Nice 166 3.0 24v at Auction

[LPH_UK]

Probably a bit good to use as a donor!

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26119/lot/53/?category=list&length=12&page=5

https://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2020-08/25/25002186-1-7.jpg&top=0.445000000000&left=0.166666666666&bottom=0.930000000000&right=0.833333333333&width=640&height=480&autosizefit=1
(https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26119/lot/53/?category=list&length=12&page=5)

[hedge]

"Vendor Score total: 98/100"

That's a tad optimistic, to me!

Cheers,
Hedge

[The Slug]

Nice looking car

[Normb666]

Agree with Leigh, too nice to break given how rare they're getting....plus it's an auto.

I dunno how things will go from here regarding buying Alfas as donors. Yes there'll still be rusty ones, but they're getting ever-fewer as well as pricier. Time for alternative power units? - brand new Ford Ecoboost V6 crate engine plus tranny? (this is where all the Busso Boys turn out in force with large sticks...!!)

[renmure]

There's bound to be some Japanese engines that no sane person would use, Norm. I think Toyota do something from the old Camry I think. I recon you could bodge one of them to fit in.

[Normb666]

Could be right there, Jim. It's not the full-on, authentic Italian will-it-keep-running-or-explode experience though, is it...

Then again, you could also argue no sane person would want to drive a Stratos at all, given the driving position, the leaky side windows, the frying-under-a-magnifying-glass effect of the screen, blah blah. Fortunately the world is OK for nutters :)

[renmure]

I've never driven one. I sat in one of the cars on show at Stoneleigh about 127 years ago when I was first thinking about getting one and I had a little run in the passenger seat of a demo car just before I put my deposit down in 1998 or so but that's my full experience. Some of my memories may be a bit fuzzy tho but even back then, as a schoolboy, it all seemed quite exciting. I'm sure I would have remembered if it had a Japanese engine in it tho. I mean, some things stick in the mind :)

[LPH_UK]

Could be right there, Jim. It's not the full-on, authentic Italian will-it-keep-running-or-explode experience though, is it...

Then again, you could also argue no sane person would want to drive a Stratos at all, given the driving position, the leaky side windows, the frying-under-a-magnifying-glass effect of the screen, blah blah. Fortunately the world is OK for nutters :)


Nowt beats a Busso though......

https://drivetribe.com/p/the-6-greatest-v6-engines-ever-OXyKSFgfTROpEB5HiIpGLw?iid=SSVMRxKxQ1K3Wj4VGHBAbQ

[LPH_UK]

I've never driven one. I sat in one of the cars on show at Stoneleigh about 127 years ago when I was first thinking about getting one and I had a little run in the passenger seat of a demo car just before I put my deposit down in 1998 or so but that's my full experience. Some of my memories may be a bit fuzzy tho but even back then, as a schoolboy, it all seemed quite exciting. I'm sure I would have remembered if it had a Japanese engine in it tho. I mean, some things stick in the mind :)


I only drove my donor car down the drive, to the bottom of the lane, turned it round and came back. All of about 1 1/2 mins tops!

[STR_Strat]

Having built and driven a few thousand miles in both the "authentic" Busso and the now the new Pretender from Japan, I won't be going back.
Tyre smoke on demand and the whine of the SC is addictive:D

[LPH_UK]

SC whine is indeed addictive. I have a SC Honda K20 (Type R) engine in my Elise. It sounded like a jet/rocket on full throttle.

[Paul]

of course there's always the Busso + supercharger option that's been done by a brave few in the past, but given the work involved, the off-the-shelf Toyota option does start to look very attractive