Long-term it's probably a 30,000 USD project, but I am getting in it for less with no motor in it and so forth... I am trying to track down the original 3.2 GTA production-class motor to stow-away, while we run the 3.45...
I am OK with the fact that it is a FWD car however, the fact that it is a RHD car, is one draw back....
Autodelta now only produces LHD cars, which is nice as the driver and lighter transmission unit sit on the left as an apposing combination to the engine over on the right...
When Dawie did not get much in the way of financial support from the factory back in 2003, he had to enter is a privateer and basically had to go in and buy an SA production 156 right of the floor (a RHD in SA...)
A good driver makes up for it though. We are thinking about having Dawie's son (a really good driver in his own right) drive the thing. It is however a young man's adventure and while he is still comparatively young, he does have twins around a year and a half old....
Martin Steyn is a fantastic driver however; his commitments now with BMW may preclude him from touching an Alfa (even for a "friendly" such as this...)
Joey, no way does this turn my 3.7 Milano in to the red-headed step-child! She is my baby - RWD is where it is at for me... This car will eventually come and rest here in our club, but we first have some "unfinished business" in South Africa, her and I...
