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As promised here is the thread for my Alfasud race car build. After much searching I found a 1974 1200ti in Sydney. The guy who had it is an enthusiast and had good intentions for it but had found a better one and this one was left standing in his garden where bits were slowly disappearing off it. I bought it without seeing it, but from the photos it looked fairly solid and was assured that it was. A deal was done for 750 quid and I shipped the car to Dave at Brunswick. Believe it or not this worked out cost effective due to the price and scarcity of early suds in the UK and the fact that I shouldn't have to pay import duty on the way back down under. Plus the cars over here don't rot quite as fast as they do in the UK. I plan to build it for a series over here that basically runs similar rules to the old AROC class C rules. So heavily modified but keeping glass and steel panels. The plan is to fit a full race 16v. Dave promises to send photos of the build which I will post here.

Looking forward to seeing it Gary, it will be quick with the engine and box you have planned.

Agreed !!
Engine bay looks sound, good luck with the build and thanks for sharing with us.

Off to a slow start. The bulkhead was muntered. Cage next.

Repairs look tho good Gary. Is Dave doing them ?

bet the steering was a bit vague with that floating mounted rack! lol

Dave got someone else to strip and weld it. He said it was weird as it was solid in all the usual rust spots but the bulk head looked like it had been raised from the Titanic.

bet the drain holes at the bottom had become blocked, then water would have kept things nicely damp with dead leaves and crud.

Roll cage in. Paint next!

Top notch cage Gary, looks a good, tight fit......

very nice cage. Whose is it and fitted it???

rsfruitbat

rsfruitbat wrote:very nice cage. Whose is it and fitted it???

rsfruitbat

Rollcentre Racing in St Ives.

Do you mind me asking if it was expensive?
Did it take long to install?

rsfruitbat

rsfruitbat wrote:Do you mind me asking if it was expensive?
Did it take long to install?

rsfruitbat

PM sent.

Now with paint:)

That looks superb! Well done sir

Very nice .top job

love the finish on the inside

excellent, are you going for the trofeo look?

Top job , what an awesome level of finish.
Car will look fantastic.

Lovely job. The tubes through the bulkhead got me scratching my head. I have not seen those before. It seems they effectively put the front struts under the corners of the roll cage?

Brgds,
Simon

88liam wrote:excellent, are you going for the trofeo look?

I have a Trofeo kit but I don't think it will be legal for the series I am going to run in.

Marlow Sud wrote:Lovely job. The tubes through the bulkhead got me scratching my head. I have not seen those before. It seems they effectively put the front struts under the corners of the roll cage?

Brgds,
Simon

Basically stiffness and safety.

"Allows the front suspension loads to be fed into the whole cage structure; provides protection for occupant's feet. It also improves side impact protection and increases the load capacity of the 'A' pillars/lateral hoops."

Any chance of an underbonnet pic so we can see how the cage connects onto the strut tops?

very impressive. Who's cage is it?

rsfruitbat

rsfruitbat wrote:Any chance of an underbonnet pic so we can see how the cage connects onto the strut tops?

very impressive. Who's cage is it?

rsfruitbat

We already had this conversation rsfruitbat Look up the thread.

This is were it joins

garygecko wrote:

rsfruitbat wrote:Any chance of an underbonnet pic so we can see how the cage connects onto the strut tops?

very impressive. Who's cage is it?

rsfruitbat

We already had this conversation rsfruitbat Look up the thread.

Old mans disease...
obviously the one up top not the one down below .

Anyway i still think its a nice cage

rsfruitbat

rsfruitbat wrote:

garygecko wrote:

rsfruitbat wrote:Any chance of an underbonnet pic so we can see how the cage connects onto the strut tops?

very impressive. Who's cage is it?

rsfruitbat

We already had this conversation rsfruitbat Look up the thread.

Old mans disease...
obviously the one up top not the one down below .

Anyway i still think its a nice cage

rsfruitbat

Haha it happens to us all. You have no idea how many times my wife has found the remote in the fridge!

Back from the paint shop!

Good choice of red.

Won't be too long before its up and running now ?