1962 Alfa Romeo 1600 Veloce Spider

Serial Number: 370212 Logbooks: SVRA, SCCA Condition: excellent Price: $35,000 USD $30,000 USD Location: Massachusetts, USA

Description This car is considered one of the best prepared Alfas being vintage raced. The restoration and maintenence of this car has been done without compromise. It is very fast and has been raced as a 1600 Veloce since being restored in 1993 and has several class and overall race wins in its vintage race record. The car handles superbly and is very easy to drive fast and is also very relaxing for enduros. It currently has both SVRA and SCCA log books. It has run with SVRA, VARAC, VSCCA (special events) and SCCA Volvo Historics. This car has been properly maintained by "Glynn Motorsports". It has been nut-and-bolted between every event, resulting in only 2 DNF's in 9 years racing. The car has just undergone minor restoration, following a "incident" that left some minor damage on the passenger door and a major engine failure!

History

The car was originally raced by the owner and his brother in the 1960's and was repurchased and restored in 1992-93. this is one of the best known Alfa Spiders in the world, having been featured in Autoweek, two covers and three articles on its history in Alfa Owner, Vintage Motorsports, the Giuliettaletta, Grassroots Motorsports and SCCA Pit Talk.

This car was delivered to Jeff Buntin in Nashville, TN, as a 1300 normal with a 4-speed gearbox and a flat hood. It's another "transition" car, not unusual with Alfas of this era. Buntin traded the car to the owners brother for a MGA coupe in 1964. Rebuilt for street driving. Retired from the street with only 17K miles on it.

Prepared for SCCA racing in 1964-65 the car was raced throughout the Southeast in 1965-67. Several high places in FP then GP when reclassified by the SCCA. The car had a class win at Savannah in 1967. the car was also featured on the cover of "Daytona Paul Whiteman Trophy Races" entry form in 1968.

The car was sold in 1968 to Gary Thompson who raced it a few times then stored it in a barn in Tennessee until the current owner bought it back from Thompson in 1992.

The car was restored from bare metal in 1993 with only the floors having any rust, they were replaced with "Alan Hall's" steel panels. A major rollcage was fabricated. the finished product was altogether too nice for any racecar, it was and still is considered a beautiful car. The preperation was done properly, the engine was carefully prepared and a special GTA gearbox (with gun drilled shafts, ex tommy Mankin's SCCA champ) was aquired. ATE disc brakes were adapted to the front while maintaining standard drums on the rear.

Recent Competition History

Wins:

• VSCCA feature race, NHIS '97 (shown in Bob Harrington photo), beating Tivvy Shinton by a hair!
• Jefferson 500 class win in Marlboro Cup (4th OA)
• Mosport class win VARAC 1 hour enduro (5th OA)
• Numerous high places in SVRA, VARAC, SCCA and VSCCA competition.

Lap Times

• NHIS 1:31, VSCCA (infield N+S), 1:20 SCCA (Oval S)
• Watkins Glen 2:32 long course, 1:42 short course
• Lime Rock 1:08
• Summit Point 1:30
• Mosport 1:51
• Mt. Tremblant 2:10 (before repaving)
• top speed at old Road Atlanta "dip" it ran 7800 RPM in 5th @ 135+ MPH!
• mid range accelleration is fantastic

Engine

• 1600 cc (stock w/0.40 overbore)
• stronger 105 block
• Billet Moldex crank
• Carillo rods
• JE pistons
• blueprinted & balanced
• Sperry stage 5 head (ported, polished, flowed)
• oversize valves
• 40 DCOE Webers w/34 mm Venturis, curved ram tubes, socks
• Autodelta 10.5 cams
• Veloce sump
• oil cooler w/Aeroquip lines
• Zebell race headers, Jet-Hot coated w/side pipe
• dynoed at 148.6 HP @ 6900 RPM on 90 degree day
• analysis w/ oxygen sensor and some new high-tech dyno tricks make it a fantastic midrange engine w/power at 5900-7600 @ 144 HP
• power is flat from 6500-7500 RPM and pulls strong from 4500 RPM
• dyno & test time only - no races

Fuel System

• custom 14 gallon fuel cell w/outside filler in center of trunk lid
• dual fuel pumps
• metal shielded fuel line

Oil/Water System

• stock, recored radiator w/deeper core
• oil cooler w/remote filter

Electrical System

• 12V
• Crane CD ignition w/optical trigger, soft rev limiter

Gearbox

• GTA mid ratio w/lightweight gun drilled shafts, just rebuilt
• ultra rare factory special gearbox used by "Tommy Mankin" in SCCA for years
• lightweight gears make it trivial to downshift from 5th to 2nd at places like Summit Point's turn 1
• 7 Lb. aluminum flywheel (Orion Eng.)
• 7" diaphragm clutch, metallic disc
• mechanical linkage
• Orion Guibo cage (prevents Guibo flex-joint failure)

Final Drive

• 5.12 locked rear axle, strengthened

Body

• original steel panels, subtle flares front & rear
• Ferrari Fly Yellow paint in nice condition
• originally white, painted "Ryder Truck Yellow" in 1967

Chassis

• long wheelbase 101 Spider body, 8 pt cage w/dual door bars, chassis seam welded, strengthened & gusseted
• Dampers: Koni all around
• Front Suspension: stock, factory HD swaybar, magnafluxed and rebuilt in 1999
• Rear Suspension: stock
• Steering: stock, disassembled, rebuilt & magnafluxed in 1999
• Brakes: ATE front disc, rear two shoe drum, Carbon Kevlar linings & pads, dual master cylinder w/stock Alfa pedals, brake bias in cockpit
• Wheels: 6 custom Panasport 5.5"x15"(#4866X to order more), plus roll around tires on nice original Alfa wheels, most races w/Hoosier 5.00x15 Vintage TD tires
• Weight: 1800 Lbs. (820 Kg)

Interior

• standard Alfa Veloce instrumnets, oil warning light
• stock appearing interior - original door panels, radio blankoff plate, glovebox
• Lexan windscreen
• 3 mirrors, all convex
• fire system, large, 3 outlets
• custom Tonneau

Spares

• heavier swaybar
• spare grill
• 60's era spoiler
• steel wheels & roll-around tires
• original drum front brakes
• box full of race spares
• Moldex-prepared stock Alfa crank & block to build spare engine
• open wheel trailer available at extra cost