This Alfa formula B looks like a good deal as well. If I could, I'd seriously
consider it.
http://www.race-cars.com/carsales/other/b11104/b11104ss.htm
Too many cars, so little money,
Craig Wright
Brian Evans wrote:
> The GSM Delta, from South Africa, I think, came with an Alfa engine.
> production sports car, not sports racer, but still interesting. Anyway, the
> Bobsy's that I've seen advertised struck me as kind of reasonably priced,
> compared to the unrealistically high value that I hope my Merlyn MK6A
> aspires too :)
>
> Why not get the sports racer of your choice, and put an Alfa engine in it?
> Create some history, as opposed to settling for merely re-creating it!
>
> Seriously, Derek Harling (who monitors this list) has an interesting early
> 70's SR (the fiberglass tub one, which name I forget), I think engineless,
> that could be ideal with a 1600cc Alfa engine. He was going to put a 2
> liter Cosworth BD in it, but has a few other projects last I talked to him...
>
> Cheers, Brian
>
> At 01:47 PM 5/11/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >That would be a Bourgeault, a rare car indeed. The sports racers were the
> >last cars he worked on before he passed away. Bourgeault also made engine
> >adapters so you could bolt an Alfa engine to a Hewland transaxle. When I
> >bought his first purpose-built race car, the Bourgeault Formula Junior,
> >part of the package included some brochures he had printed for a later
> >series of formula cars, as well as the engine adapters, oil coolers, and
> >remote oil filter adapters. Locally (SF Bay Area), Pete Lewis has been
> >working on a Bourgeault sports racer for somebody for a while now. It came
> >as several baskets of mismatched parts. ;=( I have a copy of a photo of a
> >Bourgeault sports racer that had a BRM V-16 stuffed in it! Apparently the
> >car was destroyed. Also locally, Felix Chiu is going to be running an Elva-
> >Alfa sports racer. There is also a Genie-Alfa, and perhaps a Bobsy-Alfa
> >circulating local tracks. Alas, none of these would be cheap. At last years
> >Concours Italiano, the deal of the century had to be a Formula B car with a
> >GTA motor for $24K!!! Pretty much any decent sports racer will likely cost
> >$60K and up. You might get a basket case for less, but end up spending more
> >in the long run. Keep looking.
> >
> >It's really a miracle any of these cars survived, when you think about it.
> >
> >PaceCars@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> I remember seeing a Bourgault (sp?) sports-racer with Alfa power running in
> >> the Midwest division SCCA in the mid-1970s. Also, Ausca (Kwech) built at
> >> least one Alfa-powered SR. And a friend of mine (Lon McKinstry) ran a 1300
> >> Alfa-powered Elva Mk.7s in Southwest division SCCA in the early 1970s. Elva
> >> also built several Alfa-powered MkIII front-engined sports racers that were
> >> run in the US, including at Sebring. And as you say, several Bobsys got
>Alfa
> >> power at some point in their careers.
> >...
> >> Harold Pace
> >> Devin SS
> >> Mallock U2
> >> In a message dated 5/11/99 12:08:23 PM, alfaguy@nettally.com wrote:
> >>
> >> >Historic sports racers have always interested me, and I would like to race
> >> >one one some day. But given my passion for Alfa Romeo's, any sports racer
> >> >I would drive would have to be Alfa powered. Can anyone on the list offer
> >> >the manufacturers such cars that ran Alfa engines? The only ones I have
> >> >seen on the track are Bobsy cars (real neat cars but very pricey).
> >
> Brian Evans
> Director, Global Sales
> UUNET, An MCI WorldCom Company
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