Description
Only one previous owner for 40 years.
Always in a dry garage.
First paint and never polished.
Ready to go, everywhere.
Regularly moved and maintained.
Only genuine 5600 km on the road.
Smells like a new car.
This is the very first-series 905 “Alfa 33 Quadrifoglio Verde”, with the beautiful and complex “Ermanno Cressoni” dashboard—already replaced the following year in the more common and cheaper version.
This model is rare in its own right, but the uniqueness of this example after 40 years comes from its truly negligible mileage, making it look like it has just rolled off the factory line—and gives you the pleasure of getting into a “new” car.
The first and only owner bought the car new from the CAR dealership in Via Pietramellara, Bologna, registering it with plate BO…… in July 1985.
It was part of his collection of sports cars bought new, kept almost like scale models, moved periodically in private grounds for optimal mechanical preservation, and driven strictly by him alone.
Removed from the register for fictitious export in 12/ 2006, then re-registered by the same, one and only owner in 10/ 2022.
Without the slightest scratch or knock, it is obviously still first paint.
This 1985 first-series 905 “Alfa 33” is a real Alfa Romeo—meaning very significantly for enthusiasts—because it was produced and badged to chassis and logbook by the independent Alfa Romeo manufacturer, before being sold on to Fiat in 1986. From 1986 it was then renamed simply “33” and produced under the “Alfa Lancia Industriale” badge.
Exterior:
Alfa red A. R. 530, as a Quadrifoglio Verde should be.
Grille of a design specific to this version. Body-coloured bumpers, black front spoiler and black lower sill trims, iodised headlamps, superb 14” bronze-finished dedicated Speedline press-fitted wheels, with its original 1985 date-stamped “super low” P6 tyres!
Front fog lamps still protected by their original black Alfa-badged plastic covers, bronze-coloured heat-insulating glass, and washer jets on the wipers as an option. Black finishes on the central pillar and door frame sections. Heated rear window and rear wiper.
Interior:
Black fabric upholstery with white inserts. Sport seats with mesh headrests; leather steering wheel and gear knob; extra instruments in the centre console for oil pressure and a voltmeter. Split-fold rear seat, with each half folding separately. The splendid, original dashboard tilts as one, vertically, to adjust the steering wheel. Central locking, electric front windows, timed courtesy light.
Something never seen on a single sports version: the driver’s door panel is different from the right-hand one and from all other 33s. Besides the opening handle, it had bespoke parts made with an expensive dedicated mould: an angled map holder with a tray, a pen holder, and a circular Alfa-branded recess/ cover to read maps, removable from its mounting so it can be connected to power via the cigarette lighter.
Mechanical:
Alfa Romeo 4-cylinder boxer engine, 1, 490 cc, longitudinally mounted at the front with offset overhang, giving the car a very low centre of gravity. In the boosted form from 95 to 105 hp, as only fitted to the versions identified by the Quadrifoglio Verde.
Distinctive by its exhaust note and by how quickly it spins up.
This “Alfa 33” 905A2D version, produced over a two-year period between 1984 and 1986, is fitted with engine type 30146: 1490cc with electronic ignition, single feed per cylinder, and 2 twin-body carburettors d. 32. Gear ratios with 5th for power and top speed over 185 km/ h; 840 kg dry.
Documentation:
Owner’s manual and maintenance booklet with wiring diagrams as per Alfa Romeo tradition, along with its supplement, the service booklet, acceptance certificate, and the invoice for fitting the fog-lamp kit.
Of course there are the spare keys and tools in their case, but also the original model presentation brochure. The magazine “Profumo di Alfa” published a feature on this example in issue 1/ 25.
ASI Historic Relevance Certificate. The subtle pleasure of getting into the cabin as if it were 1985 showroom stock, the perfection of the details you can only really appreciate in a brand-new car.
The firmness of the controls, the feel of the “virgin” materials, and the response of an engine and gearbox that are still tightly “connected”. In short: the uniqueness of a vehicle with truly minimal mileage and the proper way it’s been kept.
The unmistakable tone of the boxer in its “revved up” form, with its pops on the overrun; the driving pleasure and the excellent road-holding guaranteed by a very light car with a longitudinal engine and a very low centre of gravity.
The emotion of seeing brand-new 1985-dated Pirelli P6 tyres on wheels that have never seen a kerb. The dealer sticker that looks like it’s just been applied to the tail, and the commemorative 75-year Alfa Romeo sticker on the rear window—cars that left the factory during 1985.
Curiosity: the Alfa 33 Q. V was the car that made its competitive debut.
