Giocattolo on the highway

In 1986, Sports Car enthusiast and previous owner of the Toy Shop performance car dealership, Paul Halstead and F1 car designer - Barry Lock, teamed together to make a remarkable sports car. A car of speed and handling, yet beautiful looks which rivalled names like Porsche and Ferrari. The start was to redesign an Alfa Romeo Sprint and insert a mid-mounted Alfa V6 engine. The Alfa engine then became hard and expensive to import and put in the cars, so they went looking for a new engine.

The option they found was the Holden 5.0L Walkinshaw Group A V8 engine. After redesigning the mid engine bay and moving the barrier behind the front seats forward an inch they were able to make it fit. With more 'mumbo' than the Alfa 6 and a much cheaper price tag they decided that the Holden engine was right for what was to become one of Australia's top super cars. After upgrading the engine and fabricating some parts themselves they were happy with the performance output and so the GROUP B tag was given to the car.

Of the 15 cars made all ended up with V8 engines, including the Alfa V6 prototype which was nearly written off by a Police 4WD. So it was then rebuilt and became production car 001. The body panels were re-done with Kevlar body panels, then came the Brembo brakes and F1 type Suspension components. The right package at the wrong time was how it panned out for Lock and Halstead, when the company closed in 1989.

Also todd site is no longer working either sadly beacuse hes no longer with us after an unfortunate accident he had in the car.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Giocattolo
• v8
• twin
• turbo
• holden
• GT-V
• alfa
• highway
• car
• todd
• wilkes
• 1000hp
• summernats
• dyno
• motor
• sport

[zorbzz]

Todd was a true inovator of twin turbo setups wish he was still around now to show these blokes.

[wondeboy12]

Thank you please respond again I want more hits!

[Texvvhatever]

@wondeboy12 whatever you say retard..

[wondeboy12]

How do you propose comming in & trolling me was making my asshole bleed? let alone being stupid & trusting a stupid redneck like vw for information lmfgdao

Look at this 2,000 new views (up from 15k) all thanks to you, please dont stop posting you are brining my videos back from the dead.

[wondeboy12]

This is footage that was on todd wilkes website before it closed, the man in queastion is now dead & I dont see any point in not posting this video from his friends/family & his fans.

Also you seem to miss the point you rolling me is adding comments, this in turn shunts it up the order making it more important for its catigory, please respond youtube might make me a fucking sponsor at this rate!

[Texvvhatever]

@wondeboy12 Chav/KArl no one can increase the moronic stupidity of this vid..

[wondeboy12]

Keep posting the discussion is increasing the importance of the vid.

Thank you for being a stupid moron whos increasing the hits of my vids :)

[Texvvhatever]

@wondeboy12

Chav/Karl your asshole is bleeding..

[wondeboy12]

Never started & now that I know you are relying on a retard for your info all I'm going to do is laugh at your stupid ass.

That dumb motherfucker couldnt hit the ground with a plank lmao.

[Texvvhatever]

@wondeboy12 listen fuck face your about as clever as a thin coat of paint..

hows your bleeding asshole coming along Chav/Karl ?