Alfas on the Shitbox rally

[aggie57]

They're great dirt road cars aren't they Sheldon.  The 50/50 balance thing starts to pay dividends and setup of the rear axle, with the centre pivot point at the front of the de dion, is a real help.  I've always found them great tow cars as well - I think for the same reason.

[Sheldon McIntosh]

They're great dirt road cars aren't they Sheldon.  The 50/50 balance thing starts to pay dividends and setup of the rear axle, with the centre pivot point at the front of the de dion, is a real help.  I've always found them great tow cars as well - I think for the same reason.

I was very surprised just how good it was.  Top speed was reasonably about 140km/h on the off-road stuff so that you could still see any obstacles coming up (although we still had a very interesting moment when we came across some sand at 130km/h, I managed to brake to about 100km/h by the time we hit it, but it still got very sideways, both ways....), but I don't think a modern 4wd would be any quicker, and maybe even slower with the higher CofG.  Most importantly the Alfetta could stay at that speed through the corners, and could easily have coped with more speed if we had more notice about hazards.

Absolutely superb, I can't speak highly enough of how well the Alfetta coped with the outback.  Shame it went for $20 then....

[redalfaracing]

August 4th is the date to put in your diary Sheldon. The Baden Powell Introductory Trial. A novice rally run by the scouts. Can do in a standard car with a 2ns licence. Have a dip. Much like the Challenge of Clubs Trial that Matt Francis and I did a couple of years ago. He had fun, but i think he expected a bit much from his Alfetta. The 2 inches of rain didn't help none either. My GTV6 relished in it.
http://www.vicrally.com.au/eventInfo.php?eventID=461

[Evan Bottcher]

My favourite photo from Stu's collection...

Sheldon and I are under Mario trying to patch a fuel line that was smashed by rocks, and Bruno and Giancarlo decided to take a rest...

[Stuart Thomson]

Notice the whiteness of Bruno's legs.  Everything else that started out white ended up red, except Bruno's legs.

Take Gerry's shirt for example...

Cheers
Stuart