Description

The Alfa was bought by myself on 18/5/1985 and has been owned by myself ever since. I ran the car as everyday transport for a number of years finally taking it off the road as its condition deteriorated with a view to fully restoring it to ‘concours’  condition . Over the time of the rebuild plans changed and I decided to build a race car to use the Alfa to its full potential!

It was extensively re-metalled with a bare metal re-spray in 1995 by John Bee Motor Engineers in Sheffield. Many panels were replaced including front wings, front panel, boot floor, inner and outer sills – I have some photos of this work as it progressed. The car finally reached completion as a road registered race car in 2013 when it was registered with the Historic Sports Car Club in order to race in the ‘70’s Road Sports series category ‘D’. The car has been raced in this series ever since with a few outings in the Alfa Series run by the Historic Racing Drivers Club.

The entire underneath of the car has been treated with an ‘oil rig’ spec anti rust treatment and then undersealed. I still have most of its original equipment (seats, bumpers , steering wheel etc) which comes with the car including boxes of spares, workshop manuals and the original Owner’s Manual. I also have all the bills for the work / parts over the full period of ownership. A full specification for the car is below:

• Race engine generating 151 bhp on rolling road by Mech Motorsport (July 2014). This includes rifle drilled cams , PO8 and PO9 as supplied by Alfaholics, lightened and balanced crank assembly including flywheel , skimmed and ported head with Spesso race head gasket , Kent Race valve springs , over sized inlet valves with re-profiled seats and shortened valve guides , Flame thrower performance coil, high compression pistons as supplied by Alfaholics , Aluminium Carb mounts also ported, GTA Ram pipes, Dellorto Carbs re-jetted, distributor remapped by Alfaholics, Full race stainless steel exhaust system from Alfaholics ( below rear axle), F &S Sport clutch and driven plate recently fitted, top-end cylinder head rebuild by Roger Evans at Revs Italia in 2023.
• Sparco Race seat – FIA compliant
• Safety Devices 6 point Roll Cage with side bars – FIA compliant
• Lifeline Zero 2020 plumbed in fire extinguisher system ( 3 nozzles in engine compartment , 2 in cockpit) – FIA approved – cylinder will require a service for next race season
• Sparco 4 point safety harness – FIA approved
• Momo race steering wheel
• Braided race spec Aeroquip brake hoses , Ferodo race pads all round
• Adjustable race dual circuit brake balance box supplied by Alfaholics
• Facet Red Top race fuel pump
• King Fuel filter
• Kenlow electric cooling fan
• Oil cooler
• Balanced prop- shaft with Alfaholics race prop-shaft conversion kit
• Rear axle modified/ rebuilt using GT Junior tubes and extra plates to LSD
• Race suspension with poly suspension bushes , adjustable top links to front , Alfaholics Blue Race spring set and Bilstein shockers
• GTA replica 6 x 14 Strada wheels in grey ( Alfaholics) with Dunlop Direzza 03G race tyres.
• Tow eyes and belts to front and rear.
• External fire extinguisher and electrical cut off pulls –competition compliant

For a further discussion please contact Simon Holmesmith on 07975667433 or email me at [email protected]  The car is currently garaged in Sheffield . POA