Should I? shouldn't I? Destroy a '76 Alfetta GT to build........ my dream

[Jimmy B]

If you raise the door sills a bit, you could use the Locost chassis. The Locost Forum has plans posted on their site created by an engineer from down under. It sticks in my mind because he added a diagonal brace and a few other changes in order to pass the torsional load test. If nothing else, it's a starting point, as well as a point of contact for your frame design.

Why is ICV not an option?

To many hoops and I end up with what amounts to a brand new vehicle, not what I want.

If I build this car with a tube chassis it will amount to a static display. It might be ok as a design exercise & a showcase of what I can build. But not much fun once built.

If the Alfetta isnt too rusted out, you could use its floorpan and build a skeleton off it.

And then build your body superleggera style.

Like this...

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I could possibly do that and it will remain classed as a Alfetta. The only downside I could see would be amount of work involved in reworking the Alfetta body structure to what I have designed. I will definitely keep that option open but I really need to pull the car up from behind the shed and see how doable this option is.

Yes. Do it.

This is the dogfight forum. What you want is what matters. Build your car to your vision. And I love 50's era Italian cars.

Thanks Wildfire. True, build to your own taste and style that is one of the reasons why I hang here. I wanted some general feedback & I got what I was expecting

Jamie -

Very cool concept! ... As a fellow Hot Rodder as well as an "Alfisti", I say GO FOR IT! ... Plus George & Fred Zaft would approve!

... and I agree with Alex ... building your body superleggera style might resolve your "ICV woes".

Todd

Thanks Todd! I am going to message George on facebook to show him the concept.

ICV in Australia is like GM producing a new vehicle and getting through the US requirements for 2012.

Whilst it sounds easy it isn't as simple as it sounds.

There are a plethora of rules to comply with (and pass) so you need to think ahead.

I tried to go ICV in the mid '80's and failed so trying now is even harder.

Whilst I'm going ICV now it's with a different approach which hopefully will prevail.

Yep ICV sucks but definitely has its place in the hobby. I am aware of what is involved in ICV hence why it isn't an option for me, too many hoops to jump thru and there are other ways to build this car without heading down the ICV road.
I remember back in the late 90s when I worked at Bullet Supercars I remember the process of getting the cars thru ICV. I swore I would never go that route unless it was totally necessary.

The 6s are big and really don't compare to the later 4s. My dad, brother and I have a small collection of alfas and the Nord cyls are a more nimble engine. We have several cars with the 2600 6cyl and those engine are BIG.

Thank you for the feedback on the two engines. I am not considering the 6 for this project, Just thinking out loud. I like the look of the 6 cylinders and would like to get one for a future project or just detail one to stick on a stand.

[metalshapes]

I could possibly do that and it will remain classed as a Alfetta. The only downside I could see would be amount of work involved in reworking the Alfetta body structure to what I have designed. I will definitely keep that option open but I really need to pull the car up from behind the shed and see how doable this option is.

When I took the Aluminum off the Abarth Zagato I'm working on, I was surprised at how simple it really is.

You are going to make doorjambs and window surrounds anyway, you'd just have to make them a little stronger.

And you'd save yourself a lot of time by not building a spaceframe, suspension pick up points, and paneling it back in with floorboards, etc.

Let me know if you want any detail pics of the Zagato Double Bubble...

I never thought of it as a possibillity either, untill I saw that car apart.

[revhead]

THought I'd post these for you. Some pictures of one of our 2600 engines.

For comparison the orange engine behind it is a Mercury 383, MEL engine, same as the lincoln 430

The engine beside it is a Jaguar V12