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
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