Well spotted!!!!
You saw a Giocattolo. In short you take a surplus Alfa sprint body combine it with a Holden V8 mid mounted, add a **** load of kevlar and you have the Giocattolo. Australian 80's ultra rare hybrid, see below links for full explaination
Taken from the Giocattalo website
http://www.giocattolo.com.au
"In 1986, Sports Car enthusiast and previous owner of the Toy Shop performance car dealership, Paul Halstead and F1 car designer - Barry Lock, teamed together to make a remarkable sports car. A car of speed and handling, yet beautiful looks which rivalled names like Porsche and Ferrari. The start was to redesign an Alfa Romeo Sprint and insert a mid-mounted Alfa V6 engine. The Alfa engine then became hard and expensive to import and put in the cars, so they went looking for a new engine.
The option they found was the Holden 5.0L Walkinshaw Group A V8 engine. After redesigning the mid engine bay and moving the barrier behind the front seats forward an inch they were able to make it fit. With more 'mumbo' than the Alfa 6 and a much cheaper price tag they decided that the Holden engine was right for what was to become one of Australia's top super cars. After upgrading the engine and fabricating some parts themselves they were happy with the performance output and so the GROUP B tag was given to the car.
Of the 15 cars made all ended up with V8 engines, including the Alfa V6 prototype which was nearly written off by a Police 4WD. So it was then rebuilt and became production car 001. The body panels were re-done with Kevlar body panels, then came the Brembo brakes and F1 type Suspension components. The right package at the wrong time was how it panned out for Lock and Halstead, when the company closed in 1989."
http://www.bretts.com.au/~con/html/giocattolo.html
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Phil
1961 MGA 1600 Roadster, British Racing Green
1966 Giulia Sprint GT ,Argento
1970 1750 GTV s2, Verde Olivo Metallica (AR213)
2005 Holden Rodeo LT Crew Cab, Fox Fire Red
{Oo==V==oO}
Previously owned
1983 Ford Laser KB, Beige
1985 Volvo 360 GLT Dark Mettalic Blue
1970 GT Junior stepnose Resprayed Red, Giallo Ochre
1923 Amilcar Sports, rusty
I may only own two ALFAs now, but the handle stays as I am always chasing another one. 
Last edited by Threealfas; 03-05-2007 at 04:07 PM.
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