Club Arnage

After hearing that the Commer is in many pieces and not yet ready for the trip, I thought it was about time I got the Sud out of the garage and got it MOTd  :o  The local welder will be rubbing hi hands in glee and booking a nice expensive holiday again!!

Anyone else not sure if their ride will be ready?

(p.s. LESS THAN 3 WEEKS!!!! WOOHOOO!!!)

Not sure if I have problems yet. The 120Ah leisure battery seems to last less than two days with light usage. It is a new battery and the fridge relay has just been replaced after that was draining the battery. The Clutch fluid needs changing again and I guess I should bleed the brakes aswell. Other than that I think the Motorhome is ready to go again.

Steve how are all the cobra's??? in particular the overheating one! And Beila's car?

I suppose this is the time to cut down use of my Midget, Lara. She has just passed the MOT with flying colours etc, had new springs and wheel bearings and had a great pre LeMans tune up on the rolling road.  76 mighty BHP at her wheels! Better put her in moffballs for three weeks (Three?Only Three? Yabbadabbadoooo!)

Oh beggar it, can you imagine NOT driving her in the weather we've just been having. S*d it if she breaks I'll go in the SAYAB.... 8) 8) 8) :D

DR

What happened to the XR2 your were going to steal fronm outside your local chrch?

Wishy

I'm doing some work on mine (new oil lines and radiator), Andy's just completed his second one, the rest are being fettled  ;)

So is Andy bringing the new one down this year or is he still thinking about the Caddy again??

After 9 months of trying to sort the wiring out I finally have a V8 Zodiac that runs and should (subjct to not overheating) be there this year....

The new one I believe, so the Caddy will stay in Norfolk!

The trailer had its final fettling today, new washers and screws.

Wow, if only it was aero-dynamic.

Ahh the Red XR2....  It ended up like this until we got shot of it.
(http://trackdays.dreamracers.net/200402/16.jpg)
Got on well with the chap at the council  responsible for dumped cars round my way - nearly bagged quite a smart Mini, but the bloody owner moved it  >:(

BUT!!!!  OH HAPPY DAY!!!  In the MOT the Sud only failed on lights and a tyre.  Thats right folks, NO RUST!!!!  :o :o :o

I love the sound of Dellortos in the morning.  ;)

That must be a miracle for an Italian car of that age, do you keep it in an air conditioned bubble and only use it one day a year  ;D

(http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~msmith03/route66/rusty_car.jpg)

LOL, not quite, just a draughty garage in the winter months....

... and a bit of polish every 25 years or so.  ;D

Must be time for the next coat then  ;D

Let's see a piccy of the Sud, DR.

Well after various pm's with DR.I am now the possible proud owner of an Alfa 2.5 v6  Alfretta of 1982 vintage.,which I hope if i can get it going before the end of this summer,I might well take it on an outing to Sparkford.........just to clear any cobwebs out from where it has been storedfor the past 4 years.

Wishy

Don't forget to add the Timing Strut for that occasional Hillclimb or Sprint ::)

If there's any metal left to bolt it to  ;)

Still the Alfa's propensity to oxidise and turn back into base metal should do wonders for improving the power/weight ratio.

WOO HOO!!!  Welcome to life as a petro-sexual - cant be one unless you have owned an Alfa.

Hope you are a dab hand with a MIG

Does a MkIII Fiat 124 1800 TC Sport, circa 1975, count at all. 8)

Alfa Romeo realisation of the importance of recyling cars at the end of their life, 30 years before other manufactures, still comes back to haunt them. ;)

Still miss my 1200 TI Sud, hearing the crackle from the exhaust of DR's Sud last year almost made me start looking for a replacement for my old one. Before you ask, the old one didn't recycle itself, unfortunatly turned into a short wheel base varient after a close encounter with a Capri on the M4 :'(.

Thanks Barry!  Look us up again this year - we will be in MB, but a much reduced group this year, not a problem, leaves more beer for us real men.

Her ye go - not that recent - she needs a t-cut which should happen this weekend
(http://oddsnsods.dreamracers.net/sud_pic.jpg)

ooohhh Dreamracer what a sexy little number ;)

Lernt to drive in a green 1.3 Sud (4 door) the crackel of the exhust was wounderfull, the fake wood gear knob that whent white over the years and two big dials in fornt of you, but it being typicaly Italian, it hated the cold and damp. We must of been the biggest private buyer of WD-40 in Ipswich.

no wounder I failed my test!

Took the trailer for a spin, to our pre LM Brifing at local pub today.

Unfortunalty the wheels came off, well wheel actually.

Whoops.

Anyone have 4 spare wheel nuts for a 10 inch wheel ?

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O Bol--cks!!!, good strategy to have a trial run!! time to fix it - all will be fine.

ops.... reminds me of a tune....

"You picked a fine time to leave me loose wheel...."  ;D ;)

 :-\   <GROAN>   :-\

May I suggest ......

(http://www.mechaps.com/mps/mcf1/bilder/3-8in%20torque%20wrench.gif)

Gorblimey Steve, thats a bit teckical innit?

Ain't that one of them bloody expensive tommy bar fings wiv a built in ratshit?

I used to use one of them but it kept on feeling weird and clicking all the time when I wanted to titen me nuts, so I left it behind on the floor, last time I used it.

I saw a little kid run off wiv it shouting to his mates to come an' see what he found, strange some people, ain't they? :o

Bill  ;)

I thought it was a hammer with a strange shaped end  ???

My cp-driver, you know, the blind onwe who writes web sites asnd gets free ferry travel, well HE tightented the nuts up.

No honest.

Dumb git was more worried with the damage to the wheel arches !!!

As long as there wasn't any damage to the logos and transfers  :o

Thankfully NO.

Torque Wrench, maybe i may get one, maybe I'll tighten my own nuts this time  :o

Steady....Paula might be reading this  ;)

Not in public I hope - you might have to arrest yourself.

The fish and chip trailer has now got new support legs and the propane has been topped up.  So its Rock (eel) and Roll (and butter).