{"id":12823,"date":"2013-05-10T07:43:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T14:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giuliettas.com\/?p=12823"},"modified":"2013-05-10T07:43:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T14:43:48","slug":"market-480-1900m-matta-ar5101384-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rufushamilton.com\/giuliettas\/2013\/05\/10\/market-480-1900m-matta-ar5101384-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Market 480: 1900M ‘Matta’ AR5101384 in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

1900M AR51 01384<\/a>, AR 1307 00610. \u00a0<\/strong>This interesting piece of Alfa history is available now out of Florida<\/a>. \u00a0The Matta is very rare in the US -I think I may have seen one or two over the years in pictures, but never in person. \u00a0It is a fairly standard 1950’s ‘serious’ 4×4 offering – a sort of next step from the 4×4’s designed for WW2. \u00a0It occurs to me as I type this that the long lived lines of serious 4×4 players grew out of this period: Unimog, Jeep, Land Rover 88, Austin Gipsy, Toyota Land Cruiser, Fiat Campagnola, NIssan Patrol, yougettheidea. \u00a0Had Alfa based the Matta on the Giulietta engine, maybe there would be tens of thousands of them around -I know I would dig an open Fiat Campagnola type Alfa from the 1950’s! \u00a0I suppose there probably is one that I am not aware of…<\/p>\n

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Great grill on these -has a modest character. \u00a0In the cramped garage with poor lighting for my auction pictures? \u00a0Why not! \u00a0No one else will be listing a Matta at the same time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pick and shovel will come in handy in the CostCo parking lot. \u00a0This would be fun to take the kids fishing in -actually just kid -I don’t think it would be legal to put anyone underage in this thing except for strapped to the front seat.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1900 engine makes 61 HP and is said to be torquey. \u00a0I’ve never driven one, but hey – opinons get around. \u00a0Looks pretty good under here. \u00a0A bonus is the base commander could get his 1900 Coupe serviced on base.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As sparse as you would expect from an early 50’s military spec utility vehicle.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A little more appropriate color schemes for these. \u00a0This guy has a large round wine rack on his back. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1900M AR51 01384, AR 1307 00610. \u00a0This interesting piece of Alfa history is available now out of Florida. \u00a0The Matta is very rare in the US -I think I may have seen one or two over the years in pictures, but never in person. \u00a0It is a fairly standard 1950’s ‘serious’ 4×4 offering – a … <\/p>\n

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