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Giocattolo Group B - In my shed !!

Started by _Mondie_ , Sep 23 2007 10:54 PM

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#26 _rorym_

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 01:21 PM

Thats it..Con.../ Sam..some bloody greek name!..lol!..For the others...go to the website for so good info on these cars.
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#27 boomfunk

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 01:27 PM

..so is that bob roman...roman autotek?

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#28 _Leakey_

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 01:34 PM

Thought it was basd on the Alfa Sprint? Not GTV.

I can also remember a lot of articles on these,
especially one where the cost of a ZF trans-axle
was alsmost trippled because he was not classed
as a manufacturer. That would have gotten rid
of a great deal of duty etc. Put cost up.

What a beautiful purchase Mondie!

Funny the things we look at and lust after...
....poor as I am, Toranaless as I am..... I found
a little Fiat 124 AC in need of a good home.
Gorgeous looking car. All there, but in parts.
1.8ltr motor, engineered, nice little mags...
... all for $600!! But in VIC.

Cheers, Leakey

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#29 Heath

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 01:35 PM

yep the rum is still there

lol I just spotted it, what's the story with that?

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#30 _@milco@_

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 01:36 PM

there is a yellow one i see every now and then when i am driving home from work, bloody nice looking car,

i dont reckon it would be too hard to build a replica but it prob only be a alfa GTV with a body kit...... as getting a engineer to sign off on a home-made one would be a nightmare not to mention the cost of all the engineer visits.........

i love it mate, no doubt you will treat it well and look after it, your a very lucky man.

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#31 _Mondie_

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 02:11 PM

..so is that bob roman...roman autotek?

Yes Bobs old car. He was actually involved with the original builds, his company did all the seats, carpet, door trims etc.

Leaky thats right, it was based off the Alfa V6 Sprint.

Heath, the Bundy um was there to tide you over if she let you down. Well it was built in Qld

Edited by Mondie, 24 September 2007 - 02:13 PM.

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#32 Heath

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 02:40 PM

^

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#33 _sunburst_metalic_

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 03:59 PM

There is a yellow one centre stage on the new Shannons add. rgds Sunburst

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#34 _TJ253_

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 04:15 PM

thats a unreal car it must hammer with that power - weight ratio
Ive never seen 1 before and im impressed nice buy im sure u will get alot of fun out of her

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 05:30 PM

A fine example of interbreeding aussie and italian muscle !!!

Just like me lol ahhahhahahahhah

Tuff car mate love it :spoton:

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#36 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 06:34 PM

haha ditto. gotta love the combo.

mate, f*ckin a. love it. always wanted one of these myself, but will probably never own one. im jealous mate.

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#37 _ute388_

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 06:45 PM

About the yellow one that killed a bloke. the bloke was todd wilkes he won horse power heroes in a vs commodore ute it was from memory a 355 with twin turbos that motor ended up in the Giocattolo sadly he was killed at eastern creek. hope this helps. I love these cars nearly as much as toranas.

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 06:58 PM

Wow, I've never seen these before but DAMN they're sexy. I've always loved the look of 80s alfa's.. this is definitely no exception.

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#39 Tiny

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 07:05 PM

Fan - freaking - tastic Mondie!

You certainly have the taste for the most amazing cars mate! I think you need to open a museum with all your works-of-art!

Great buy no matter what it cost mate, I'm sure you will simply love driving it! I heard that they were worlds ahead of their time.

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 08:14 PM

FWIW the JUDGE was originally from Canberra and was owned by an antiques dealer. He used to race it regularly at the now defunct Canberra eigth mile dragstrip. I still have an article in a magazine somewhere in which it was compared to an old Centura I owned. $80K V's $800 or something similar. Needless to say the Centura flogged it !!!!

The G was a beautiful car though, and sounded blissful !!

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#41 _JBM_

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 08:30 PM

The ZF transaxle was also used in the GT40 Le Mans cars, as mentioned these gearboxes are ultra expensive, most people building GT40 replicas try to use the Porsche or Audi transaxle for cost and parts availability.

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#42 _tazidvl_

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 08:31 PM

I have seen one of these advertised recently and it included the fibreglass molds for the body kit etc is this the one if so I will keep the advertised price to myself.

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#43 Heath

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 09:06 PM

This is a different one. I saw the advertised price on the other one as well. I was glad to see it wasn't as high as I expected.

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#44 _Mondie_

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 09:38 PM

You certainly have the taste for the most amazing cars mate! I think you need to open a museum with all your works-of-art!

Thanks Tiny. l reckon between 830hp, Ronaldredsox and myself we could get a pretty good museum together. It would beat working for a living!

Cheers

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#45 _mike_nofx_

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 10:32 PM

www.redbook.com.au has these cars valued at $62.7k-$71.7k...

And these prices are based on km... so definately this one would be towards the higher end of the scale.

Edited by mike_nofx, 24 September 2007 - 10:37 PM.

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 10:35 PM

Thanks Tiny. l reckon between 830hp, Ronaldredsox and myself we could get a pretty good museum together. It would beat working for a living!

i,ll be in that , might take me a year or 2 to finish a few off , told you to make that shed bigger mondie , w,ell need it

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Posted 24 September 2007 - 11:47 PM

There was an interesting article about these in Australian Muscle Car a while ago.
Great concept and a pity not more were built, but at the same time fantastic that at least a few were made.

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Posted 25 September 2007 - 11:41 AM

FWIW the JUDGE was originally from Canberra and was owned by an antiques dealer. He used to race it regularly at the now defunct Canberra eigth mile dragstrip. I still have an article in a magazine somewhere in which it was compared to an old Centura I owned. $80K V's $800 or something similar. Needless to say the Centura flogged it !!!!

The G was a beautiful car though, and sounded blissful !!

Think you have your wires crossed there and thinking of a different Gio.

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#49 _EXLXSL_

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Posted 26 September 2007 - 01:25 AM

Of course everyone has googled and been to this site.

http://www.giocattol....au/default.htm

You'll have to get your name onto the owners list.

Nice vid of one on the dyno - with dudes hanging out the back to add a bit more weight on the rear.

I think I still have a copy of Australian Classic Car here (a year or two old) with a write-up about a yellow one. Onwer said he thinks of selling it sometimes, goes for a drive and changes his mind.

I also remember (vaguely) that some were offered to the Qld police for use as pursuit cars when they first come out. Offer was to let them use them for some long and then they'd buy them back at the same price.

They are very nice cars - you are just too lucky.

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#50 _oz772_

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Posted 26 September 2007 - 07:39 AM

^^This car was built out of a Alfa GTV I believe.

Hard to believe, but from a front wheel drive Alfasud Sprint actually. They were going to have a mid-mount Alfa V6 fitted, but cost and supply caused that idea to be abandoned. I was in the Perth Alfa club back in 1990, and we were lent one for test drives one day. Mmmm!!

Some of the Alfa clubs may have info on the cars, given their origins.

Edited by oz772, 26 September 2007 - 07:40 AM.