Re: chassis stiffener

[Ian Lomax <sfalfisto@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On a serious note, I've got both a '74 and '87
> Spider in the driveway, and 
> the '87 is quite noticeably less flexible than the
> '74.  The '74 is fairly 
> solid, as '74's go, but nothing like the '87.  Why
> is the '87 so much 
> better?  The only 'improvements' I can see from the
> underside are some 
> extra chassis braces in the area around the gas
> tank, but no visible new 
> bracing up front (in fact the '87 nose is
> bottomless, compared to the 
> '74).  Is the chassis made from heavier steel, are
> the rockers different 
> internally?

It's 13 years newer?  I honestly don't know what else
Alfa did over the years, but I would love to know. 
I"ll ask Larry at APE next time I talk to him, he's
probably cut up more spiders than anyone else, and
might have an idea if something internal changed.

Cheesr,
Ian
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