH6
8.4.3:1 final drive

Alfa Romeo Spider 2000 Veloce 1980 / 1981 ->

Points of significance.

 

1.Twin door mirrors (square/bright)
2.Wipers are black, not chromed anymore
3.Tinted glass is standard
4.Seat belt guides on seats
5.Ignition lock barrel
6.Luggage platform behind seats
7.Carpets (not rubber mats) - single-piece for front floor/tunnel
8.Door trims (showing armests and door handles/window winders)
9.Stalk wiper control (now intermittent)
10.Electrically powered windscreen washer
11.Dash rheostat control
12.Leather trim (optional)
13.Hand brake gaiter
14.Painted gear lever
15.Switchgear on centre console
16.Digital clock (Euro or US only?)
17.PVC undercoating on chassis underside and 'rocker panels'
18.RHD version Spider 2000 Veloce RHD by Bell & Colvill (1983 on)
19.Steering control mechanisms for RHD
20.Giulietta top-mounted pedals with transverse rod
21.No glove box - panel instead, with fuse box behind
22.nb. Light-coloured dash (Gold Port p96)


Alfa Romeo Spider 2.0 Aerodinamica 1983-85

Points of significance.

 

1.Black plastic bumpers
2.Grille (moulded plastic in bumper)
3.Sidelight/indicator light units
4.New square side repeaters relocated behind front wheelarches
5.Front spoiler
6.No headlamps cowls + chrome bezels around lamps
7.Plastic scoop over air intake (fore of windscreen)
8.Aerial in windscreen
9.Bootlid spoiler/rear wing covers (synthetic)
10.Matt black rear panel
11.Rear light clusters
12.Rear badge (2.0)
13.New long Pininfarina badge replaces square 'F' badge on flanks
14.Central rear section between lamp clusters with Alfa badge
15.Hood now made of plasticized canvas (beige or black)
16.Black, not chromed external trim details (eg aft bonnet vents)
17.Texalfa seats (leather optional)
18.Instruments bezels (black not chrome)
19.Steering wheel has black spokes + Alfa boss
20.Warning lights in centre console
21.Controls on centre console are now black
22.Wooden gearknob
23.Clock + fan switch
24.Redesigned switches
25.Switches for hazard and fog lights
26.Choke knob
27.Ashtray
28.Optional alloy 5-spoke wheels + wider 185/70 tyres
29.nb. Bell & Colvill car has additional Spider 2.0 badges on rear flanks (Gold Port p106/111
30.Spider 2000 Veloce RHD by Bell & Colvill (1983 ->)
31.Steering control mechanisms for RHD
32.Giulietta top-mounted pedals with transverse rod
33.No glove box - panel instead, with fuse box behind
34.nb. Light-coloured dash (Gold Port p96) 
 

Alfa Romeo Spider Quadrifoglio Verde (QV) (1985-89)

Points of significance.



1.Sill extensions (plastic)
2.Front spoiler altered
3.Rear spoiler altered
4.Rear under-bumper valance
5.15x6in alloy wheels + wider 195/60 tyres (Pirelli P6)
6.Leather seats with contrasting stitching/piping
7.Hardtop (incl shots of headlining, lamp + heated rear window)
8.Controls for adjusting electric door mirrors
9.Electric windows

Alfa Romeo Spider S4 2.0 and 1.6 (1990-93

Points of significance.

 

Spider s4 2.0.

1.Bootlid (incl rear spoiler)
2.Rear wings (incl electric aerial)
3.Rear panel
4.Rear badge
5.Rear light clusters
6.Rear bumper
7.Cotton soft-top
8.Redesigned hood tonneau
9.Optional hard top (body-coloured) with twin lights in roof
10.Body-coloured sill covers
11.Grille
12.Front indicator/side light units
13.Side indicators on front wings
14.Door mirrors (body-colour)
15.Steering wheel (same as GTV/75)
16.Steering wheel adjuster
17.Optional leather-trimmed steering wheel
18.Boot lid release catch
19.Gear lever
20.Carpets (with footmats)
21.Dashboard (incl all instruments)
22.Centre console (incl details of switchgear + analogue clock)
23.Revised heating/vent controls
24.Glove box has extendable map light ´
25.Built-in speakers in doors
26.Door casings (incl armrests and black handles)
27.Beige interior trim colour (also black, red)
28.Texalfa/Alcantara seat trim (leather optional)
29.Seats repositioned and redesigned
30.Carpeted boot
31.Bosch Motronic EFI system (+ VVT)
32.10.0:1 comp ratio
33.Catalyst (on UK cars)
34.ZF worm-and-roller power steering
35.Thermostatic electric fan
36.272mm front disc brakes
37.267mm rear disc brakes
38.'Seaking' RHD steering conversion



Spider S4 1,6 (1990-93)


1.Engine, particularly Weber carbs (+ no EFI or VVT
2.Vinyl hood
3.Old-style five-spoke wheels (alloys optional)
4.No LSD or PAS
5.No leather trim/steering wheel option
6.No electric windows