Photos: The Bruce Wells Collection - Warwick Farm - Part 3

[prn31]

I'm only aware of one GTA. But the likes of Paul Newby on TNF, or a friend of mine, Barry Edmunds love their Alfas. I'll see if Barry can share some wisdom. I've already made him aware of the photos.

Stephen

My first post here.

There were two Mildren GTAs, both white.

The first was the LHD car raced by Bussinello, which was later written off in Western Australia. According to Alleggerita the chassis number is not known as the firewall did not survive, and thus it is known as Mildren No.1.

The second Mildren GTA was RHD, as raced by Bartlett, then sold to John French and on to Brian Foley who raced it with a later front and a special 1.9 "bitsa" Autodelta engine in Chesterfield colours as a sports sedan. Foley had a big accident in the car at Oran Park in 73, which effectively ended his and the car's career. This car was restored in Western Australia in Chesterfield colours and then returned to the east (NSW) where a collector spent a lot of money restoring it back to original Mildren spec.

Not to be confused with the Foley 1750 GTAM, an original Autodelta car that Foley bought into the country in 1971, and raced with the Tasman V8 2.5 engine into 1972. That car also made its way west (like all collectable Alfas seem to do) and is now back in Victoria being restored to original condition complete with its original slide-injected Autodelta 2.0 engine.

The Foley GTA/GTAM cars are often mistaken for each other. I hope that this clears things up.

Paul

[Steve Holmes]

My first post here.

There were two Mildren GTAs, both white.

The first was the LHD car raced by Bussinello, which was later written off in Western Australia. According to Alleggerita the chassis number is not known as the firewall did not survive, and thus it is known as Mildren No.1.

The second Mildren GTA was RHD, as raced by Bartlett, then sold to John French and on to Brian Foley who raced it with a later front and a special 1.9 "bitsa" Autodelta engine in Chesterfield colours as a sports sedan. Foley had a big accident in the car at Oran Park in 73, which effectively ended his and the car's career. This car was restored in Western Australia in Chesterfield colours and then returned to the east (NSW) where a collector spent a lot of money restoring it back to original Mildren spec.

Not to be confused with the Foley 1750 GTAM, an original Autodelta car that Foley bought into the country in 1971, and raced with the Tasman V8 2.5 engine into 1972. That car also made its way west (like all collectable Alfas seem to do) and is now back in Victoria being restored to original condition complete with its original slide-injected Autodelta 2.0 engine.

The Foley GTA/GTAM cars are often mistaken for each other. I hope that this clears things up.

Paul

Wow, great first post! Thanks for this info, just fantastic. I always assumed the Foley Alfa with the V8 was his Improved Tourer turned into a Sports Sedan. Thanks for clarifying this.