Help me decide

[AndrewF]

An Alfasud!!? - Is it a runner. What model? I had a few back in the day, absolutely loved them all.

it?s quite a rare old thing. I understand it was built out of a 1982 shell for hill climbing by Peter West who ran the U.K. of not the worlds leading sud tuning business - Westune. Peter was made a BRDC member for his work on Suds. It was one of his last projects and it was built by him and his daughter who told me the story and who worked in the business at the time.

To keep weight down it had lots of plastic panels put into it, an early Sud TI close ratio gearbox and a very special 1300 for a class built with split IDF 48s on a special manifold and throttle linkages. His daughter said it was one of his masterpieces.

I bought it as a non runner with a later bust 1700 33 motor on massive Delortos. Alas I only had a handful of bits left of that legendary motor but I?ve since built / had built a new 1700 had the gearbox rebuilt by Charlie Skinner. It?s a full on competition car that?s just about road legal.

I may well give it or sell it to a key member of the classic Alfa club or swap it for a 4 door super. That?s a good combo. Suds are great. A superb foil for a Stratos. I will feel blessed if I make that a reality.