I think those might be cragars on this $1000 porsche
If you get me a SEMA pass, you can have an almost-30-year-old Acura for challenge money. It's only rated to tow 1,000 lbs, though.
Well, Tim and Tom have begun their adventure--the Craigslisted 1971 Alfa has been acquired, and they looked happy enough on the road:
Gauges look less happy:
Note the oil pressure--sadly, that was at 80 mph. Temp is creeping up, too. Last I heard from them, they'd made it to Las Vegas after buying some motor honey/bearings in a bottle.
I'm thinking I'll see them again approximately never, or they will actually have to stop and fulfill Tom's dream of buying a second E36 M3ter to leapfrog this one across the country. Stay tuned...
Margie
JohnRW1621 wrote: Aligned with your personal passion.
My wife would actually love me if I brought that car home....
In reply to Marjorie Suddard:
Most awesome, keep the updates coming!
It would have been pretty optimistic to plan on driving that Alfa across the country even when it was brand new. But doing a fly-and-drive on an old Alfa auction car? That takes a lot of...confidence. We are all pulling for you, guys! Enjoy the drive!
Yeah, it's going to be a fun one--or at least, what the Suddard family considers fun. I'll be updating on this thread on the Classic forum, since this will be a Classic Motorsports project car (assuming it ever makes it home).
Margie
If they are already in Vegas then sadly this has been passed on. 
JohnRW1621 wrote:JohnRW1621 wrote: The convertible version of the Maserati Biturbo was called the Spyder...just saying.Good God! This one already has a 302 If you bring it to FL I will buy it for The Challenge!
Burrito wrote: Wink wink, nudge nudge.
From the ad: "Rear to find"
Is that a statement of desire, or a suggestion of what comes to the owner of that fine steed? Sage words, either way. 
You know, that has some appeal: after all, it's also an Italian design, and the Yugo factory now makes Fiats. So it's like the Alfa’s hillbilly cousin--related in too many, and all the wrong, ways.
Margie
Tom needs a real Italian Race car.
And I have one. 
Just can't drive it home, without some serious pain. But it IS for sale. Next time you are in Michigan....
Tom needs lots of things. A real Italian race car is NOT one of them. So I'm sure he wants one.
Margie
In reply to alfadriver:
You still have that Alfa?
<hides wallet>
We may need to talk, given that I'm in the market for a race car...
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