Customer Reviews

Alfa Romeo Montreal (Essential Companion)

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I finally got this book this week after having it pre-ordered for almost half a year and it was certainly worth the wait. Simply put, this is one of the best car books I've ever seen -- full of useful information for any owner and prospective buyer.

I'm not an owner (yet), so I found Chapter 3 "Buying a Montreal" and Chapter 5 "Achilles' heels" (which happen to be the water pump front bearing, the steering box, the thermostatic actuator and microswitch of the Spica fuel pump, and the reverse gear idler shaft in the gearbox) very useful. Chapter 5 also tells readers how to elimininate the problems associated with the components listed in the previous sentence.

The chapters dealing with mechanical and electrical maintenance, bodywork, and the history and production data of the Alfa Montreal are also interesting to read. Chapter 9 "Improving the Montreal" describes some modifications that may enhance handling and reliability of the car (although at the cost of originality, and subject to the owner's taste and preferences). Chapter 10 gives an overview of the race history. Th eremaining chapters deal with models, meetings, literature, tools and access to resources and services.

While much of this information can be found on the author's excellent web site http://www.alfamontreal.info, I find the book easier to read than the web site because of the richness resulting from the layout of text and photos on the pages. In my opinion, this is a great companion book and I recommend it to anyone interested in this specific car model or Alfas in general.

This book is a must for existing and aspiring Alfa Montreal owners, as it provides a complete and comprehensive history of the model, together with many helpful hints for choosing a car, and then maintaining and possibly improving it.

The brilliant Bruce Taylor has put together a fabulous, detailed and comprehensive look at the quite rare and exotic Alfa Romeo Montreal. From it's interesting origin to production and engineering with it's Bertone styling and race bred V8 the Montreal is a fabulous car. Bruce knows and loves this car inside and out. He knows the car as and engineer and true afficianado. Loaded with styling and intimate engineering details the book goes on and on with fabulous information and photos.
A must have for every true exotic car lover !!