RE: [alfa] re: V6 engine swaps

[Jon Pike <jhpike@xxxxxxx>]

> How about a Delorian?   Get rid of that POS Renault Feugo engine in there.
>
> - -Peter
Not long after The Fall.. all the remaining Deloreans were bought by 
some company,  and brought to a large building (former aircraft hangar) 
next to where my Dad was working at the time..  It was pretty amazing, 
they'd have 1-200 cars there at a time, getting their finishing assembly..

He used to drop by on lunchtimes.. it was that late Mid-life kind of 
time..   he ended up buying one..  (for $16.5K, just about half the 
original list price)

A gorgeous looking car.. but a POS in several ways:

They had bad fit and finish.. for instance the tiny side windows would 
OFTEN get jammed or stuck off their tracks..  he had the car only about 
7000 miles before there was very noticiable rear axle play... (bad 
bushings, or did my Mom run over something in a parking lot and keep it 
quiet?) panels would come off or the leather would unpeel..

The car was rather underpowered for it's exotic looks.. think it was 
136hp for ~3200lb, and that PRV V6 for some reason sounded more like a 
Greyhound bus than a sportscar..  it also was very tailheavy..

So...  (Alfa Content!) if you could put a Alfa V6 in there,  it would be 
a large improvement.

He did end up selling it 5-6yrs later, for exactly what he paid..  
though if it timed selling it right against the various "Back to the 
Future" releases,  he probably could have got $25K..  ;-)

Jon
77 Spider
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