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After 5 years of reading and planning I've finally taken the first step. I just bought an 85 Alfa Spider to use as a donor car. A builder in the area tacked together a spare 442 frame when he built his frame, so I plan on buying that. I will use as much Alfa stuff as I can. Rear axle will be Volvo. Planning on some mild mods to the Alfa engine, looking for 140-150 horsepower. Thanks in advance to Tom Suppa, who lives fairly close, he has the only Alfa based car I know of and has already been a big help, and will be a great local resource. The bad news is although my kind and understanding wife allowed me to buy the donor car, I can't start working on the Locost until my son's 61 Bugeye Sprite is running, so I figure fall or winter to start my build. Wish me luck, I'm gonna need it! PS If anyone knows an Alfa guy in the NE/ Kansas/Iowa /MO area who needs a pretty good Alfa Spider body, the donor car is way too nice to send to the crusher.

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Glad you're diving in! Having another builder you can talk to locally and watch them drive around should be an inspiration and also a big help!

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