RE: Alfa Romeo GT Junior: PH Carpool

[bubney72]

well done, a real beauty

[James B]

Faffmeister said:

Love that car!
Great spec and I reckon it might be a tad quicker than mine! Also much to pristine to be a race car?? Any plans to do anything with CSCC? I do Mag 7 and would be great to see it on track

The car goes very well thanks. I'm sure in a more competitive pair of hands it would be a good bit quicker!
It's clean and tidy as a car and I the racing I do is very much a non-contact sport so I don't see why it shouldn't be a clean car. I bought on looks over performance as had the latter been a driver then I'd be running a BDA engined Mk1 Escort, Lotus Cortina or BMW 2002 but none of them looked half as good as the Alfa to my eyes so my decision was simple.
I would love to do some racing further south. My wife and I are due our first child in a few weeks so that may curtail my racing somewhat for the next year or two but I plan to get in a few select races each year.
I would love to do one of the Spa 6 hrs support races (maybe a 30/60min one) and am really keen to drive the circuit at Goodwood as its unlikely i'll have a car eligible to race it anytime soon.

[dinkel]

I think a BMW 2002 is on par with a 105 Bertone. Can't understand why 1.6 litre Cortina's win in class - Pre-'66 GT U2TC / FIA app K

Are they that much lighter?

[velocemitch]

The Lotus engine is more Tuneable than the Alfa, the Alfa Engine is limited by the shape of the combustion chamber.

Superb write up, as an owner and hard user for more than for ten years now the love doesn't die..... Costs mount up though.

Here's an interesting opinion for you; my hobby (is that the right word?) is Historic Rally navigating, my current driver has a selection of cars to use, including a 1965 Porsche 911 SWB. I have the pleasure of using the Cars now and again to shake them down. I drove the Porsche back to Yorkshire from an Event in Wales, using some of my favourite roads (Holme Moss for one). I couldn't help comparing this superb 130k example of a legendary Car to my very very tatty but still tight mechanically 2000GTV and there was very very little between them by any measurable method. Performance gave the 911 a slight edge, handling I would probably hand to the GTV, interior space again to the GTV, interior layout... er Alfa again. Sound... well had to be the Porsche there, but perhaps after an hour or two I was maybe changing my mind!. Practicality, still the Alfa. Looks, very subjective but I'd call it a draw. Reliability.... in the case of these cars, my Alfa never lets me down, but the Porsche has, might be down to prep though.

The big difference of course is the Price........ 105's are still a bargain, despite having risen by a factor four in the past five years or so.

[unsprung]

Beautiful car. We were different people when this car was new. Can't build them like this any longer, obviously. Feature content, safety, etc. Long live those impossibly thin A-pillars!