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Solved - NEH 4419: 1966 Alfa 2600-based Spyder "Dragon" built by Steve Bonacker
« on: December 31, 2015, 05:13:13 AM »
What's this, built by whom - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 4419
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2016, 05:08:34 AM »
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Re: NEH 4419
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2016, 06:15:45 AM »
And up half a step.
I'll stick to the popular new rule that this puzzle is available to any Pro with fewer than 400 pts for the moment..
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Re: NEH 4419
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2016, 02:10:31 PM »
My first impression was that it was possibly the most nicely-finished BoCar I had ever seen - but somehow the proportions seemed a bit off. Still, it looked familiar . . . I believe this is a re-bodied 1966 Alfa Romeo 2600 Spyder now owned by Jeff Elson. It was (I think) at the SEMA show some years back, where Jeff bought it. It's a very nice rebuild in the spirit of late 50s - early 60s Italian road racers. I did have to search a bit for the original builder, once I was fairly sure of the car . . . it's a man named Steve Bonacker from Missouri.
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Re: NEH 4419
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2016, 04:38:36 AM »
Quote from: fyreline on February 08, 2016, 02:10:31 PM
My first impression was that it was possibly the most nicely-finished BoCar I had ever seen - but somehow the proportions seemed a bit off. Still, it looked familiar . . . I believe this is a re-bodied 1966 Alfa Romeo 2600 Spyder now owned by Jeff Elson. It was (I think) at the SEMA show some years back, where Jeff bought it. It's a very nice rebuild in the spirit of late 50s - early 60s Italian road racers. I did have to search a bit for the original builder, once I was fairly sure of the car . . . it's a man named Steve Bonacker from Missouri.

You've hit the bullseye with the car, builder and year, but my info said it had a different Alfa engine.
Locked to see if you can tell me which Alfa engine it has (maybe it got changed somewhere down the line!)
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Re: NEH 4419
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2016, 03:40:21 PM »
At least two of the articles I found told the same story - the car started as a "battered and exhausted Alfa Romeo 2600 Spyder from the salvage yard" and it's registered as a 1966 Alfa Romeo, but "only the 162-horsepower, dual-overhead-cam engine, transmission, rear axle and steering column actual came from that car.  Just about everything else, including the aluminum body and tubular chassis, is the work of Missouri metal craftsman Steve Bonacker."  That makes it sound to me like it was originaly built with the salvage yard Alfa's motor. If it has had something else transplanted into it somewhere along the way, I haven't seen any reference to that. Elson has only had the car since May of 2015, seems odd it would need a new motor already - but certainly not impossible.
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Re: NEH 4419
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2016, 04:20:45 AM »
I think my info must be incorrect as whilst it said it had a motor producing 162 bhp it called it a 4-cylinder.  thinking about it I doubt whether the 4-cyl would produce as much as that so it probably is the original Alfa 2.6 litre 6-cylinder engine.

It's therefore now solved and the point is yours.  In the interests of accuracy I like to get to the bottom of all aspects of the car!

Well done.
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Re: Solved - NEH 4419: 1966 Alfa 2600-based Spyder built by Steve Bonacker
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2016, 04:25:21 PM »
I think he is behind this one too:
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Re: Solved - NEH 4419: 1966 Alfa 2600-based Spyder built by Steve Bonacker
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2016, 04:26:55 PM »
and the puzzle car in 2007:
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Re: Solved - NEH 4419: 1966 Alfa 2600-based Spyder built by Steve Bonacker
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2016, 04:41:24 PM »
This car was built around 2007 by Steve Bonacker at the Stray Dog Garage and it's called Alfa Romeo Dragon.
Tube chassis, aluminum body, disc brakes all around and a 2600cc inline six. Top speed is 125MPH.
I like it!
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Re: Solved - NEH 4419: 1966 Alfa 2600-based Spyder built by Steve Bonacker
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2016, 05:37:52 PM »
Both are outstanding and beautiful cars.
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