Tipo 184

[Ewan]

Some of you may have watched the documentary on Ant Anstead’s quest to build a Tipo 184 Alfa Romeo homage. This business is now up and running, and you can buy the kit, to which you then need to add the mechanics from an MX-5 to build the car.
Well, a friend of mine bought, and has now finished building, chassis number 1 and today is the big day - its first outing. It’s at a local track as the car is not road legal just yet (though there are plans for it to become so).
As there are some Alfa fans on here, I thought this might be of interest, so here are some pics I took yesterday.

 

[Ewan]

 

[Ewan]

 

[Ewan]

And if anyone is tempted to build their own (or order a factory built example), here’s the website:
www.tipo184.com

As a rough guide, I think it ends up at around £50k when finished.

 

[StuartW]

Fantastic, the build was really interesting on the TV show amongst the flannel and nonsense that makes up these shows, but the end result looks great
I hope that it's outing goes well - will your friend be taking it to Brooklands in October for the motorsport festival?

 

[zagatoes30]

Looks cool although the road components look a bit strange on a race car design but worth it to allow road use, can you imagine seeing this appear in the mirrors on the road

 

[Ewan]

Making it road legal does unfortunately force some compromises. But worth it, as you say.
The white panel on the back un-bolts to reveal the rear number plate, for example.
I'm not sure what his plans are yet, other than to get through today and not bin it on a wet track!!!

 

[Gazcw]

Lovely. You wouldn't want to forget and rest your left arm on that exhaust guard though.

 

[StuartW]

Making it road legal does unfortunately force some compromises. But worth it, as you say.
The white panel on the back un-bolts to reveal the rear number plate, for example.
I'm not sure what his plans are yet, other than to get through today and not bin it on a wet track!!!

He could remove the lights and go for a daytime MOT like I have on the Trofeo, the front would like a whole lot better I think
The daytime MOT is for cars with no lights at all to the point that when I present mine for the MOT, I need to tape over the endurance racing lights that the car has so that there are no lights visible at all

 

[HenrysDad]

It looks really well done. A lovely homage and should be a blast to drive.

 

[Phil H]

 

[Corranga]

That’s absolutely stunning, would be a proper shock to see one of those coming at you on a narrow country lane!

 

[RodTungsten]

Watched the build video and it looks to be a well thought out kit and straightforward to assemble.

Hmmmm I have the space and MX5 experts up the road but something would have to go….