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  • SlickDizzy

    March 11, 2011 7:43 a.m. SlickDizzy SuperDork

    1550 lbs, Alfa Milano/GTV6 running gear with custom tube frame and composite body...

    DO WANT!!!

    I first found out about this car from a photo on Autoblog from Monterey last year, where nobody seemed to know anything about it...it seems to still be running around. There is a heavily dated corporate site, and a blog post from 2009 with more modern pictures.

    http://www.leelamotors.com/ http://www.leelamotors.com/blog/?m=200903

    I tried to e-mail the company for more info, but it just got bounced back. I think this thing is HOT; maybe they ran in to trouble when Alfa announced their return to the U.S? Has anyone else ever seen or heard of this car?

  • mike

    March 11, 2011 8:15 a.m. mike Reader

    Sexy = yes, rollover protection = no.

    It's a sexy car with no roof and no rollbar. The seat sticking up above the rest of the car looks really odd.

    I'd still love to cane it around the track, though. That Alfa V6 would sound divine.

  • Maroon92

    March 11, 2011 8:24 a.m. Maroon92 SuperDork

    yeah, I would put in a shorter vintage seat, or weld in an aluminum seat with minimal padding. I am sure that no sanctioning body would allow it on track, but I would love to beat it up for a few days. Pretty, sounds pretty.

  • mw

    March 11, 2011 8:40 a.m. mw HalfDork

    Somebody submit that for the factory five contest.

  • Rusted_Busted_Spit

    March 11, 2011 8:41 a.m. Rusted_Busted_Spit Dork

    Very nice.

  • Rumnhammer

    March 11, 2011 9:06 a.m. Rumnhammer Reader

    I think on that car I would add a double hoop rollbar, then make the rear cowlings that come up to and over the hoops, add low back vintage seats with the head rest pads on the front of the rollbar cowlings and call it a day.

    I think that would actually improve the look and safety. and +1 million on how sexy that looks and how fantastic the GTV engine uncorked would sound in it!!

    Chris Rummel

  • SlickDizzy

    March 11, 2011 9:51 a.m. SlickDizzy SuperDork

    Looks like they added a cage for last year's showing...I agree with everybody, the seating looks pretty odd, but could easily be solved with bigger cowlings and an integrated hoop.

  • carguy123

    March 11, 2011 10:04 a.m. carguy123 SuperDork

    The seating isn't any odder than any older style car like a Cobra for instance.

  • foxtrapper

    March 11, 2011 10:07 a.m. foxtrapper SuperDork

    What in the world were they thinking, with that seat?!

    http://www.leelamotors.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/imga0031.JPG

  • Sofa King

    March 11, 2011 11:55 a.m. Sofa King Reader

    I wouldn't hate the style of the seat, if it sat about a foot lower in the car! The car is low and sexy but it has the seating position of a minivan!

  • DukeOfUndersteer

    March 11, 2011 12:02 p.m. DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork

    i say, put in a retro seat and delete the wing. Then i would drive the snot outta it!

 
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